Originally Posted by
balima
You can cancel your trip and pay a redeposit fee to have all of you miles redeposited to your account. As previously stated, you can consider it the same as vacation insurance.
I did this 3 years ago after my husband lost his job and going to Europe for 2 weeks would not have been the smartest move. We couldn't rebook since we didn't know when he would get a job. At the time I believe we paid $50 per ticket to have the 90K miles (per person) redeposited. I rebooked 6 months later.
i booked a trip to NY in Jan 2012, travel date is Jan 2013,I am not traveling though.
I actually made some mistake cos I never knew much about how to book award miles back then. I wasn't sure NYC or Buffalo NY at that time. I couldn't change the destination so I had to book another award miles to Buffalo and trip finished in Feb 2012.
What can I do about the award flight to NY in Jan 2013?
Can I call to cancel and get my 12.5k miles back by paying $50 redeposit fee?
I have travel plan to Thailand in late December/Jan 2013, Should I book the trip now? If for any reason, we couldn't travel, we can have our AA miles back by paying the redeposit fee?