Need help! really serious! :(?

i have a problem right now.
my friend just told me that they have change a plan.
so i need to change my flight from MCI - DCA to MCI - JFK instead.
also i need to change it difference date.
my ticket class is Economy CLS and fly with United Airlines. i don't know if i could change and not much charge?
so i think right now, if it's cost more expensive to change a date and city i would rater take a bus or train from d.c to nyc instead. is it safe to travel alone? (it is my first time there)
so my second plan is i would called and asked the airlines if i could change a date to fly (if it's cheaper) and i'll take a bus or train to new york instead...
so i would like to know how can i get to train or bus station ? and which one is cheaper?
because i'll travel alone and want to save money for my new york trip.
thank you so much.
i am so stress out right now because i have to fly soon and i just know that they have change a plan. thank you so much..
(another question, do there have any good hostel close to metro? in case if i really can't change my flight)
thank you!







Answer :
You can't change the destination airport now. You can only change the date. You need to cancel your ticket (about $150), and rebook from MCI to JFK, or you can do MCI to DCA, and then book a flight separately from DCA to JFK. That will probably be $100, so it would be cheaper than canceling the ticket.






Answer :
Polly - You asked a very similar question just a short time ago. The answer is exactly the same this time. You REALLY have to call the airline to sort this out.

On Y!A, you can get suggestions and opinions, but we cannot fix the problem - the airline is the ONLY source for finding out: can you change the cities? can you change the dates? how much will it all cost? are there any seats left on the new flights you want?

Don't putz around asking strangers for help - call United right now. The sooner you call, the sooner you will find out the facts and can deal with it.






Answer :
You can change the date of your ticket, but there will be a fee. You can't change the destination. You'd have to cancel your ticket and completely rebook (again, a fee will be involved), or you could book a separate flight from DCA to JFK.

It would be safe to use a bus/train and the train tends to be fairly cheap from DC to NY. That may be cheaper than a separate flight there. Use common sense and be careful, and you should be fine. You can use public transportation from the airport to the train station.

Have no idea about a hostel - sorry.






Answer :
A couple of the answers have suggested that you're only able to change dates, and not destinations -- those answers are actually quite wrong. You would need to call United Airlines directly to make the change, and you would be responsible for paying the change fee as well as the difference in fares between the old ticket and the new ticket, but this can be done for a change in cities as well as a change in dates.

As you suspect, though, it will likely be considerably expensive to make these changes to your plane ticket (especially if your travel date is soon, because of the inevitable increases in the cost of the plane ticket), so when you call United, you can ask them how much more it would cost to make both changes (to the date and destination) as it would to just change the date. If just changing the date is considerably cheaper than making both changes, then you can consider taking ground transportation from Washington to New York.

(Though that really should be answered in a separate question, I'd consider taking DC Metro from DCA to Union Station and then taking Amtrak from there to New York Penn Station, if that's what you want to do.)