We have about $800 in AA trip credits that are expiring in July. We are currently in Bordeaux on a long stay visa. I want to use the credits for European flights.

1.). When I go to AA I am unable to see any flights that originate in Europe. What am I doing wrong?

2.) as they are expiring soon, if I book a flight and then find I am unable to use them, will AA issue new trip credits with a new expiration date?

it feels like forever since I booked anything complicated on AA - but I can’t make any flights come up that originate in BOD. Both BA and Iberia have flights here.

Editing because I misunderstood your post. Back soon.

I pretended to book a one way flight from BOD to my home city and it worked right away. I think it's best to call AA. The most accurate info will come from the source. I hope you'll post back, I'm anxious to hear what you discovered.

Look here: https://www.aa.com/i18n/customer-ser...ith%20an%20AA*).

Basically, you can only book flights operated by AA or codeshares carrying AA flight numbers. If your trip is wholly in Europe operated by a partner like BA or IB, it won't carry an AA flight number unless you're directly connecting to or from an AA operated flight.

P_M, Is your home city in Europe? I just get “we didn’t find a match” when I try BOD to LON (all London airports)

I can’t even see any oneworld flights on AA when I search. Shouldn’t I be able to see them even if I can’t use my trip credits?

From experience, the expiration date of the credits will not change just by booking a new flight and canceling it. My experience was with United but I bet the same terms. It makes sense when you think about it, or it would be easy to game the system.

I’ve heard both - sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t.