Originally Posted by
newyorkgeorge
Can we accept that the wonderful days of FF programs have come to an end and most changes going forward won't be a benefit to FFs. Let's just be happy we had the days of glory. Those young bucks and dos road warriors will will never know the days of obtaining EXP by mid year, upgrades a plenty, 8 SWUs, and oodles of RDMs. Be happy for some of the better things. Free drink(s) in MCE. Better offerings in the ACs.
I first got AA Platinum in 2015 and even that was still early enough to experience the 100% RDM (on FLOWN miles) bonus. Used to regularly get 10K RDM a pop on $300 JFK-LAX roundtrips which was clearly unsustainable. Great while it lasted, though.