Speaking of megado, apparently a 2 hour mechanical delay on the domestic leg brought another 10,000 RDM's/EQMs to everyone. On my last AA mechanical delay, a flight home became a red-eye that involved an hour long line to be rebooked by a surly gate agent handling all passengers and an email asking for compensation resulted in 3000 miles a few weeks later. AA did overnight us in a hotel but I was traveling in a group and the agent first tried to book us into double rooms until I insisted on single rooms.
It's fine that AA is treating everyone so nicely during the megado, but it's dishonest to pretend AA treats everyone similarly.