American Airlines making big changes to award ticket hold times - The Points Guy

American Airlines making big changes to award ticket hold times - The Points Guy

Let’s start with the good news: American Airlines will continue to allow users to put award tickets on hold. However, its policy is getting more restrictive. As first flagged by Ben Schlappig at One Mile at a Time, American Airlines is reducing award ticket hold times to 24 hours. Previously, members of the AAdvantage program were allowed to hold award tickets for as long as five days if they were booking at least two weeks in advance. If they w…

American Removes Award Holds On Close-In Flights, Reduces Award Holds On Other Flights

Once upon a time, most airlines allowed you to hold awards. That made sense, as it took time to transfer points from Starwood to the airline or to get back your points after redepositing an award ticket. It was especially useful as redepositing an award ticket could cost hundreds of dollars. Over time, award holds […]

American Airlines AAdvantage Reduces Award Ticket Hold Policy

We love an award program that lets you put a ticket on hold for several days. Whether you need time to think about it, confer with a friend, or check other options before committing, putting a seat on hold to ensure it doesn’t disappear is a wonderful thing. American Airlines has had one of — if not the — friendliest award ticket policies in the past. Now, that’s changing, as the airline is dropping its hold policy from 5 days to 1. Let’s take a…

American Airlines Reduces AAdvantage Award Ticket Holds From 5 Days To 24 Hours - Live and Let's Fly

American Airlines has reduced the hold time on AAdvantage award tickets from five days to 24 hours, a move that is disappointing and yet very reasonable. American Airlines Reduces AAdvantage Award Ticket Hold Time By 80% Just yesterday, I put an AAdvantage award on hold for a client for five days…for years, AA has had the most generous award hold policy whereby: award bookings could be held for up to five days if you held a reservation 14 or mo…

American Airlines Slashes Award Holds To 1 Day—Still The Only U.S. Airline Offering This Rare Perk - View from the Wing

American Airlines is eliminating the ability to put an award ticket on hold for five days, reducing allowable hold time to just one day. Continue reading American Airlines Slashes Award Holds To 1 Day—Still The Only U.S. Airline Offering This Rare Perk...