Originally Posted by
NYCQuaker
That being said, I don't know why you'd ever opt for the $68 over the $88 given the mileage bonus. Maybe AA is hoping for unsavvy non-frequent flyers to pull benefits from the $68, because their marginal benefit from the $88 would seem to be less.
Actually, I just thought of something. When you change your ticket using the Choice Essential/Plus privilege, does it stay as Choice Essential/Plus? This could be a differentiator from the self-insuring $150 change fee option. Every time you make a change, you pay $150 in the old case, but with Choice, maybe you can keep making changes (into same fare flights) without paying a cent beyond the $68.