So... last week, I booked a RT itinerary on AA for me and my son. An hour later, I called in and canceled HIS ticket but kept mine. They split the two tickets from each other and then made a new reservation code. His ticket showed as canceled, mine was still good.
Annoying part is that they told me that in order to get a refund I had to apply for it online. (I didn't know that they had changed their rule about canceling within 24 hours.)
Anyway, I go to their refund site and I accidentally entered MY ticket # first and apply for a refund (which I am clearly not eligible for) but then realized it was the wrong one. I just figured they would not give it to me. So I reapplied for a refund using my son's (canceled) ticket #. I even wrote a note that "this is the right ticket#, please ignore previous application.)
Today I look and see BOTH tickets are refunded back to my card. I look on AA and my ticket is still showing as an existing reservation. So, did I just get a free ticket? (Flight is next week.)