Originally Posted by brarrr

I heard from a VERY reliable source that AS will adopt a FEBO/Tom Douglas type approach to mileage earning and redemption on the old US flights (no change to AA catered flights). Namely that east and southbound flights on US will earn miles, while north and westbound flights will only earn miles if flown backwards. US silverware with AA catering is a different story and you'll have to call in to manually have the mileage posted - but this will be RDM only and no EQM.