Originally Posted by zoombee

Indeed. Hence it's before departure when I can still get a refund for just a 5% deduction that I want to know, or better assess at least, if I'll be able to re-ticket after departure (no change in continents) without paying a massive hike. Waiting till I learn from direct experience will be too late.



One of the agents on the weekend noted "all I've been doing is ex Cairo for a day or two" so yes to the extent that lots of people were booking, or trying to anyhow but one of the staff shared how they were trying to streamline correct decisions so it very much seemed like AA didn't overly care as it's not their fare that was being used, they were just ticketing with other airlines as the governing carrier using that carrier's filed prices.

One assumes it's the volume of tickets from any and all channels that was the noteworthy issue.



Enjoy! May I ask what your routing is?