[PREM FARE GONE] AA A/F Fare: CMN-MIA - $741/$1159
Sep 13, 2021, 8:12 pm
#302
Join Date: Aug 2004
Programs: AA (EP), Hilton (Diamond), Marriott Bonvoy (Titanium)
Posts: 8,937
My reading of the fare rules is that for both the F and A fares, changes can be made before or after departure; as long as only the return is changed, it will be repriced using historical fares as of the prior date of ticketing.
Sep 13, 2021, 9:02 pm
#303
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: ANC, NYC
Posts: 327
I got the A fare ticketed through AA and decided to cancel within 24 hours after realizing I couldn't make the positioning work. The charges have posted and the cancellation status is 'flight credit'. Am i screwed when it comes to getting a full refund? not the end of the world, im sure i can use the credit but not what i'd expect...
Sep 13, 2021, 9:07 pm
#304
Join Date: Sep 2018
Programs: Alaska
Posts: 2,188
I got the A fare ticketed through AA and decided to cancel within 24 hours after realizing I couldn't make the positioning work. The charges have posted and the cancellation status is 'flight credit'. Am i screwed when it comes to getting a full refund? not the end of the world, im sure i can use the credit but not what i'd expect...
I certainly don't want credit as I have no use of it.
Sep 13, 2021, 9:34 pm
#305
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Seattle
Posts: 339
I got the A fare ticketed through AA and decided to cancel within 24 hours after realizing I couldn't make the positioning work. The charges have posted and the cancellation status is 'flight credit'. Am i screwed when it comes to getting a full refund? not the end of the world, im sure i can use the credit but not what i'd expect...
Sep 13, 2021, 10:36 pm
#307
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: DTW / SJC
Programs: AA EXP, DL DM, Marriott Titanium, Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 764
Sep 13, 2021, 11:56 pm
#308
Join Date: Mar 2019
Posts: 773
Sep 14, 2021, 1:09 am
#310
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: AMS
Programs: KL PFL; BA Gold; A3 Silver; EY Silver; SU Silver
Posts: 2,488
Do we know what it was that removed the fares display and inhibited tickets issue via AA.com (for most people at least if not for all)? I could not even see AA fares ex CMN in Expertflyer using any ticketing date in September, however, a ticketing date in August or earlier returned the listing and the fare (routing) details showed that the fares were not expired yet (up until they finally set to expire of course on US morning the 12th).
Sep 14, 2021, 1:12 am
#311
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: AMS
Programs: KL PFL; BA Gold; A3 Silver; EY Silver; SU Silver
Posts: 2,488
For sure this is the standard rule, howwever, the actual airlines application may be different for full fares - we have seen in CX ex-Vietnam deal that those fares allowed first fare component changes without refaring even before departure. No idea how this will work with AA.
Sep 14, 2021, 1:25 am
#312
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: AMS
Programs: KL PFL; BA Gold; A3 Silver; EY Silver; SU Silver
Posts: 2,488
This particular fare wasn't easy or actually possible to book directly with AA using Matrix and browser extension magic. As for using AA codeshares as one solution, they weren't loaded for all time periods on MAD-CMN and v.v. And don't get started about Priceline. Any seasoned traveller knows what risks that entails and how they're an OTA with limited service, unlike a very dependable TA. Remember: you're a customer of the OTA, not the airline, first and foremost. Thus any rebookings etc. must be raised with the OTA.
I do not agree calling is the main reason fares get killed, but its also my problem
Its about rules and following the rules. The rules can be discussed in other forum threads if people wish to do so.
Sep 14, 2021, 3:38 am
#313
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Unio Europaea
Programs: BA GGL, AS, Hertz Cirque Présidentielle
Posts: 1,445
You talk about perceived, unwritten community rules, while saying there's other threads to discuss them.
Sep 14, 2021, 5:02 am
#314
Join Date: Apr 2007
Programs: QF, VA, AC, Hyatt, Marriott
Posts: 3,784
CHANGES BEFORE OUTBOUND DEPARTURE// WHEN THE FIRST FARE COMPONENT IS CHANGED THEITINERARY MUST BE REPRICED USING CURRENT FARES IN EFFECT ON THE DATE THE TICKET IS REISSUED. ----- WHEN THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THE FIRST FARE COMPONENT BUT OTHER FARE COMPONENTS ARE CHANGED THE ITINERARY MUST BE REPRICED USING HISTORICAL FARES IN EFFECT ON THE PREVIOUS TICKETING DATE OR CURRENT FARES IN EFFECT ON THE DATE OF TICKET REISSUE WHICHEVER IS LOWER.
CHANGES AFTER DEPARTURE// THE ITINERARY MUST BE REPRICED USING HISTORICAL FARES IN EFFECT ON THE PREVIOUS TICKETING DATE. ----- WHEN THE NEW ITINERARY RESULTS IN A HIGHER FARE THE DIFFERENCE WILL BE COLLECTED.
It actually seems as though it's better to change before departure, providing you're not changing the first flight.
Sep 14, 2021, 11:44 am
#315
Join Date: May 2006
Location: SAN
Programs: Lots of faux metal
Posts: 6,425
Do we know what it was that removed the fares display and inhibited tickets issue via AA.com (for most people at least if not for all)? I could not even see AA fares ex CMN in Expertflyer using any ticketing date in September, however, a ticketing date in August or earlier returned the listing and the fare (routing) details showed that the fares were not expired yet (up until they finally set to expire of course on US morning the 12th).