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Old Jan 25, 2015 | 7:19 am
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bdemaria
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Originally Posted by patiolanterns
When I got around to calling, AA placed a refund of about $750 per ticket (after their $200 fee) directly on my e-ticket. There was no voucher issued, they said to just place an itinerary on hold and then call to transfer the e-ticket to the new itinerary. To my surprise, the funds were only good for flights departing one year from the date that I booked, not from the date of travel.

Since we have a newborn baby, we are not interested in going anywhere in the next couple months. The earliest would be April or May. So I was wondering if there is any way to extend this credit. An AA agent offered the idea of booking a cheap refundable flight before my expiry date, and then cancelling it. He thought this would extend it, but was not confident at all. Can anyone comment on this, or have any other ideas?
Rebooking/expiration can be tricky - there is a thread on the topic: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...es-merged.html.

Originally Posted by patiolanterns
I did not explore the idea of asking for a refund based on a birth of a child, is this anything that ever happens?
This is not going to happen.

Last edited by JDiver; Jan 25, 2015 at 9:15 am Reason: Replace thread link
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