How do I cancel my flight with American Airlines

Planning a trip can take a lot of time, energy, and money, but due to unfavorable conditions or any emergency, you are compelled to cancel your trip. To call off the trip, you will also have to cancel your bookings. 

The cancellation and refund are not a very pleasing process. It has a lot of hurdles and problems in it. To make any type of cancellation, at first, you must be aware of the policies to be able to cancel your tickets then comes another challenge: the cancellation process. Then again, one more headache is waiting for you, which is refunds. To know about all these, read the following information in the content, which can help you at best. 

Cancellation policy of American Airlines   

To cancel your tickets, you must be aware of the guidelines of American Airlines, which is immensely customer-friendly. To know more about American airlines cancellation policy, read the following:

• All the tickets are subject to a complete refund if you cancel your tickets within 24 hours of making the purchase, irrespective of whether you have a refundable or non-refundable ticket. 
• Non-refundable tickets can be changed or changed, or canceled, but you won't be able to receive any refund. If there is a requirement, you may be asked to pay some extra money for the price difference if you want to change your flight.  
• You will receive a travel credit or a travel voucher which can be used in the next booking for a non-refundable cancellation. The validity of the same will be up to a year from the date of issue. 
• If you have a basic economy fare ticket, you cannot make any kind of changes once the booking has been made. If you fail to fly with the booking, you will lose the entire amount; you are also ineligible for travel vouchers or any compensation. 
• If you have the bookings through any award ticket, you are eligible to cancel the same and redeposit the miles in your account that you have used. 

American Airlines cancellation process

To cancel your tickets with American Airlines is an easy-to-understand process. To know how to do it, go through the following steps given below:

• Browse through the official website of American Airlines.
• Click on “My Trips”. 
• Enter your passenger’s first name, last name, and booking reference number. And click on “Find Reservation.” 
• You will be taken to your booking details. Choose the “Change’ option. 
• Select “More” from the change drop-down. 
• Click on “Cancel Trip” to cancel your booking. 
• Click on the “Confirm cancel my trip” option.
• Then confirm your cancellation. 
• The airlines will initiate the refund of your amount automatically if you are eligible for the same. 
• You can also receive travel credits and vouchers. 
• You may contact the customer service team of American airlines to help you cancel your booking with the airline. 

American Airlines cancellation fee

• If you have a refundable ticket, you are not entitled to pay cancellation charges on canceling your bookings. 
• You can also cancel your tickets within 24 hours of making a purchase without paying any cancellation charges. 
• If you are having any non-refundable tickets, you will be charged $200 for domestic flights and $750 for international trips. 
• If you cancel your flight o the date of departure, you will also be charged a cancellation fee ranging from $200 to $500 for domestic flights and $700 to $1200 for international flights. 

For any more detailed information regarding how do I cancel a flight with American Airlines or the cancellation of your trips, contact the customer service of American airlines.