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American Airlines Cancellation Policy
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• American Airlines is a globally renowned aviation
  transporter founded in 1926 as American Airways.
• It is a reputed element in the aviation industry
  of the United States having a base station in
  Fort Worth, Texas.
• Further, the worlds largest airline is also a
  founding member of the Oneworld Alliance.
• It is the largest service provider on the planet
  in terms of passengers carried and fleet size.
• Moreover, the carrier accommodates an extensive
  spectrum of domestic and international routes by
  managing around 6800 flights daily.
• Similarly, American Airlines helps passengers
  explore nearly 350 destinations in over 50
  nations.
• In the fleet, the airline incorporates over 890
  vehicles, including Boeing and Airbus planes.

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• American Airlines Cancellation Policy
• American Airlines customers have the freedom to
  cancel the flight without paying a fee. Make sure
  the ticket must be purchased at least 7 days
  before departure. Secondly, the flight
  cancellation request must be triggered within 24
  hours after the booking is made.
• An aspirant will receive a full refund for
  cancelling the reservation within the risk-free
  period of 24 hours.
• The airline allows visitors to execute online or
  offline systems for cancelling the booking.
• However, you should manage to initiate the flight
  cancellation process using the same way you
  implemented during the booking.
• The significant part is that the airline asks for
  no cancellation fee if you terminate the booking
  due to an emergency.
• Further, make sure to approach the agent for
  cancellations if the booking is made with them.
• Be ready to bear a certain cancellation fee in
  case you cancel the flight with American Airlines
  beyond the risk-free window.
• As per the No-Show policy, you have no provision
  to cancel the flight with any refund.

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• American Airlines Flight Cancellation under 24
  hours time limit
• This policy is applicable to all kinds of air
  tickets promoted by airlines. You can get a full
  refund upon cancellation of reserved tickets
  within 24 hours from the date of booking. Any
  refund generated on the cancellation of American
  airline tickets can take at least 7-10 business
  days to reflect in your account. Now, tickets
  purchased in basic economy class is eligible for
  cancellation within 24 hours of flight
  reservation.
• There are mainly two types of fare structure in
  AA Airlines, the cancellation policies vary for
  both of them.
• American Airlines Basic economy- Ticket
  cancellation refund of this class of fare is
  applicable only for 24 hours from the date of
  purchase. Beyond 24 hours, there is a restriction
  on flight change or cancellation.
• American Airlines economy- Cancellation of
  tickets within 24 hours of flight reservation
  amounts to a 100 guarantee of full refund. After
  24hours, the cancellation fee will be 200 USD,
  the rest of the refund will be forwarded to the
  customers account. In case the passenger is a
  no-show at the departure point, the airline will
  issue a refund in ecredit in exchange for the
  flight automatically.

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• American Airlines Weather Cancellation Policy
• If a flight is canceled due to severe delay due
  to bad weather or any occurrence of natural
  calamity. In that case, American flights
  passenger is eligible for a full refund against
  the ticket cost. Passengers then have the option
  to-
• Get a full refund against tickets issued by
  American Airline.
• Any unused airfare will be converted into eCredit
  which the passenger can redeem for their future
  flights. This credit has to be redeemed within a
  year from the original date of the cancellation
  of the flight.
• Passengers have the option to make free changes
  without paying a cancellation fee of 200 USD.

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• Guide to cancel American Airlines flight online
• A definitive step-by-step manual is prepared to
  guide all of American Airlines customers on how
  they can cancel their reserved tickets on an
  American flight.
• Visit American Airline official website on your
  desktop
• Click on the My Trip option from the top
  toolbar then at the drop-down display, enter a
  six-digit booking reference you got in the email
  when you originally purchased tickets online
  along with the first last name of the
  passenger.
• Provide the details as requested which are needed
  to match with your American Airline flight
  reservation details.
• Then it will prompt drop you onto the next page
  where it will give all the details of your
  current or past itinerary with American.
• Click on the cancel my booking button to
  request a flight cancelation.
• If your flight is eligible for a refund, details
  will then be provided accordingly before asking
  you to confirm your cancellation.
• Once you initiate ticket cancellation, an email
  will be sent to your email address with
  confirmation from airlines and 6 digit record
  locator provided at the time of booking.

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• American Airline flight Cancellation fee
  structure-
• The cancellation fee charged by American airline
  for canceling flight after 24 hours of ticket
  purchase is as follows-
• Any cancellation or changes is restricted to
  domestic or international flight for Basic
  Economy fares.
• 200 cancellation fee will be applicable for all
  domestic and international flights with Economy
  airfares.
• 200 cancellation fee is applicable on all
  domestic and international flights with Premium
  Economy airfares.
• For Business Class, First Class, and Reward
  Ticket (Executive Platinum members) passengers,
  cancellation fees will be waived on all domestic
  and international flights.

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• Refund Policy on canceling an American Airlines
  Flight
• You have up to 24 hours from the time of ticket
  purchase to get a refund against ticket cost if
  you booked at least 2 days prior to departure.
  The 24-hour refund policy applies to all ticket
  types, provided you must cancel your trip to get
  a refund.
• On cancellation of a refundable ticket, American
  Airlines will process the full amount of your
  refund back to the original credit card within 7
  days (Which takes 1-2 billing cycles to appear in
  your statement). For cash and check purchases, a
  refund is processed within 20 days after
  receiving a complete refund request.
• For cancellation of a flight on a non-refundable
  ticket, no refund is issued generally except it
  is canceled within 24hours of ticket purchase.
  But in case of death of a passenger or passenger
  travel companion or due to military orders, they
  are then entitled to a refund provided they
  present needed documents before authorities.