Originally Posted by
355F1
freeing up some of those previously taken seats to use for SWUs to clear.
No way. Even if this was true AA would never increase C because of freed up award seats. Just don't see it happening.
400K seats are probably the new normal so "blowing 400K" isn't considered blowing (by AA standards).
It's a new world and we need to get used to the crappy world we live in.