Wow! I didn’t know United let you rebook at lower fare. Was there a change fee?
No. I’ve only flown southwest since when I was a kid flying different airlines so they are all I really know. I also didn’t know that. I saw that it went down, and googled it and found that you could rebook through them like southwest. I know that the most basic fare you can’t but we did the one up from that (basic is no carryon, can’t pick your seat, or make changes and next up was only like 20 more). Everything I read said it was the same as southwest about having to use the credit one year from booking, but my credit says good until December 2023. Which is nice because we will actually be able to use it (never end up flying within a year of booking).