Originally Posted by
WannaTheater
Your fares should be refundable as AA credit.
Basic Economy (B) fares are the fares that are non refundable (use it, or lose it)
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Refundable means you can get
money back.
Most non-refundable fares allow changing or canceling for an airline credit -- which is not a refund. Use-it-or-lose-it BE is one type of non-refundable fare, but not the only type.