24 Hour Hold question
Sep 27, 2019, 2:20 pm
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24 Hour Hold question
I placed a 24-Hold on a one-way return yesterday, to lock in a good fare while I finalized plans. It occurred to me after the fact that I have a residual ticket value I planned to use to purchase the ticket.
A similar strategy went awry recently with a United ticket. That ended up working out OK, but only after several calls and me scrambling to drop my hold in an attempt to generate the original fare I purchased the hold on. Luckily, the available fare reverted to the held fare once I dropped my ticket, and I grabbed it. However it's a bit easier on United because you can do the entire applied residual credit transaction online for the new flight.
Will I run into a similar issue with applying the residual American ticket value to a new fare-lock Hold? Or will AA be able to process the credit against the 24 held fare if I call to purchase?
Thanks!
A similar strategy went awry recently with a United ticket. That ended up working out OK, but only after several calls and me scrambling to drop my hold in an attempt to generate the original fare I purchased the hold on. Luckily, the available fare reverted to the held fare once I dropped my ticket, and I grabbed it. However it's a bit easier on United because you can do the entire applied residual credit transaction online for the new flight.
Will I run into a similar issue with applying the residual American ticket value to a new fare-lock Hold? Or will AA be able to process the credit against the 24 held fare if I call to purchase?
Thanks!
