According to The Points Guy it looks like it's finally here.....ugh....

https://thepointsguy.com/news/aa-web...-pricing-480k/


Earlier today, we posted an update about American Airlines’ expansion of its “web special” pricing to premium cabins on international routes. In searches this morning, we found some web special awards between the U.S. and Europe that were priced higher than the published award chart. However, we were generally encouraged that award pricing didn’t exceed the unpublished “AAnytime Level 3” rates that have been in place since 2014.

Oh boy, how an afternoon has changed things. As American Airlines rolled out its new “web special” award pricing to all international routes today, we are seeing some extraordinarily higher award prices — in many ways similar to its fellow legacy carriers (Delta and United).

Get ready for some sticker shock.

Can't wait to see some 700,000 Mile Awards!!!!!