Not sure what's happening but reading through this thread, it looks like 2021/2022 will be the only year I qualify and hold AA EXP. I'm not speculating anything, but what a waste of collecting AA miles and status this year. Didn't book one single Y flight and score one free upgrade lmao. YYC-DFW-YYC J full month+ out. The RDM crediting to AS is almost double flying AA paid J and the benefits between AA from being EXP/AS75K is so little when flying paid J. Nice redemption options on AA but so does AS. and AS has a CDN credit card.

I'm happy to have experienced EXP Desk and the access to Flagship First check-in, but any further devalue makes this program considerably worse. Especially for Canadians that take a massive hit on EQD w/ conversion. With cheap J fares on AA and limited time/flying this year, it is so hard to hit EQD as a Canadian. AC gives 50% off for US residents for EQD. Delta doesn't even have EQD for Canadians, and I would have hit United's PCP requirement by triple...

Flying on AA nowadays 10k-20k EQM in J credits to $600-1000 EQD right now. For most my routes. Having to buy more expensive J tickets to qualify status is an absolute joke. I also don't have time. No company has policies like that, it's always been book cheapest J for me. I only hit the EQD for EXP after booking a stupid MR to Cairo on BA. It was booked just for EQD. Waste of time. It looks like I'll continue to fly mostly AA all next year but exclusively credit to AS. Which in itself is stupid, but the way she goes. When they re allocate their domestic widebodies to international, I'll have to seriously look at who I want to fly. It's sad but might have to go back to flying UA again lmao. AA still the best option with the domestic lie flats as it's what I value the most but ughhhh there's no way I'd credit to AA earning barely any RDM compared to AS if AA J fares are cheap next year too.