Originally Posted by AA100k

Anytime awards in premium cabin international business class are always available albeit for twice the normal mileage of a Saver award. If you’re getting large quantities of miles for free through CC Signup bonuses every month, then it’s not a big deal “paying” for Anytime awards, thus depleting inventory that may otherwise have sold or been made available for upgrades. If AA wasn’t losing money on these schemes, I doubt they’d be closing these accounts.