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Old Jan 16, 2019 | 10:29 am
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Originally Posted by aCavalierInCoach
Seeing some bay-area dallas saver F at 25k AA miles but 30-40k AS miles for identical flights. seems like bad optics at the very least on the value? Come on guys...
Just because both carriers call their funny money "miles" does not make an AS mile or an AA mile the same thing. Any more than US$ vx. CAD. Behind the award price you see is a real dollar cost to the ticket.

What you see is neither unusual not optically bad.
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