I just read this on TPG. I wonder if it will affect a few existing avios bookings I have where I was able to add my aadvantage number.

This is very disappointing to me. AA domestic availability has seemed to be a little bit better lately and so maybe this is a move designed to try to get people to use up their AA miles -- there so so many out there in the market -- instead of avios, etc.

I know people say stuff like this all the time, but this really may be the last straw for me. Not because this is so horrible, but just the cumulative effect. I'm a Phoenix based flyer. I would say 75 percent of my work colleagues have now completely shifted to WN. I've been stubborn. I sit here with my little notepad in my desk where I plan out my travel, figure out how close I am to $12k eqd, occasionally pay the difference for first class to get that extra bump toward status or pay the difference to my accounting department where AA is more expensive than Southwest, visit frequent flier mileage calculators to get my distances, etc. Meanwhile, my friends seem really happy with their A list and companion passes.

I probably fly two or three domestic AA trips a year using avios, nearly always with family and for leisure. So, this is really not a big issue for me. Maybe a few hundred dollars in baggage fees and having to put up with non MCE. But, seriously, what am I grinding away at this status for? I have a feeling that just letting it all go would really lift a weight off my shoulders. I'm closing in on 2 million miles too -- probably another 4 years or so -- but that's become a mirage too. What am I doing this for? I know the regulars here will likely be "don't let the door hit your butt on the way out," but seriously, this just seems so petty by AA. Sigh.