I love how speculation about deep benefit cuts has invaded threads about new (or in this case, newly-published) benefits.
For what it's worth, I have it on good authority that AA plans to extend this benefit to all members (even those with no status), but they'll also introduce a co-pay. EXPs will be exempt, but non-EXPs will need to pay a fee (which varies depending on the item) to get their free alcohol and food.