That helps. Thanks. I will talk more with DH later.

I did twice. We were able to reschedule within a year to date we purchased the tickets. Second time flights had gone up & we just had to pay the difference. In both cases they were to FL.

It depends on the airline. For AA, it's a 200.00 change fee for a domestic ticket, remainder is then applied to another ticket.

Usually something like what 1929Spanish said is exactly what will happen. Your tickets aren’t exactly non-refundable, as the airline doesn’t want to lose your business, but they will charge you an additional fee to re-book.

Thanks, everyone. Do you have to rebook to the same destination? We travel a fair amount so using the credit within one year would not be a problem.

You can use it on any ticket.

I think that it depends on the airline and ticket category. Sometimes you have to use the credit for the same destination.

I’d call the airline. Rules vary between carriers.

Yes, they vary quite a lot. When I broke my foot in France two years ago and hand to come back sooner than expected, Icelandic basically charged me the same as just buying a new ticket at the lowest price would have been, but that's what you get with the budget airlines.

I fly on Southwest for my domestic travel. They make it very easy to cancel and bank credit for use within a year of the booking date. No extra fees, but not guaranteed the same fare.

Thanks, everyone, this is American. So, it really depends what we will have to pay in fees, but it seems like it's possible to do that. I think we are leaning on trying to cancel vs. going at this time.

And we are able to see the band we want to see in a headlining show in a nearby city, and they are also playing when I am at my conference, so I'll check them out then.

Do you have elite status with American? If so, call that number on the back of your card, instead of the usual customer service number.

No, we are not elite status. I seem to fall short. Mostly because we fly nonstop, we accumulate fewer segments but we do well with $$.

Still haven't decided. Sigh. But DH said to call and see what the penalty will be.

A few thoughts -

--I had to cancel an American flight last year, and I think the fee was $200 or $250.

--Typically you have one year to use the credit from a cancellation, but
it's one year from when you made the original reservation, NOT one year
from when your original flight was. So pay close attention to the
expiration date, since it's likely earlier than your original flight date. Also ask to make sure whether you have to fly by the expiration date, or just book by the expiration date.

--I don't think I had to fly to the same destination as the original flight (even though I did), but I think it did have to be the same person taking the replacement flight. I'm not sure about that because I was planning to use my credit anyway, but I seem to recall the agent saying something about that. It's worth asking if you're considering trying to combine both your and your husband's flight credits for one flight for one of you or something like that - they may not let you do that.

--Cancel before the day your first flight takes off. If you wait until after your first flight leaves, then you're considered a no-show and I think your options may not be as good?

--When I cancelled my flight, I found the way they worded the credit confusing. If you pay $1,000 for a flight (just to keep the numbers round!) and the fee is $200, I expected to be told that I had an $800 credit. But they tell you that you have a $1,000 credit, and the fee will be deducted when you go to re-book the flight. So it amounts to the same thing - you still have $800 of usable credit, I just found the wording confusing. I think maybe they phrase it that way in case they decide to increase the fee before you use the credit, and then they'd be deducting the new higher fee from your credit instead.

Just wanted to follow up that I think we are going to do the trip and festival even though our favorite band canceled. There are other bands we want to see, and DH has never been to Vegas.