AA introduces Flight Credit Wallet (Aug 2020)
Sep 23, 2020, 11:46 pm
#76
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: SFO
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Sep 24, 2020, 10:48 am
#78
Join Date: May 2013
Location: SAN, LAX
Programs: JMB, Bonvoy, Hyatt
Posts: 237
The new Trip Credit cannot be used when booking online and must be applied by calling reservations. I believe these are issued now in place of e-vouchers when changing to a cheaper flight. Flight Credit is only for applying the value of a cancelled ticket.
Sep 24, 2020, 1:12 pm
#79
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Los Angeles
Programs: AA Exec Plat, DL Plat (but not for long)
Posts: 175
Sep 26, 2020, 3:33 pm
#81
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: SFO/SJC/OAK
Programs: OZ Diamond (*G), KQ Asante Gold (ST+), Hilton Diamond, IHG Diamond, Marriott Gold
Posts: 1,511
Could not use my future flight credit online today, but calling reservations was super easy and I had a new ticket booked in 5 minutes. The agent did say that it takes a few hours for the actual email confirmation to come in.
Sep 26, 2020, 9:02 pm
#82
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Los Angeles
Programs: AA Exec Plat, DL Plat (but not for long)
Posts: 175
Oct 3, 2020, 7:10 am
#83
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Anchorage
Posts: 96
Flight credit does expire 2/11/21. Thinking of trying to avoid wasting this $200 credit by booking something, but looking for advice. Could I :
- book the cheapest flight to anywhere and get the reminder of the flight credit redeposited to my wallet with a new, extended expiration date? Does AA do this? Even if I wasted the price of the flight to anywhere, I would salvage most of the flight credit; or
- book an itinerary I might actually take before the 2/11/21 expiration date and then try changing the flight to the end of May, when I’d like to fly. Is there a chance this would work?
Thanks
- book the cheapest flight to anywhere and get the reminder of the flight credit redeposited to my wallet with a new, extended expiration date? Does AA do this? Even if I wasted the price of the flight to anywhere, I would salvage most of the flight credit; or
- book an itinerary I might actually take before the 2/11/21 expiration date and then try changing the flight to the end of May, when I’d like to fly. Is there a chance this would work?
Thanks
Oct 15, 2020, 12:48 am
#86
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Bay Area
Posts: 528
Just spoke with AA - I have a Flight Credit due to expire very soon.
The CSR said that since the expiration date falls between March 2020 and December 2020, the expiration is extended to Dec 31 2021.
However my wallet still shows the original expiration date. Which one is it?
I certainly don't want to waste that credit, but also have no plans for travel in the near term and if the credit is extended until 12/21 I don't have to waste some $$ to get a cheap flight and a voucher for the balance.
Thanks in advance.
The CSR said that since the expiration date falls between March 2020 and December 2020, the expiration is extended to Dec 31 2021.
However my wallet still shows the original expiration date. Which one is it?
I certainly don't want to waste that credit, but also have no plans for travel in the near term and if the credit is extended until 12/21 I don't have to waste some $$ to get a cheap flight and a voucher for the balance.
Thanks in advance.
Oct 15, 2020, 12:59 am
#87
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 3,528
To confirm -- If I want to apply a "flight credit" towards a flight that costs less than the credit (e.g., $500 flight credit towards $200 flight), I get to keep the residual value for later use? Or is it a new flight credit? Or do I lose it entirely?
I find AA's webpage unclear here.
I find AA's webpage unclear here.
Oct 15, 2020, 5:21 am
#88
Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: CLT
Programs: AA EXP, 2 Million Miler
Posts: 821
To confirm -- If I want to apply a "flight credit" towards a flight that costs less than the credit (e.g., $500 flight credit towards $200 flight), I get to keep the residual value for later use? Or is it a new flight credit? Or do I lose it entirely?
I find AA's webpage unclear here.
I find AA's webpage unclear here.
Dec 6, 2020, 6:51 am
#89
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Long Island, NY
Programs: AA EXP, Hyatt Explorist, Marriott Gold
Posts: 732
credit for international flight
I got a flight credit from an international flight (US to Europe).
I was informed by the AA EXP desk that I could not use the flight credit on a domestic ticket. I would have to use an another trip US to Europe.
Any workaround?
I was informed by the AA EXP desk that I could not use the flight credit on a domestic ticket. I would have to use an another trip US to Europe.
Any workaround?
Dec 14, 2020, 10:41 pm
#90
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: NOVA
Programs: IHG Rewards Platinum, Marriott Gold, Hilton Diamond, UA/DL/AA Back of the plane...
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I was just looking at my flight credit in my wallet that shows an expiration date of 12/31/2021.. I swear (I think) when it was issued I was told it was ticket issue by that date and now I notice it says travel begin by that date. I thought they were ticket dates with these new credits and now they look like travel commence date too?