Originally Posted by
Shadowfactor
Was doing some searches this evening for awards.
seems like dynamic pricing is already in effect.
DFW-MEX in December 80,000 miles for a 2 hour hop in economy. 😲
RT to HongKong for 280,000.
Major blows to the AA program
What you have just discovered is called "AAnytime awards". They have been around for many years. SAAver awards are lower-priced, and so far their prices are fixed; but since they are not available here, the price does not matter.
AA is presenting these mileage costs without identifying them as AAnytime. That is relatively new.