Originally Posted by AntMom

I had a similar situation on a ORD-FCO flight which was delayed for over 22 hours in June. I did get flight credit from AA.

Once your trip is actually complete, go to the website and use the link to send an email complaint for the delay. Detail the expenses you incurred. It took them a week to send me my credit after I wrote the email listing how much I was out.

I did not have to submit receipts.