Continental has spelled out their new reduced award ticket fees…if only all the other carriers would follow!
For award tickets booked beginning 02/19 the award date change is reduced from $150 to:
-Free for changes made 21 or more days in advance of booked award travel.
-$75 for changes made within 21 days of booked award travel.
A unique aspect of the new policy is that this even applies to changes made to the carriers and connecting flights as long as the origin and destination cities remain the same. Continental is the only airline that lets you change the carrier for free and only Continental and AA allow you to change connecting flights for free.
For those of you keeping score at home, here is a roundup of the award ticket change policies of the legacy US carriers:
| Airline: | Date change fee: | Change to connecting cities: | Change to origin or destination city: | Mileage redeposit fee. |
| AA | Free | Free | $150 | $150 |
| Continental | Free for travel 21+ days out. $75 for travel within 21 days. | Free for travel 21+ days out. $75 for travel within 21 days. | $150 | $150 |
| Delta | $100 | $100 | $100 | $100 |
| Northwest | $100 | $100 | $100 | $100 |
| United | Free for travel 21+ days out. $75 for travel within 7-20 days. $100 for travel within 7 days. | $150 | $150 | $150 |
| USAirways | $150 | $150 | $150 | $150 |
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Nice chart! How about a chart on quick ticketing fees on mileage tix?