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donotblink
Most people on here are speculating that redeemable miles will go to a variable structure based on the cost of a ticket, which, very much does impact anyone engaged with the program.
Exactly. this happened to AC recently and it completely destroyed any good value for redeeming AE on domestic AC J. There used to be excellent options for short haul at 25k in J, 15k in Y. Those tickets can now be 40k-60k. Only good thing is you can now book award tickets that count as revenue because it basically is, so you can upgrade those flights. But it’s still not worth the structure change for just FT types like us. We fly to earn and burn for better experiences. It’s not about sitting in AA, it’s about earning enough to sit somewhere much better
im just ranting though. I want to like AA more but it’s hard. I really do appreciate their cheap J fares and plentiful lie flats. Ugh. But it ends there. But those are the most important factors for me when flying. Lol