Hard to tell, this is a "special deal" only offered to those who purchased the fare that they are trying to back out of. We don't know of anyone who has taken the bait yet.

I'm curious if the early posters that said their ticket was actually an A fare basis was also cancelled.

I think that despite what some have claimed, everyone purchased a Q**** fare basis that booked into A. I'd love to be proved wrong via screenshots.

Some booking sources don't make the fare basis accessible (or easy to get to), and the confusion is understandable.

What people are confusing here are the difference between fare basis and booking class.

If our got the fare basis of Axxxx and it booked in A class at say $1200, then the fare will be honored because the fare basis dictates the ticket. But if the fare basis was Qxxxx and the booking class was wrong, then the finally argument is that the error was in the booking class.

AA is doing what it can now in correcting the booking class. It could of course just then change all booking classes of "A" into economy for the next year or so, and reevaluate everyone booked into genuine "A" fares into another booking class - say "E".

AA may just let the issue slide and let you go to the airport and then give you a boarding pass in economy. Because you bought an economy class ticket - see it says so on the fare. Did you say you booked in "A" class? Sorry, your reservation is showing you in "Q" and here's your seat - 69E.

This may be a loooong battle but as a TA for over 25 years, I can see AA's argument .

FWIW, this has not been my experience or the experience of quite a few others

sorry you've not gotten the service you feel you should have received. I fly AA almost exclusively because I do consistently get superb service.

I believe post #835 has some very good advice. @:-)

AGAIN....I understand this difference. Please show me a screen shot of where a passenger booking on AA.com can easily and CLEARLY see the fare basis for their ticket. And tell me in a court of law which would be viewed as the most CLEARLY visible to passengers booking tickets. It is the class of travel, which in this case was "A." EVERY piece of correspondence, including PNR, e-ticket receipt, QF's own booking info, has indicated "A"....

I am assuming that everyone's tickets have been cancelled.
Have anyone gotton the $200 voucher?

If you show up at the airport, you'll fly in Y.

If you convince lots of people on this thread that you're right, then show up at the airport, you'll fly Y.

From what you've posted, further discussions with AA won't do much to get you into F.

Suing is a possibility, but AA seems to have some defenses that could make the process expensive for you, such as the apparent requirement that litigation be in Texas and the doctrine of mistake.

Is there some other alternative?

I tend to agree. The entire system is ridiculous, which is why we are all here arbitraging and having fun. That's why we are here. There is the occasional deal that looks too good to be true, but isn't.

$1242 would have been a screaming deal, though no more screaming than a recent USAirways promotion where one merchant offered 40 miles per dollar spent and USAirways added a whopping 250% bonus onto that. That results in a first class ticket on Star Alliance (LH) to Europe for less than $1,000.

Good question ! @:-)

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Just received 2 eVoucher.

Here is the email that I got.

January 18, 2010

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Sincerely,

xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Customer Relations
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this is post #6, it pretty much says it all. Anyone IMO who booked it after this post pretty much knew Exactly what the true score was, and AA handing out a $200 voucher is very generous IMO

to those who wish to go the Court Route, Good Luck to You you will need it, and to a small degree I understand

My ticket has not been cancelled and AA has made no attempt to contact me either by phone or email. My PNR still looks pristine, showing A class with seats assigned in the F cabin; however my fare basis was A which presumably makes all the difference. Has AA completed vetting all of these tickets?