lobo411

I don't mind the loss, to be honest. There are always 5% and 10% off discount codes for a lot of my destinations (mostly domestic). Besides, with the airline in bankruptcy, there's nothing to prevent AA from going to the bankruptcy court and having all these GCs declared null and void. At least if I pay by credit card, I have recourse in the event that the airline ceases operations.

brp

First, the GCs are returnable to CostCo, so there is zero risk of loss. Second, AA are still selling GCs even in bankruptcy, so the likelihood of suddenly voiding all of them is very low.

Also, these can be stacked on top of the 5% or 10% off resulting in 15-20%.

Cheers.

play4lax

No more in Everett, MA.

FlyMeToTheLooneyBin

Would you need to have the receipt to return them? Have I just given myself positive risk of loss?

FWAAA

"Nothing to prevent" AA from voiding these gift cards? Nope. That's not how bankruptcy works. AA put itself on the hook for the pre-petition gift cards on November 29 in its first day filings. Had it not done so, holders of those cards would not have "null and void" cards, they would have an unsecured claim against the estate.

For cards purchased after the filing, AA has no ability to walk away from them.

Ceases operations? Seriously? There's a minute chance that will occur, but even that would not cause the cards to become "null and void." Again, that's not how bankruptcy law works.

JBGL

As of Noon today, Nashville West had 32. Julia

aktchi

Wow, somebody should make a "gift card run" to Nashville.

I am slightly down on these cards today. I applied a small leftover credit from an old ticket to a new reservation: turns out that this meant I couldn't use GCs to pay for that reservation. AA's GCs have too many restrictions!

silvermaple

AMEN !

nrr

But the (Costco) GCs without other discounts (which aren't always available) applied to taxes as well, the other codes do NOT.

EkekoBWI

Well, I think my post inspired someone to get out of the house--I checked back this evening, and the GC cashier said that someone called last week and asked for 10 GCs to be set aside. The rest got cleared out shortly afterwards.

0 balance even before I arrived today (but I got a heck of a deal on socks...)

WrLdTrvLnIndian

Rego park, ny - out

deeseeel

Costco has a history of your purchases. I've done no receipt returns with them before; they just look it up via membership.

jeautk01

Told today they were all gone as of Monday 8/20

SuzanneSLO

Not sure if this is the right thread, but I used the gift cards I bought in June to book a flight for October. After a schedule change that makes the flights no longer work for us, I cancelled the flight. I was told I would get a refund back to my credit card, but I told the agent I had used gift cards. She told me that I would get a refund back to the gift cards.

After 48 hours and no refund, I checked AA's FAQ and it looks like the refund would be back to a voucher. Anyone have any experience with this? Is the voucher something I will get in the mail? I would like to book another trip but would like to use the value I already have towards the cost. Its probably time to call AA again, but I always prefer to know the right answer before calling! Thanks for your help -- Suzanne

MazdaMP

they will send you a paper voucher, we had a low fare guarantee claim and they sent a voucher for that as well