Change to lower fare bucket

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Fergo747

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A question for the brains trust. I think I know the answer but wanted to check here too. I have searched other threads but haven't seen what I am looking to understand.

I have three trips for work this year to the US - these are for later in the year but within the current DSC period. Given the current DSC I wanted to understand whether I could book these all as flex (J or C bucket) and then closer to the confirmed dates (pending suitable available fare classes) change these to a lower bucket (D or I) and get the difference refunded?

I vaguely remember seeing a thread not all that long ago (tried to find it but couldn't) where someone had changed a flight and was offered to be booked in a lower fare bucket and would have pocketed the difference.

Thanks in advance.
 
I don't think that what you're suggesting is possible.

If you have a flexible fare, I think you can change to another flight that has availability in the same fare bucket; otherwise you'd need to cancel and rebook (thus forgoing DSCs).
 
This isn't really a wise idea as you're unnecessarily holding up thousands of funds.

Also note that the promo t&c's do state changed bookings don't qualify although in practice this isn't enforced.
 
Qantas will generally only let you change to the same or higher fare.

If you book fully flex and try to change to a flight that has discount buckets available, they'll still keep you in the same fare bucket.
 
Thanks all, I suspected as much.

This isn't really a wise idea as you're unnecessarily holding up thousands of funds.

Out of curiosity, why does this matter? I'm responsible for covering the cost until I can charge for it.
 
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