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$75 fee:

-21+ days prior to departure is based on the departing city time zone, not the booking city time zone.

EDIT: I managed to call in and have them waive the fee when it was within 21 days in departing city time zone but not by booking city time zone

UPDATE: AA has removed all close-in fees

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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #840 on: October 11, 2015, 09:23:21 AM »
Is EWR considered the same region as LGA? Can i change from EWR to LGA without penalty
EWR and LGA are considered the same region/city.
Regarding paying a fee for switching to a different airport in the same city, see the comment here.

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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #841 on: October 11, 2015, 07:31:24 PM »
when booking with aa miles, can I cancel my trip without penalty?
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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #842 on: October 11, 2015, 08:11:40 PM »
Is EWR considered the same region as LGA? Can i change from EWR to LGA without penalty
Nope, you'll need to pay a fee.

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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #843 on: October 11, 2015, 08:59:59 PM »
when booking with aa miles, can I cancel my trip without penalty?
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You can cancel for free, but it will cost $150 to redeposit the miles.

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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #844 on: October 16, 2015, 11:47:09 AM »
Booked an award flight and used my Citi AA card to pay for the taxes, but realized after that I would have been better off putting it on my CSP because they give protection even when card is just used to pay for taxes. Is there anything I can do now, or too late?

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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #845 on: October 16, 2015, 11:55:28 AM »
AAdvantage reduced rates for cardholders on some routes and dates.
https://www.aa.com/i18n/AAdvantage/redeemMiles/reduced-mileage-awards.jsp

Do they even have any reduced award for international destinations?

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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #846 on: October 18, 2015, 12:49:26 PM »
Can the passenger on an AA partner booking call in to make flight changes (same origin and destination) or do they require AH to call in?
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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #847 on: October 18, 2015, 12:52:18 PM »
Can the passenger on an AA partner booking call in to make flight changes (same origin and destination) or do they require AH to call in?
Pax can do it.

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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #848 on: October 18, 2015, 05:14:51 PM »
Booked an award flight and used my Citi AA card to pay for the taxes, but realized after that I would have been better off putting it on my CSP because they give protection even when card is just used to pay for taxes. Is there anything I can do now, or too late?

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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #849 on: October 19, 2015, 09:07:07 AM »
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Maybe cancel and re-book. Though you may not want to risk losing the seats.
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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #850 on: October 19, 2015, 09:12:58 AM »
Maybe cancel and re-book. Though you may not want to risk losing the seats.
Not worth redeposit fee.
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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #851 on: October 19, 2015, 10:23:15 AM »
Not sure if this question goes here but I figured it's better than starting a new thread.

I just booked 5 tickets on American from PHL to MCO in one way segments using my Citi thank you points and the 1.25% value. I would have gotten the Citi Prestige card for the extra American Airlines value (1.6 cents per point) except that I wasn't planning on flying American as they don't fly to MCO from the NYC area very frequently other than JFK. But there was a crazy good price from PHL ($86.20 round trip per ticket) that I couldn't pass up. It's only about an extra 90 minutes each way from my house past EWR.

Anyway, I booked the flights using my Thank You points with no cash at all. I have the Aviator American Airlines (the old Barclay US Airways card) and I did put in my AAdvantage number into the reservation. Does that mean I will get free checked bags for each direction even though I didn't pay anything on the Aviator card? Is there somewhere on the American site I can confirm? I haven't seen anything yet in my searches.

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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #852 on: October 19, 2015, 10:30:31 AM »
As long as the FFN that has the CC is tied to the reservation, you'll get the free bag.

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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #853 on: October 19, 2015, 10:58:27 AM »
Not sure if this question goes here but I figured it's better than starting a new thread.

I just booked 5 tickets on American from PHL to MCO in one way segments using my Citi thank you points and the 1.25% value. I would have gotten the Citi Prestige card for the extra American Airlines value (1.6 cents per point) except that I wasn't planning on flying American as they don't fly to MCO from the NYC area very frequently other than JFK. But there was a crazy good price from PHL ($86.20 round trip per ticket) that I couldn't pass up. It's only about an extra 90 minutes each way from my house past EWR.

Anyway, I booked the flights using my Thank You points with no cash at all. I have the Aviator American Airlines (the old Barclay US Airways card) and I did put in my AAdvantage number into the reservation. Does that mean I will get free checked bags for each direction even though I didn't pay anything on the Aviator card? Is there somewhere on the American site I can confirm? I haven't seen anything yet in my searches.
Should be fine. Not sure if this is always but when I have a credit card on the reservation when I get to the baggage charges it would say something like can't determine baggage fees at this time....

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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #854 on: October 19, 2015, 11:58:18 AM »
Not worth redeposit fee.

Ya, don't want to pay the redeposit fee. And would probably lose my seats. It's PHL-DOH-MLE in J. Lucky to find availability in the first place. Hopefully nothing goes wrong.

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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #855 on: October 28, 2015, 01:36:47 AM »
Maybe AA should update their list, they still list Elal a partner :o

http://www.aa.com/i18n/AAdvantage/earnMiles/airlines/main.jsp

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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #856 on: October 28, 2015, 01:38:24 AM »
They still list Elal a partner ??? :o

http://www.aa.com/i18n/AAdvantage/earnMiles/airlines/main.jsp
But:
"Effective November 1, 2014, flights taken on EL AL will not earn AAdvantage miles due to the discontinuation of American's frequent flyer relationship with EL AL.

All award travel on EL AL must be booked and ticketed by October 31, 2014. Travel is valid one year after ticket date, and must be completed by October 31, 2015. No changes to the EL AL segments are allowed during that period."
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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #857 on: October 31, 2015, 07:44:29 PM »
is there a way to get back expired AA miles?
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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #858 on: October 31, 2015, 11:07:47 PM »
is there a way to get back expired AA miles?
Get a retro credit via a car rental from before the miles expired.
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Re: AA Award Flights
« Reply #859 on: October 31, 2015, 11:40:12 PM »
Or you can reactivate for a charge https://www.aa.com/i18n/AAdvantage/earnMiles/reactivate-miles.jsp

They also sometimes offer a challenge like earning a certain amount of miles, etc.