If you’ve booked your flights with Ethiopian Airlines and need to change them for whatever reason, the airline has a comprehensive policy for it. However, passengers are only permitted for it before their flight departure.
Ethiopian Airlines flight changing policy.
- Passengers of Ethiopian airlines are only allowed to change their flight before their flight has departed.
- If the flight changes are made within 24 hours of the departure, no flight change fee would be charged to the customer.
- If there’s a fee applicable for a passenger’s flight change depending upon the destination, route, or flight type, he/she needs to pay it in order to confirm the flight change.
- For any flight changes made after 24 hours of flight departure; a flight change fee would be applicable as per the company policy.
Flight change fee.
The flight changing fee with Ethiopian airlines is;
- US $10 for the flight bound Ethiopian route.
- US $200 for the flight-bound North American routes.
- US $100 for the flight to/from other international routes.
How to change the flight date?
- Go to the official website of Ethiopian Airlines.
- On the homepage, select the Manage booking option.
- Sign in with valid details.
- Enter the Booking Reference as well as the passenger’s surname.
- Click on ‘Retrieve Booking’ to get the currently booked flight details.
- Click the ‘Flight change’ option and make the necessary changes as per your desire.
- Schedule your flights according to availability.
- Review, pay the fee (if applicable), and confirm.
What happens if the flight change is done by the airline?
If the flight change is done at the end of the airline, passengers are automatically managed for the next available flight. However, if a passenger wants a refund for his/her ticket or needs to reschedule it as per their desire, it’s allowed.
The flights which are canceled, delayed, or changed because of technical issues, weather conditions, or other mistakes done at the end of the airline, customers are entitled to a free-of-cost flight change policy.
What comes under free of charge flight change policy?
As per the official rules of Ethiopian airlines, free of charge flight change policy states that;
- One-time date change for their flights is permitted for the passengers for free.
- If, for some reason, one is not able to change his/her flight date; flights can be modified free of cost but within 24 hours of booking it.
- The flight change fee is also waived for a passenger if it is for medical reasons.
Rescheduling your flight.
The procedure for rescheduling your flight is the same as booking a new ticket. So, to avail of the facility, you need to either do it through the official website of the airline or contact your travel agent if your ticket is booked through a travel agent or any other third party.
So, that’s how much it costs for flight change on Ethiopian airlines and how to do it.
