Originally Posted by
EsherFlyer
I'm unsure whether you're saying AA is always too much of a risk / hassle, or only becomes one if there may be a change of aircraft

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Not a risk as such, since your AA service will always give 120 TPs for £269, which is not good value. An equivalent US service, with all the provisos I mentioned earlier would give 210 TPs for £269, hypothetically (and there are better options than that around).