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American Airlines and Winter Storm Jonas Travel Notices and Policy, Resources etc.
22-24 Jan 2015: Cancellations at CLT, BWI, DCA, EWR, IAD, JFK, LGA, PHL
(OSO / Off Schedule Operations, System IROPS / Irregular Operations, Weather, etc. affecting AA flyers)
22-24 Jan 2015: Cancellations at CLT, BWI, DCA, EWR, IAD, JFK, LGA, PHL
(OSO / Off Schedule Operations, System IROPS / Irregular Operations, Weather, etc. affecting AA flyers)
Please expand and read this wiki for resources.
Information from AA OSO, IROPS / IRROPS, delay, cancelation etc. resources (master thread)
Travel alerts
Link to AA Travel Policy / Travel Notices, including existing Weather Waivers
Relaxed change fee policies
How to change your trip
When severe weather or other uncontrollable events impact your flight and travel dates, you may be able to change your trip with no change fee.
If a travel alert affects you, you may be able to change your trip online if:
Link to AA Travel Policy / Travel Notices, including existing Weather Waivers
Relaxed change fee policies
How to change your trip
When severe weather or other uncontrollable events impact your flight and travel dates, you may be able to change your trip with no change fee.
If a travel alert affects you, you may be able to change your trip online if:
- You booked on aa.com or with American Airlines Reservations
- Your travel is within the U.S., Puerto Rico or U.S. Virgin Islands
- Look for the 'change trip' button to see if your trip is eligible. If not, please call to change your trip.
OSO Resources and Tools, Links
Link to AA Travel Policy / Travel Notices, including existing Weather Waivers
Link to AA travel exception policy for travel agents (now withdrawn from being downloaded by the public)
Link to AA cancelled flights on FlightAware
Link to FAA ATCSCC OIS (airport status issues)
Link to North American airport weather delays (FlightStats)
Link to U S airport delays (FlightAware)
Link to cancelled flights (today, to two days out - FlightAware)
Link to FlightAware "Misery Map")
Link to USA Weather Service website
Thread with alternative numbers (wiki) that can be useful during IROPS: Long wait / delay / hold times for Customer Service / EXP, etc. lines (consolidated)
Link to "AA Protection for OSO / IROPS / IRROPS / Misconnect on Separate AA / oneworld Tickets" thread.
Link to FT Original Routing Credit thread
Link to thread: 2015 AA Travel Notices & Policy, resources etc. (OSO, system IROPS, weather, etc.) (pre-merger forum)
Link to AA Travel Policy / Travel Notices, including existing Weather Waivers
Link to AA travel exception policy for travel agents (now withdrawn from being downloaded by the public)
Off Schedule Operations special numbers
AA OSO (Off-Schedule Operations) Phone: 1.800.446.7834 For those flying AA currently.
(Equivalent IROPS for US was the Disrupted Services line: 800.200.9865)
(Only if you are affected, please! Only staffed during OSO events.[/B])
AA OSO (Off-Schedule Operations) Phone: 1.800.446.7834 For those flying AA currently.
(Equivalent IROPS for US was the Disrupted Services line: 800.200.9865)
(Only if you are affected, please! Only staffed during OSO events.[/B])
Link to FAA ATCSCC OIS (airport status issues)
Link to North American airport weather delays (FlightStats)
Link to U S airport delays (FlightAware)
Link to cancelled flights (today, to two days out - FlightAware)
Link to FlightAware "Misery Map")
Link to USA Weather Service website
Thread with alternative numbers (wiki) that can be useful during IROPS: Long wait / delay / hold times for Customer Service / EXP, etc. lines (consolidated)
Link to "AA Protection for OSO / IROPS / IRROPS / Misconnect on Separate AA / oneworld Tickets" thread.
Link to FT Original Routing Credit thread
Link to thread: 2015 AA Travel Notices & Policy, resources etc. (OSO, system IROPS, weather, etc.) (pre-merger forum)
Note: Normally weather waivers allow no changes to origin or destination; new dates must be within a few days of the original booking. If your plans are totally hammered (missed my meeting, cruise, etc.) or is interrupted and you can't continue, try the phrase "trip in vain" for cancelling and refunding.
Other ways of contacting AA reservations:
Link to listing of USA other language than English lines.
Link to worldwide reservations phone numbers.
Code:
Call us Within the U.S. Language Phone Hours (CT) English 800-433-7300 24 hours, Daily Spanish 800-633-3711 24 hours, Daily Japanese 800-237-0027 6 a.m. – 12 midnight, Daily Mandarin Chinese 800-492-8095 7 a.m. – 12 midnight, Daily Hearing & speech impaired 800-543-1586 24 hours, Daily
Winter Storm Jonas 22-24 Jan: Cancellations at CLT, DCA, BWI, IAD, PHL, JFK, LGA, EWR
#241
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: South Florida
Programs: AA LTG (EXP), Hilton Silver (Dia), Marriott LTP (PP), SPG LTG (P) > MPG LTPP
Posts: 11,329
This is a case where purchasing via an OTA (Orbitz?) may allow you to cancel and get a refund within 24 hours of booking, but they are not required to do that. Check their policy to find out what they offer.
