Originally Posted by
Often1
2. Even if not accurate, e.g., the fare and terms quoted are not what AA intended, if you purchase through an AA channel (website or phone center), the fare and its conditions as set forth in your e-ticket confirmation bind AA under US law. Put simply, if the fare quote is not what AA intends but it is what AA sells to you and issues, that is what you get.
Be careful of the following: 1) generally speaking, if you co-mingle fare buckets on a ticket, the most restrictive conditions apply to the entire ticket;"
Thanks for the response. Whilst I take all your points, the problem is that the et-ticket does not set out the fare rules, or come to that even the fare base or the fare bucket (J/D/I). All it gives is the cabin.
The e-ticket does let one link to the pop up that one could access when making the booking which shows the fare rules, but I have always assumed that this is not how the AA agents access the rules as it always seems to take them so long to do so, and they often have to call up someone else to check them out.
I fully agree with your point that if you co-mingle, the most restrictive rules should apply. Hence my scepticism at the aa.com info that mixing a semi-flex I with an inflexible L will make the L semi-flexible.
As it happens I have found a workaround for this trip, but it did make me wonder generally how much reliance one could place on what aa.com tells one. I know one can take screen prints and all the rest before pushing the "Buy" button, but it is hard to match those to a specific booking afterwards.