K Class Ticket Change Question

Hi all,

We have booked to go to Kingston next month and are flying on K class tickets. We now think we want to go to LA and do some shopping before the dollar goes down so checked on line and they have plenty of K class tickets to LAX on the dates we want for about 400 more. I just contacted Flying Club and asked them to do the change and they've quoted an extra 1609 to change saying that the LA tickets have to be upgraded to S Class.

Now I know that if I do this for S class I can upgrade to UCS with Miles but before I do it I wanted to check if what I have been told is correct because I'm quite happy to go PE if it's only the 400 + the 50 change fee each I think it should be.

Many thanks

Miopyk[8D]

[mitchja]

I think FC are correct as the K fare rules states the following:

CHANGES
ANY TIME CHANGES NOT PERMITTED IN CASE OF REISSUE/REVALIDATION. WAIVED FOR ILLNESS OR DEATH OF PASSENGER OR FAMILY MEMBER.

TICKET IS NON-REFUNDABLE IN CASE OF CANCEL/NO-SHOW/REFUND. WAIVED FOR ILLNESS OR DEATH OF PASSENGER OR FAMILY MEMBER.
NOTE -
MAY BE USED AS CREDIT TOWARDS THE PURCHASE OF A HIGHER VS FARE TYPE WITH A PENALTY OF GBP50.00 AND COLLECTION OF FARE DIFFERENCE HOWEVER IN THE EVENT OF SUBSEQUENT CANCELLATION THE ORIGINAL NON-REFUNDABLE AMOUNT WILL REMAIN NON REFUNDABLE.
MAY UPGRADE THE ENTIRE JOURNEY TO A HIGHER CABIN AT NO CHARGE BUT ANY DIFFERENCE IN FARE MUST BE COLLECTED.

So basically you can only change a K fare to a higher fare, ie an S fare and not to another K fare.

Regards

Thanks Mitchja, just had a quick conflab with the wife and we've decided to stick with Jamaica and save the miles for another trip later in the year.

Miopyk[8D]