what to do with tickets i can no longer use?

I bought 2x non-refundable one-way tickets for me and a friend of mine
for mid-November from American Airlines so that we might help another
friend move to where we're at (we're taking turns driving). Only
problem is... the friend we were going to help move has been told
that they now need to move in the beginning of October.

Since I can't go, then, I'm thinking I'll just buy a single one-way
ticket for the other friend. The problem is... what do I do with the
mid-November tickets? They cost about $230.00. To change one of them
to the beginning of October would result in a $250.00 change fee. ie.
it'd probably be cheaper for me just to buy new tickets.

Any ideas?

On Sep 17, 3:28 pm, John Levine <jo...@iecc.com> wrote:
> >ticket for the other friend.  The problem is...  what do I do with the
> >mid-November tickets?  They cost about $230.00.  To change one of them
> >to the beginning of October would result in a $250.00 change fee.  ie.
> >it'd probably be cheaper for me just to buy new tickets.
>
> Really?  The change fee is usually more like $100.  What's the city pair
> and date and fare, so we can look up the actual rules?

AUS to JFK, with a layover in DFW.

Anyway, the $250.00 figure is based on something I was told when going
from AUS to LHR. If the change rates are variable, however... that's
a bit different. The tickets are Economy Super Saver...