Trying to get a refund from American Airlines

The issue with refunds is usually hidden in the small print. They may have written a few clauses in the contract that would make getting the refund more of a hassle than it should necessary be. But I am confident they would refund you for the trip you intend to cancel but it may take a little longer than you would expect it to take. This is from some experience I and some colleagues have had.

I have heard of airlines that will not refund your ticket if you use part of it but not all of it. They claim that they had to reserve a seat for you and they woulod lose money if they can't fill it. it used to be that you could reserve a ticket and not show and get your money back after the fact. Some consumers abused the system and now we all pay. When I was in college there were students who would book several different names and then those people would be no shows and not charged for the ticker. The college student could then fly stand by (usually at 1/2 price) and know that there were about 5 seats on different airlines that would be no shows thus increasing their chances of catching a flight. Such tactics were not limited to college students. Some business people would book several flights for the same day in case the meeting got out early or ran late. This practice lead the airlines to over book flights just to make sure they were full. They also started to require payment up front and it became harder to get a refund. Sometimes we do it to our selves and the actions of a few hurt us all.