Aa award change cancel rules..
Oct 16, 2022, 3:57 pm
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Aa award change cancel rules..
Newbie here.sorry for basic question but are all changes,cancellations now free for aa booked award flights?even for ones booked on aa for partner airlines?
Oct 16, 2022, 7:06 pm
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Correct, no fee to cancel an award ticket and reinstate miles. For an award ticket change, you might have to pay a mileage difference if the new award is more expensive, but there is no change fee. Web Specials can’t be changed, only cancelled.
Oct 17, 2022, 9:17 pm
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This is somewhat semantics. There is little difference between changing a standard award flight. Compared to canceling a saver award flight and booking the new one you want.
Oct 21, 2022, 10:29 pm
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There's a big difference if it's a round-trip ticket and you want to change one direction but there's no award inventory anymore on the half you want to keep.
Oct 25, 2022, 8:05 pm
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Jul 6, 2023, 1:48 pm
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Even though AA web special award flights have no fee to cancel, what about partner awards? I snagged a rare US-Japan biz class award for 60K miles next spring. I did not see a disclaimer that the partner award was a web special, so not sure what fee, if any, will be incurred.
Jul 6, 2023, 1:54 pm
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Even though AA web special award flights have no fee to cancel, what about partner awards? I snagged a rare US-Japan biz class award for 60K miles next spring. I did not see a disclaimer that the partner award was a web special, so not sure what fee, if any, will be incurred.
Aug 24, 2023, 2:42 pm
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Yes, but there might be an adjustment made if booking the roundtrip was cheaper than the sum of the two one-ways.
Aug 24, 2023, 5:43 pm
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to be honest I dont know why I didn't book it as 2 one-ways (which would make my changes easier), but the rate I booked at isn't available right now if i cancel and rebook before the whole trip starts.