Originally Posted by jameswes

Does nobody look at Terms and Conditions?

http://www.aa.com/i18n/AAdvantage/re...ard-travel.jsp

Changes that require a different award type

Changes to the itinerary which involve different AAdvantage awards than originally ticketed require a reinstatement of the original award ticket, payment of the applicable award reinstatement fee, and a new award ticket issued

The award reinstatement fee will be waived for Executive Platinum members using miles from their account


* The reinstatement charge is $150 per account for the first award ticket. Additional award tickets reinstated to the same account at the same time will have a $25 charge per ticket