#242
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: BWI
Programs: AA Gold, HH Diamond, National Emerald Executive, TSA Disparager Gold
Posts: 15,180
On another note, I booked this upcoming trip as 2 one ways. Typically what I'll do is book it as refundable economy, then as it gets closer and the trip is firmed up, I'll change it to a non-refundable F ticket.
Of course, Sunday's outbound was cancelled and they left the reservation open but cancelled the itinerary so I could use the value. I went to rebook the trip last night for Feb 7th and they told me that I could either take a change fee for $200 and rebook the ticket, or just take the refund and book another ticket due to the weather?
If they're willing to refund the money, why can't they just rebook the ticket without penalty?
Now I have to rebook using the remainder of the initial voucher and head to the airport to ticket it AGAIN while waiting for them to refund to ANOTHER voucher.
Makes no sense.
#243
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Växjö, SE/Washington, DC
Programs: AA ExPlat, UA 1K (2MM)
Posts: 1,159
Normally I just book thru AA.com. This time around, I have a voucher from a cancelled international trip this past summer. So I have to go to the airport and ticket it.
On another note, I booked this upcoming trip as 2 one ways. Typically what I'll do is book it as refundable economy, then as it gets closer and the trip is firmed up, I'll change it to a non-refundable F ticket.
Of course, Sunday's outbound was cancelled and they left the reservation open but cancelled the itinerary so I could use the value. I went to rebook the trip last night for Feb 7th and they told me that I could either take a change fee for $200 and rebook the ticket, or just take the refund and book another ticket due to the weather?
If they're willing to refund the money, why can't they just rebook the ticket without penalty?
Now I have to rebook using the remainder of the initial voucher and head to the airport to ticket it AGAIN while waiting for them to refund to ANOTHER voucher.
Makes no sense.
On another note, I booked this upcoming trip as 2 one ways. Typically what I'll do is book it as refundable economy, then as it gets closer and the trip is firmed up, I'll change it to a non-refundable F ticket.
Of course, Sunday's outbound was cancelled and they left the reservation open but cancelled the itinerary so I could use the value. I went to rebook the trip last night for Feb 7th and they told me that I could either take a change fee for $200 and rebook the ticket, or just take the refund and book another ticket due to the weather?
If they're willing to refund the money, why can't they just rebook the ticket without penalty?
Now I have to rebook using the remainder of the initial voucher and head to the airport to ticket it AGAIN while waiting for them to refund to ANOTHER voucher.
Makes no sense.
#244
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: BWI
Programs: AA Gold, HH Diamond, National Emerald Executive, TSA Disparager Gold
Posts: 15,180
Well, hello, I understand the weather isn't necessarily their fault, but if they can't get me down there, it made the whole trip pointless at that time. Best we could reschedule it for 2 weeks later.
I'm not concerned so much about getting the refund. It's not my money, and it was a voucher anyway (a previously canned work trip). If it were my money, it'd be a different story.
#246
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: BWI
Programs: AA Gold, HH Diamond, National Emerald Executive, TSA Disparager Gold
Posts: 15,180
All just to get the original itinerary I bought just shifted 2 weeks later.
I guess the thought never occurred to them that the weather and not being able to get a flight might actually make some trips pointless and need to occur much later than a few days after the fact.
#247
Join Date: Jun 2000
Posts: 181
Our 2nd leg of the original flt from MZT to LGA via DFW, arriving LGA @ 8:53 pm on Fri, 1/22 was cancelled (e-mail cancellation notice was sent ~ noon MZT time on the 21st). Talked to Mexico City AA agent & rebooked flt which was scheduled to arrive JFK on Sat, 1/23. Received the 2nd cancellation notice few hrs later & rebooked flt which was schd to arrive LGA on Sun @ 11:31 pm on Sun. Received 3rd cancellation notice on Sat & finally got a flt to JFK which arrived @ 5:40 am on Thur, 1/28. . . 5 days + 9 hrs after the original schedule. We spent 5 extra days in sunny MZT.
#248
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: NY
Programs: AA, Hilton
Posts: 1,579
Been meaning to ask...
During the weekend of the storm, everyone was throwing out ridiculous wait times of over 2 hrs. I observed that these were for the PLT line and elite lines.
Now Im not elite but each time I called the 4337300 number, I got in within 1 minute. Over 5 times, from Friday through Monday, I got a human on the phone in less than a minute. Is that the norm? Were the LONG wait times listed only for the ExPlt and Plt desks? If so, as an elite, are you..."stuck" with only using those lines or can't your itineraries be handled by the "cattle class" 4337300 line?
During the weekend of the storm, everyone was throwing out ridiculous wait times of over 2 hrs. I observed that these were for the PLT line and elite lines.
Now Im not elite but each time I called the 4337300 number, I got in within 1 minute. Over 5 times, from Friday through Monday, I got a human on the phone in less than a minute. Is that the norm? Were the LONG wait times listed only for the ExPlt and Plt desks? If so, as an elite, are you..."stuck" with only using those lines or can't your itineraries be handled by the "cattle class" 4337300 line?