Originally Posted by jeffcarp
I am a light-flyer, about 15K to 20K a year if that. I have tended to always fly AA because of AAdvantage. With the new revenue-sensitive method of allocating award availability, I am rethinking who I should travel with. Other than Southwest, are there any other domestic airlines with a "if there is seat available, it is eligible to be an award seat" type policy?
no, all of the big six allocation policies are as tight or tighter. WN's is all "AAnytime" type awards-- they simply have no other award type.
personally, I wish they'd just cut the baloney, charge halfway between MilesAAver and AAnytime prices, and make all AA awards unrestricted.