American has made a modest improvement to their Same-Day Flight Change policy and added the benefit of being able to make same-day flight changes online. The fees remain unchanged.
Beginning 24 hours prior to departure, you can request a same-day flight change on aa.com through the check-in window. Just select each passenger who is requesting a flight change and pay the $75* per passenger charge.
There were some reports in the forums that American was waiving the $75 fee for some AAdvantage elites, sources at AA later confirmed that the policy remains the same: AAdvantage elite customers can travel for free on standby, or make a same-day confirmed change for $75.
Here’s a new graphic that briefly explains Same-Day Flight Change options.
Here’s the new option that appears under your reservation.
Have a great weekend!
I did a standby yesterday at DCA to JFK. I am gold. It was free.
@ Mark – Standby is (and always was) free for elites, it’s the confirmed same-day change that’s $75. That’s what was rumored to have been waived.
Thanks for the comment and thanks for reading!
I did the same day change for $75 last weekend at DCA (at the kiosk). I love the convenience of this!
@ Alanea – I like the convenience too. After a long week on the road, $75 to get home early sounds like a bargain! Thanks for the comment. 🙂
Following UA! Now I feel compelled to switch airlines!
@ Alex L – It’s time to switch! 🙂
@ Ryan – I was lucky and got my salad. My colleague ordered the shrimp and grits and enjoyed them. He even put a small spoonful of the grits on my plate so that I could give them a try…..next time I’m ordering the shrimp. 🙂 Thanks for sharing your review!
Best use of same day CFC for me so far, switched a cheap EWR-LAX (with upgrade request still pending) flight to a more expensive JFK-LAX flight (but with R inventory), get around the post-Hurrican Sandy mess that were the NJTransit and PATH trains, and instantly clear an upgrade to boot! Worth the 75$!
It is pity that the Airline corporate world has gotten us to a point where we are starting to think that paying $75 more for a ticket that we have already bought is a bargain. What did airline do or spend to get you on standby ? $0