Writing this from Venice. Traveling on four AA Saver tickets booked in March for travel Aug 30 - Sept 10. DFW-ORD-VCE outbound and VCE-PHL-DFW return.

Have also traveled to Sydney, Glasgow, London, Tokyo, Costa Rica, Grand Cayman and Curacao, all on AA Saver tickets, mostly non-stops (where available), in the past two years.

Flexibility is obviously key.

YMMV.