Originally Posted by
lowfareair
So then how would my original question get answered if I do that: If AA is currently valuing my outbound way higher now (by $300+/ticket it seems), would it make sense to change the ticket after flying the outbound if I do not expect the return to go up by that much, or change it now? In other words, would AA look changes after the outbound is flown differently, such as trying to price it as 2 one-ways rather than one, or would it look at it as meeting a roundtrip requirement and just having me pay the difference (if any) between the original return and the new return flight?
Impossible to answer your question without knowing what and how you paid for each segment of your ticket. What was $300 RT might have been $200 + $100 and you will have used $200 by flying the outbound segment.
If you look at your e-ticket receipt, you should see a line which shows the breakdown by segment, although it is all coded. But, you will see the airport codes and a $ number. Alternatively, you could simply call AA and ask for the breakdown per segment.