Changing a flight - Airport

[Wanderlust_tim]

Today I flew from Launceston to Melbourne and due to a change in plans Mrs wanderlust_tim and i arrived at the airport two hours early.

Half jokingly I asked if we could be changed to an earlier flight and the check in agent said yes!

The agent then gave me a spiel that due to the holiday season they are allowed to move guests forward for free. Normally it would be a $40 change fee.

I don't know if this is accurate, and/or applies at other airports, but we were two happy fliers.

Would love to hear if anyone else has had the same experience or if we were just very lucky.

 

[moa999]

Flow forward often operates when flights are full or they are expecting weather.

Even proactively offered at the electronic checkin. (Also saves the Qantas Group $$s in the lounge if you had access)

But definitely less common on Jetstar I suspect

 

[Revenge]

I've asked to change JQ flights to earlier flights a few times out of Sydney, they are always happy to do it for the $30 or $40 fee if there's room.