Award ticket cancellation period
Sep 2, 2019, 6:59 pm
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Tampa, FL
Programs: AAdantage EXP
Posts: 41
Award ticket cancellation period
Hi All,
My apologies if this has been asked but I couldn’t find anything by searching.
AA EXP wanting to book a potential award flight for a friend tomorrow. Not sure if they are going to fly or drive, might be a day of decision. My question is how soon before the flight can I cancel the award ticket and have my miles reinstated? 24 hours? 4 hours? Any help is greatly appreciated.
My apologies if this has been asked but I couldn’t find anything by searching.
AA EXP wanting to book a potential award flight for a friend tomorrow. Not sure if they are going to fly or drive, might be a day of decision. My question is how soon before the flight can I cancel the award ticket and have my miles reinstated? 24 hours? 4 hours? Any help is greatly appreciated.
Sep 2, 2019, 8:09 pm
#2
Join Date: May 2017
Posts: 2,279
Reinstating flight awards
Contact American Airlines Reservations for assistance with canceling your flight award reservation and requesting mileage reinstatement.- You can request to have your AAdvantage® mileage reinstated for a wholly unused AAdvantage® award ticket and if the ticket has not expired. For tickets booked on or after November 1, 2018, you can request to have your AAdvantage® mileage reinstated for a wholly unused AAdvantage® award ticket if your reservation is canceled prior to departure and if the ticket has not expired.
- The reinstatement charge is $150 per account for the first award ticket. Additional award tickets reinstated to the same account at the same time will have a $25 charge per ticket.
- This fee will be waived for Executive Platinum members using miles from their account, including for Economy Web Special awards.
Sep 2, 2019, 8:24 pm
#3
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Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Tampa, FL
Programs: AAdantage EXP
Posts: 41
Thank you. I saw that but didn’t know if there was a certain cutoff or truly up to departure. I wouldn’t let it get that close just wanted to be sure if I canceled about an hour before I would be in the clear.
I thought when I flew SW it was 10 mins before or something but I could be wrong.
I thought when I flew SW it was 10 mins before or something but I could be wrong.