Originally Posted by MarkOK

I would certainly welcome a change towards no expiration on miles. Sure, this is no problem for my account (have a CC plus frequent enough work travel), it is not really a problem for my wife (though, she only travels when with me on vacations), but it starts to become annoying to have to keep a close eye on the kid's account who flies a little infrequently and irregularly. At this point, I don't think she will fly anywhere in 2020 because of a number of reasons, and I don't want to have to put something as menial as "keep kid's AA account active" on my to-do list.

Anyways, I think a move would be very important for the casual flyer. Philosophically, I celebrate any change that makes these programs more useful for the chums in the back of the cabin flying at most once or twice a year for a hard-earned vacation or trip to see friends and relatives. As is, AA showers valuable gifts on people flying on corporate accounts at the direction and expense of their employers, while AA nickles and dimes everyone else. This sort of move wouldn't really change any of that but does at least let some of those 'everyone elses' maybe get something someday if they accumulate enough discretionary travel spending with AA.