How many points do you request from American Airlines for a flight delayed or canceled for mechanical reasons?

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Write a complain, use dramatic language, emphasize that you are paying top bucks for the ticket and have a choice to fly with other airlines, and missed a lot of scheduled commitments because of the delay. Let them decide how many points, it always works for me.

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Depends on length of delay. If it's longer than 2 hours, I've been able to get 15k with American and 35k with Delta

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I've never had success getting points from Delta for delays. Are you guys just emailing their regular help desk and asking for points straight up?

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Me and my husband each got $300 vouchers which we used to take a trip to Bermuda, best delay ever!!!

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10-20k... lots of factors however, how long, did you have a connection, were you well informed of the delay, etc. I've gotten everything from $200 vouchers to 10k miles.

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So 3 hour delay that turned into a cancellation leading to missed meetings at the client site?

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Do you make the ask though or do you let them make the offer? Not sure if I am doing this wrong; in the past I make a complaint but don't explicitly ask for points.

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Personally I've always asked directly and one time they offered me 7500 points for a 7 hour delay to which I responded and said it was not enough

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Don't use "dramatic language"... stick to the facts and be direct about what you want - 3 hour delay, followed by a cancelled flight due to mechanical issues with the airplane. I would like to be compensated for my flight in the form of a $200 voucher.

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Got it. Thanks, I'm going to try that next time

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Google and read the airlines policy about compensation based on your delay length and ask for whats on that policy. Usually the longer the delay the more $, don't just blindly ask for points, it could be less than what you actually deserve based on their policy.

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Shit! I need to begin that for United.

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