Originally Posted by
platbrownguy
No, when I book on amextravel, my AA booking page says something like "you booked elsewhere, contact them for changes." I can still do IROPS and same day via AA, but it's been hit or miss on doing other changes directly via AA. I don't really do that many changes before same day, but I know that more than once I've been told by AA to contact amex etc. Maybe it's a YMMV/HUACA sitch, but still a pain. I avoid amex when the savings are low & I think there's a high likelihood of making changes.
Thanks for the info. Never did much non-IROPS changes with AA before either but with the free changes and uncertainty for next year, would like to keep the option open. The flights I'm looking at are close to 20% less via AMEX, but sounds like there is a good chance it will be more trouble than it's worth.