Get a refund from American Airlines?
You have to cancel your flight within 24 hours of booking to get refund from American Airlines. As a passenger it is a difficult task to predict about your day of flight as the flight booking process starts in an advance of 60 to 90 days. It is not uncommon that several passengers have to cancel their tickets at the last moment due to change in their travel plans. American Airlines provides you two types of tickets- refundable and non-refundable. You can cancel your tickets within 24 hours if you make your booking till 2 days before the scheduled departure of the flight. You will get full refund after deducting the sale imposed non-refundable taxes and service charge which were charged for booking through reservations. In any kind of trouble you can get a human at American Airlines to resolve your queries.
Refund policy on Refundable ticket
The airline provides the facility to get a refund from American Airlines. If the flight ticket was purchased directly from the airlines, you can apply for refund through the official website or you can visit the ticket counter of the American Airlines. You get refund to your original credit card within a time span of 7 days. The tickets purchased through cash and cheque get the refund in 20 days. The passengers who purchased their tickets through agents or any other website should contact their ticket booking agency for refund.
In short , the time span for refund for refund on refundable tickets is –
Credit card 7 days
Debit card/ cheque/ cash 20 days
Refund policy on Non-refundable tickets
The non-refundable tickets give you the facility of refund under the following conditions-
- Ticket cancellation within 24 hours of booking
- In the event of death of passenger or the companion
- If the airline delays the flight for more than 4 hours
- If the military personnel gets government order of change if location of his duty
The basic nature of non-refundable tickets is that you do not get any refund if you cancel the flight booking within 24 hours of the booking. The passengers will get a refund from American Airlines in the form original payment if they cancel the tickets with 24 hours. In the event of crossing that time limit the fare paid by you will be forfeited by the airlines as the non-refundable tickets do not bear any such promise of refund on cancellation.
If you face any problem, you can get a human at American Airlines to resolve your queries.
In some cases some taxes included in the price of ticket is also refundable-
- Taxes or fees which are specific to destination are refundable on written request.
- The taxes or fee will not be refunded if it is mandatory to pay such charges
- You get refund in the original form of payment
The nonrefundable tickets do not get a refund from American Airlines on cancellation but you can use the unused value of the ticket towards the future trip under the following conditions-
- New trip must be booked within one year of the original date of booking
- The original ticket had been cancelled before departure of the first flight
The passengers book few amenities at the time of flight booking but these services cannot be used if the flight is cancelled at a later date. These unplanned and untimely cancellations create doubt in the passengers as they had spent a lot of money in making t hose purchases. If you use the products and services on an alternate flight, you do not get refund of those add ons but if you did not use them, you can get refund for those services-
- Bag fees (no refund on online purchases)
- Pet fees
- Priority boarding
- Same day flight change
The refund policy of American Airlines varies for refundable and non-refundable tickets but the refund process remains the same. You can get a human at American Airlines if needed. You can follow the following steps to apply for the refund of tickets –
- Enter the official website of American Airline in the browser
- Select ‘my trip’ on the home page of the website.
- Enter the details of your flight booking
- Choose ‘cancel ticket’
- Download and save the details
If you get stuck in the process of refund, you can get in touch with the customer care service who shall guide you through the process and are ready to assist you at any time.