Originally Posted by
sammyg901
That's a shame, this was a good "hack" , along with the T3 lounges and WiFi made AA my preferred carrier into JFK . But it was a very generous benefit on a cheapo ticket so it's pretty fair IMO
Would be nice to see seat fee discounts like KLM has
I can understand dropping the perk for basic economy fares, that would be tollerable and understandable and yes agree it was very generous (as is free baggage for OWE), but for regular economy this is penny pinching (cent pinching?). Or even dropping the number of 'guests' (8 was OTT) - maybe limiting to card holder plus one guest, also understandable.
As noted above, I hope other alliance benefits are not eroded - more difficult as things like lounge access are part of OW rules.
Travelling is just going to be less fun and comfortable in the 'new normal'...