cmtlatitudes thanks. I am aware of that in fact the friends we travel with use that flight. I am tied to aa completely. As much as people complain I still manage to get a lot of premium cabin awards for international flights. As an example Mrs JMJ9905 and I are flying BA F iad/lhr/lis and ;return in FEB. Then in Aprila we are flying BA F iad/lhr/jmb. Return on that trip is F on EY jnb/auh/iad. So as you can see I am quite happy with AA awards. YMMV