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Old Apr 22, 2018 | 11:59 am
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Originally Posted by flyercity
Trying to book a flight on the AA website. It gives me all the options, I choose the flights I want, I get to the "Your Trip Summary" page, press to proceed and always get taken back to the beginning with the following error message:


Choose a different flight or fare

We're sorry but at least one of the flights or fares you chose is no longer available


But then all the same options come up, and all of them take me back to this message like a continuos loop.
Is there a workaround for this? Thanks for any help.
What this means is the fare was taken by someone else or changed, but the front end booking system hasn't updated to reflect that yet. I see this often when using google flights too. Google flights or the AA front end web page still thinks a fare is available but when it tries to build it and price it, it fails with this error.

If you wait a little bit, either the fare will come back and it will work or the selection you wanted will clear out and you won't see that fare/flight any more. It is an extremely annoying IT glitch.
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