There are two aspects of this change that are irritating to me.

I booked an award trip to Asia using BA Avios for travel in a few weeks. AA-CX-CX. It is a three segment trip, but all three segments were not available at the time of original booking so they were booked one-at-a-time as they became available.

Since BA charges Avios by segment now, it wasn't a problem.

So I have three PNRs because that was the only way to book it, which wasn't an issue under the prior rules. I am now being penalized due to the lack of availability of award space.

Secondly, the rules in place at the time all segments were booked was that they would check the bags through. AFTER booking, they are changing the rules retroactively. That's slimy.

I checked-in for a separate revenue ticket on AA last week and asked if AA would still check my bags through to CX on a separate PNR. Nope. Was told the system will no longer allow them to do this and it cannot be overridden.

Great.