Originally Posted by
beltway
I'm the one who raised this question. The reason for asking is that AA's announcement refers ambiguously to putting "flights" on hold for 24 hours instead of referring explicitly to paid bookings.
This may just be a case of careless, imprecise writing on AA's part. Either way, clarification is called for.
Re-reading it I see what you're saying. I could be wrong, but given how sloppy AA always is with this kind of thing I'm not really worried at all that this is some kind of stealth reduction of the 5 day award hold. They're just talking about paid flights.