Originally Posted by
Guava
How could this be any worse? 1 million miles to fly to Europe?
Well, I'm just as anoyed at the Europe J increase as the next person, but I should point out (hesitantly, as I don't want to give AE any ideas) that Europe 1 Y redemptions have been at 60,000 for as long as I've been redeaming AE miles, which is since the early '90s. And the realignment of Poland into Europe 2 makes more geographical sense, even though it sucks for LOT redemptions. Actually, these changes will probably inspire me to go for Europe 2 redemptions more, as there's a much less jump from Europe 1 now.
Originally Posted by
mahoogalah
As a point of clarification -
Do these changes only to come into play based on your date of booking rather than your flight dates? i.e. if I booked a flight today for dates after December 15, 2015, I assume the current mileage levels apply?
Thanks
Yes, that is correct. For instance, just this week I booked 2 Europe 1 tickets, at the current 90,000 miles level, for next summer. As long as I do not make any changes after the new mileage levels kick in, I will not have to pay the difference; however, if I make a change after December 15, the mileage will be recalculated and I will have to cover the distance. As I managed to book our perfect flights, that won't be happening...
