Last Friday, I redeemed AA miles for two round trip tickets DCA-LAX-DCA for 20,000 each way per person (AAnytime awards). Saver awards weren't available at the time.
Today, a saver award became available for an Alaska LAX-DCA flight at 12,500 miles.
I called AA and asked if I can change the AA LAX-DCA flight to the Alaska flight and get the difference of 7500 miles (X2) back, and they said there would be a redeposit fee of $150 for the first ticket, and $25 for the 2nd ticket - total of $175.
A) is there any way around paying the redeposit fee? I asked a supervisor and was told no. Should I try a different agent? (I am a Citi AA cardholder it that helps.)
B) Is it worth it for me to pay $175 to get a total of 15,000 AA miles redeposited to my account?
TIA