The refund process depends on when you booked your American Airlines trip and when the flight was canceled. Automatic refunds are given if you cancel the booking within 24 hours of purchasing a ticket and if that purchase happened 48 hours before the flight's departure. The carrier will refund the value of your ticket minus service charges for booking through the reservations phone system and nonrefundable taxes.

I accidentally canceled my flight, and for refund I approached customer care for refund. The customer support executive was very friendly and he said that it was cancelled within 24 hours. So according to the American airlines 24 hour cancellation policy I am eligible to get a full refund. I got my money back and thanks to the American airlines staff.

Nerdy tip: If an involuntary cancellation or significant change or delay is made by American Airlines, you can choose to request a refund. However, sometimes you won’t know of a flight cancellation until within 24 hours of your departure time, so stay on top of your flight’s status.

American Airlines will not allow you to cancel a Basic Economy ticket unless it is canceled within 24 hours from the time it was purchased. However, there are some circumstances where you can cancel and request a refund: if American changes your flight schedule by 4 hours or more, if you have military orders, or (very morbidly) if you or your traveling companion dies.

You can easily cancel your American airline’s flight but by visiting their official website and login in with your details and go to “my trip” and a tab will appear asking for your name and six-digit reference booking number. After entering all your details you can continue by clicking on “cancel my booking”. American Airlines will ask you to confirm your Cancellation after you confirm your Cancellation American Airlines will send you a mail that has details related to the refund.

We do not refund nonrefundable American Airlines tickets except when the ticket is cancelled within 24 hours of purchase, when we make a schedule change that results in a change of more than 4 hours*, upon the death of a passenger or passenger's traveling companion or because of military orders. Supporting documentation is required.

You have up to 24 hours from the time you first buy your ticket for a refund if you booked at least 2 days prior to departure. The 24-hour refund policy applies to all ticket types, but you have to cancel the trip to get a refund.* Reservations booked as part of group block do not qualify for the 24 hour refund.

It’s important to note that the DOT rule does not apply in a handful of cases. The refund policy only applies to bookings made at least seven days or more before departure. But if you make a reservation less than seven days before the flight’s departure date, the 24-hour rule does not cover your booking—meaning you have no grace period to cancel and receive a full refund.

Nonrefundable tickets: no refund after the 24 hour grace period. However, if you cancel a flight before departure, you can apply the unused value of eligible fares toward a future trip, so long as the new flight takes place within one year of the original ticket issue date.

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