Originally Posted by dcpatti

Well the upsides I can see would be the potential flight into Narita, which I can only imagine would not sit unused for too long, given that AA does already have aircraft with the range for that trip; one-way awards; bigger allowance of upgrade certs and those certs are, I believe, transferrable; and more flexibility in segment- based/distance-based OW partner awards. Assuming of course all of those stay in place and the NRT flight materializes. Which is a big IF. These are all nice things for the frequent traveler, and areas where US has been lagging behind its competition. How I've envied the 100k/year AA fliers and their 8 or 10 upgrade certs!!!!!!