I've finally been offered compensation for a delayed flight after several emails to the customer relations team. I'm pretty pleased they're agreeing to pay out, as the delay was on a US domestic leg of a 2-leg itinerary to the west coast: it doesn't quite make up for the lost night stuck in some crappy airport hotel, but it certainly helps.
I'm curious if anyone knows how AA actually pay the compensation though? The email says they'll send a Check - but they ask for full bank details too? - Has anyone had any luck in just getting a normal IBAN/BIC bank transfer as payment of compensation?
For reference, many banks in Europe no longer accept checks, or charge exorbitant fees for cashing 'international' checks. I'd like to avoid the expensive and slow process of dealing with stone-age paper based money transfers if possible.