Originally Posted by josh_ingu

As you may know by now, changing a ticket is damn expensive. I changed one on line a while ago - final cost to *change* the ticket was as much as if I had just purchased a new single leg.....

However, again, for the record, my last few international flights with AA have been pretty much on time. International they seem to be a *bit* better on the ball.

I do agree with LDMA that if I needed to *ensure* I was somewhere on time, I would probably pick a different airline - however, that being noted I switched to AA for my international flights as both Thai and Singapore airlines were both having a solid streak of delayed flights. If I am going to be delayed anyway, may as well be delayed on a cheap airline and save myself a few K....
-j-