Originally Posted by
MojaveFlyer
I'm remembering way back, when they upped domestic r.t. 25% from 40K to 50K (that's what I spend my miles on). At the same time, they introduced the Saver awards. All the hype of the announcement was of course on how the Saver awards were cheaper than before!
Savers award was the original. It was introduced first, without the name "Savers". It was the only award. A couple years later they called the original award the Savers Award and introduced the Standard Award, and made Savers more restrictive (through capacity control). The evolution was actually led by American Airlines AAdvantage Program.