Originally Posted by
threeoh
By trip credit do you mean you're using the same PNR (reservation code) as a trip that was cancelled earlier? If so, was that trip paid with CSP? If the original itinerary was booked with CSP you should be good (success has been reported on this thread).
Otherwise, you could try calling AA and ask if they can upfare your tickets to the next fare bucket. Maybe cost $50-$100 or maybe a lot more if it's a big international trip. That might work, might not.
It's a trip credit I got for being voluntarily bumped last year. I still have ~$200 left on it after this trip that I'm hoping to use to towards a quick weekend getaway, so don't really want to use more of the fare. Was hoping there would be some option where I could split the fare and say how much of the trip credit I wanted to use and pay the remainder with a card. Not a huge deal, chance of a flight delay is not that huge, it is just that last year I got stuck in the same city and even basic hotels were charging over $500 a night, so more cautious than I would normally be.