I have an idea I want to float. I'm sure it will spark interest of several people here, but do you think it is something to bring to the table at this meeting?
I propose AY opens an API. It does not need to be public, it can be licensed or what-ever.
The scope of the API could start small, but ideally it would at least allow for upgrade searches and requests (including waitlisting), award searches and revenue ticket searches. It would be positive if booking of awards and revenue would be possible, even if it only was provided through the deep-link system available today. Parts of this surely already exists as third party aggregators ("Travelagents" such as expedia et.al.) can access it.
Alternatively, if external API is too scary, I propose AY arranges a hackathon.
I'd be happy to lead a team at such an event and I am very confident participants will provide huge benefits to AY.