As others have said bad form about changes with no announcements AND needing an FT'er making a reservation, or at least trying to make a res, to hear about it.
At a minimum we should have been given 90 days, heck, even 30 days. I've used my points recently for the gift cert's but had though about going back to Aruba next spring and using the AI as we've used that option a few years ago and loved it.
Uggg.