Originally Posted by
gmt4
Its utterly insane that people don't believe wiping millions off the balance sheet wasn't a principal consideration by AA.
there is also the issue of the goodwill generated to most frequent travelers by making award availability easier because a small subset of people aren't grabbing " lots" of premium class awards,
as someone who has qualified for platinum Premier using belt in seat miles, I have always found premium class award availability on American much worse than Delta.