Originally Posted by
xliioper
I copied the fare rules from this specific AA fare from EF, and as shown above, it says "CHANGES/CANCELLATIONS PERMITTED" under Cancellations sub-section of Penalties section. It is also in the text OP posted, but it's hard to spot as AA just mashes all the fare rule text together rather than presenting it in a reasonably formatted layout.
Hmm, I did a CTRL-F to search for it in the gobbledegook text that the OP posted, but I could have sworn it wasn't there. I do see the cancellations permitted language now.
FWIW, I think many/most other airlines have virtually no text in the penalties section other than "changes/cancellations permitted" which of course makes it much easier to ascertain the refundability. These AA rules are an absurd mess. Like why are those "special emergency rules" still in there?? They're totally irrelevant now!