Originally Posted by
mathlete
I know I didn't book any extra flights just because of the gift cards.
I certainly did. In fact, the GCs plus the usability of codes (plus TEQM!) pushed me over the edge to make a lunatic run for EXP in January, having not flown a revenue AA flight in probably 10 years.
I bet some of the hundreds of other runners who flew alongside me had similar thoughts.
Of course, it's debatable how much effect we had on AA's overall situation/thinking/planning. Probably not too much.