Originally Posted by calhk

If someone redeemed 172,000 tickets for 100,000 AA miles before the change
of terms and conditions, he or she could have used 100,000 miles to redeem for a saver business class award ticket to either Europe, Asia or South America, that would have otherwise costed $4000 to $5000. That's at least a $650 value for 28,000 tickets, or $895 for 38,500 tickets.