Overall, I'm happy to see the program revamped and some fees removed. For myself though, I can't say I've been really affected by any of fees in the past, and I've always been Platinum. As a HI resident, I'm disappointed to see Hawaii redemption awards increasing to 40k (coach) / 80k (BF).

The extra 5000 points is what I used to get as a Platinum bonus for flying just two RT EWR trips. (125%). But that's gone too. So it's more difficult to get the same number of miles now, and it requires more to use the fewer I've accumulated. I wish we could go back to 2008.