It will be interesting to see what happens on Wednesday. In my opinion you can no longer compare the AAdvantage program with other FF programs using SAAver awards as the basis. I now consider the Anytime award level as the defacto currency of AAdvantage.
Unfortunately, this does not compare well with other programs. If the lack of SAAver holds up I am definitely better moving to another program. Since I make 5 trips to Europe and 5 trips to deep South America (SCL, EZE, GRU) in business class I can easily make top status on any airline and the revenue system works in my favor given the new reality of no/little SAAver availability.
I already have tickets for my trip to Zurich next week and to SCL in January but if things do not change I will be flying a different airline to Europe in February.
Last edited by DevilDawg1960; Nov 25, 2014 at 2:59 pm