As an AA'er, I disagree.

For my redemption habits I've found AA's system to be far more powerful with one-way awards, despite the loss of the stopover (assuming you're needing to stopover at the international gateway, as they still allow that.)

Granted you'll run into the issue of possibly having to buy another ticket or reward (and even then you'd still be only paying half) but the ability to do true oneways on AA and partners is not something to be underestimated...plus honestly, IMHO the AA forum overreacted to the loss of the stopover.

And besides you can still structure the awards to do a stopover (and open jaw) just as long as you do so at the start of the award:1 stopover (or 2 if you wanted to visit your US int'l gateway) and an open jaw (or double jaw if you wanted to return to another city.)