Originally Posted by
guv1976
You would have to pay the $150 re-deposit fee for the original award, and re-book the trip online at the Web Special rate. Suggest that you put the Web Special on a free, five-day hold first, and then immediately call AA to cancel the original award, and request re-deposit of the miles. You must do this quickly, before AA's computers cancel the Web Special hold as a duplicative booking.
I suggest that instead of fighting the system on duplicate bookings, to just make the hold under a typo'd name. That way they don't cancel the booking, and AAgents will be happy to fix this for you before you pull the trigger on the purchase. That's been my experience, anyhow.