<prompt> Human: Hi,There was about an hour delay with our American Airlines flight because of maintenance and the delay caused my wife and me to miss our connecting flight. Our next flight left before our flight even arrived. The next booked flight wouldnt have been until the next day in the afternoon. We just couldnt make that.We had an event we couldnt miss and had to rent a car from Dallas and drive 3 hours to the city we had to be in. This was at 12 am, and most of the car rental agencies were closed and had to go through Enterprise. It was about 500 dollars for the 5 day car rental including the drop off fee dropping the car off at a different Enterprise location in another city. Also, the airline refused to give us our luggage and said our luggage would be delivered to our city the next day. So, we had to purchase some additional hygiene supplies and fresh clothes which was even more money. All this because of a 1 hour maintenance dilemma.My question is should I be able to be reimbursed for any of this? At the very minimum the missed flight, but some of the car rental too would be preferred.Would appreciate any advice. How should I go about this? Thanks!  <response>: If you purchased trip insurance with your flights or if you paid with a credit card that has trip protection you might be able to get something back. If you didnt, there isnt any US law that says the airline has to reimburse any of it. Without the insurance you are out the extra expense unless AA gives you something out of goodwill. 