Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
If you purchase the ticket more than seven days before departure, you would have the right to cancel for a full refund within 24 hours (since IIRC AA no longer offers a free hold on tickets), but after than you either fly each segment as ticketed or the ticket loses all (remaining) value. No changes and no vouchers or credits are permitted unless there's a cancellation, significant schedule change, or weather waiver.
Insert. I wish the T&C was this clear cause the actual Terms and conditions is confusing to understand. All I need to do is leaves few days earlier. I'm willing to pay the difference in airfare but I guess they won't even let you do that.
I'm guessing you also can't pay the $70 to upgrade your basic economy ticket to a economy ticket? .