TravelTalkOnline Forums Travel and Vacation Forums British Virgin Islands American Airlines cancels 24 hr seat hold policy

That might add to the stress of getting vacation timing just right.

Sorry, not sure exactly what you mean. Do you have a link?

Also, if you have booked through AA for flights that are codeshared w Seaborne into EIS double check your itinerary. They recently rescheduled our return flight so that our Seaborne flight left EIS @ 4:40 pm to catch our 2:40 pm flight out of SJU. Putting us into SJU 3 hours after our AA flight! The AA rep that helped me "fix the glitch" said that Seaborne has redone it's summer schedule and has pulled/canceled several daily flights from SJU - EIS.

All I could find regarding this was that they will no longer hold it if travel is within 7 days. They will still if it is beyond that. Shouldn't be a problem for most.

<a href="ttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/get-there/wp/2016/03/31/american-airlines-will-no-longer-let-travelers-hold-flight-reservations-for-24-hours/" target="_blank">ttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/get-there/wp/2016/03/31/american-airlines-will-no-longer-let-travelers-hold-flight-reservations-for-24-hours/</a>

Well.. you can still cancel within 24 hours, so you can still put it on hold essentially.

"Travelers will now have the ability to cancel a flight and receive a full refund as long as they cancel within 24 hours of booking."

yup - details as heard on CNBC
Yes, now must pay first, and get refund if you change your mind - ahhhh, the faith we all naturally have

a full refund?

Yes, a full refund. That has been common for a long time and appears to be required by law.