Originally Posted by ashwinbrao

The airport change in Osaka is not a big deal - I will now go to Kansai instead of Itami. Changing from SAN to LAX is a pain but my total door to door time is not changing a lot (may be an hr at the most). I am less concerned about the $200 offer but am surprised that they reached out to me to make this change.

Had I been flying on AA metal as an EXP,, I probably would not be on the list of possible people being downgraded (unless an FAM took my seat at the gate). I was under the impression that AA and JL had some sort of cross elite recognition as part of their JV.. If that is not true, then I would rather fly on AA metal to prevent situations like this. Not a big deal but something to bear in mind given that AA promotes the JV as being metal neutral