Originally Posted by
BoeingBoy
The potential hitch ...
Valid point raised...
The few times I've had to cancel *A awards using DM Miles, I got them redeposited before the phone call was over. No fuss, no waiting for $$ refund to US from other carriers, etc (and BTW I'm not sure whether US pays up front for the award booking on partner carriers or whether it's payment after flights flown). If US paid $$ up front to partner carriers, I figure they got it back later.
Assuming a 1:1 conversion ratio of US Miles to new AA Miles, any cancellation of *A award after US exits from *A should result in new AA redepositing an equal # of Miles used, i.e. if 100k DM Miles were used for the *A award and then cancelled, 100k new AA miles would be redeposited in the new AA account. US IT may not be much, but new AA's IT should be able to link and track old US/new AA account numbers for a while (our IT experts here can chime in to say whether I'm dreamin'
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