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Old Nov 11, 2006 | 12:53 pm
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Originally Posted by Psychocadet
I had the same rule given o me, but I was told I could only change forward and was told by 3 agents and 1 supervisor I had to pay a change fee but no fare diff. I ended up cancelling my ticket and considered not flying AA anymore. The cange was 50 min but was not acceptable to me.

That is a shame. All three agents and the supervisor were WRONG!. You are entitled to any of these:
  • Fly on different flights that same day
  • Leave a day earlier (on any flight you want as long as there are seats available (fare class does not matter)
  • Fly a day later

Don't leave AA over this. Print out rule 240/80 and read it to the agents next time

here is the pertinent part:


Protection For Schedule Change
Passengers are to be protected by one of the following polices:

1. On AA flights in the same inventory/date as ticketed, if available. If same inventory is not available, rebook in the lowest available inventory in the same cabin as ticketed. If a flight is not available on the same date, or is not acceptable to the customer, they may be rebooked on the previous or next day. Customers may be rebooked over a different routing (same origination and destination) as long as it is a valid routing for the fare being used.
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