If it's a "months in advance" trip and they've got a workable itin within a couple days either day of the first date I searched, I consider that a win.

Agreed that one-way awards have made things so much easier from the perspective of being able to piece together awards, mix cabins, etc. There's a part of me that hopes US stays the way they are...simply because every now and then I like to build an award with stopovers or open jaws in it and one-ways have killed off some of those options. But overall, I like one-ways. It makes AA and UA miles vastly easier to use.