Originally Posted by hillrider
Anecdotally, it feels like that AA is slowly devaluing our accumulated miles--by a lot. What used to be "regular" awards are now "once in a moon ones", and today's "regular" awards require almost 2x the miles that were required in the past (i.e. when we bought the tickets).
Maybe it
feels that way to you, but it does not feel that way to me. The OP is talking about trying to get a ticket to one of the most popular summer destinations few weeks before the actual flight at the peak of summer travel. I'm surprised that the OP still had a chance to grab the higher award.