I tried searching for an answer to this -- I had a flight yesterday that I had booked using a trip credit (the trip credit was from another flight last month that I voluntarily cancelled a few days out.) My flight yesterday was outright cancelled a few hours before departure time because of weather, and the first alternative offered was more than 24 hours later. I went through the process of applying for a refund, as instructed. But will AA typically refund back to the credit card in a situation like this, or will they just "refund" the trip credit? Meaning AA would not be giving back any cash because of the flight cancellation.