<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by clacko:
i believe there is a rule that you have to inform aa prior to the flight if you want to be able to use the value of the ticket in the future, but am not sure. anyway, it has been a policy that if you miss a flight, the downline segments are canceled. </font>
That's right most deep discount AA fares have the following text:
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">NOTE - TICKET HAS NO VALUE UNLESS PASSENGER CANCELS TICKETED FLIGHT RESERVATIONS PRIOR TO TICKETED DEPARTURE TIME.</font>
A no-show can be very expensive.