Originally Posted by
HiAperture
Is there some chance if I transfer in the miles and call AA they still somehow have a phantom hold of some sort on my seats, or did the system just simply decide they didn't need to offer saver space any more on the dates I had picked?
There is zero chance that there is some sort of phantom hold. There are multiple possible reasons that the space did not return but in the end space is not available. Move on and make a new plan.