Originally Posted by
dhring
As others have suggested, I made a new reservation utilizing a soon-to-expire flight credit with a small amount of additional cash. I then cancelled that booking and tried to use the subsequent credit for a new booking for travel beginning after the expiration date of the original flight credit (April 2024). That did not work either online or when calling the EP desk. Oh well ...
I had the same problem - flight credit expiring in mid Apr 2024 but my travel is in Jun 2024.
First agent said there's nothing they can do. I was contemplating booking a random cheap flight and then getting the remaining value in the form of travel credit so that I can use the travel credit to book my actual flight in June.
Second agent I called however was able to let me use the flight credit expiring in April to book the June flight. Note that I was booking for a large group with some members needing to use their own valid flight credits, so maybe the agent was able to allow my flight credit to be used. (The only thing is that the flight credit can only be used for main cabin as my original flight was in main cabin and that fare difference with BE was $100. Maybe I could have found a cheap flight <$100 in main cabin but at this point I didn't want to go through the hassle.) Note I don't have any status with AA.