Originally Posted by
stoudty
I reached out to AA via Twitter and they say the expedited fee is because it's within 21 days. I thought this was only for award travel? I was not charged the fee for the first leg of the trip.
I'm guessing the Twitter person wasn't reading carefully, saw "expedited fee" and assumed you were talking about award travel. There's no such fee for upgrades (unless it's too new to appear on aa.com); definitely ask for a refund.