Refund
My refund was already processed and transmitted from AA back to chase for the amount of 500 dollars. Since I booked through chase , it’s their account that the refund originally goes back to. Hopefully chase will somehow pass this credit to me. Surely they wouldn’t just keep the money. Canceling is different than change. I think if you cancel then you get a future credit with the airline. If you simply are changing (free of charge) and the new fare is lower , you get a cash refund of the difference in fare. If you booked before March 1st your fare difference would have to eclipse the cost of the change fee because it’s not waived if booked before then.