Originally Posted by
beachfan
if the 5 day holds on awards are going away, it’s a net negative. I font know why they would announce it otherwise, there already is a 24 hour hold on paid fares.
Nothing was mentioned about the 5 day award holds going away so I'm not sure where this fear is coming from?
The only change to ticket holds is that you now must be an AAdvantage member to put a paid ticket on the free 24 hr hold. Previously you didn't need to be a member to use this feature.
Award holds by default have always required you to be an AAdvantage member, so this wasn't a new benefit they could advertise, rather just nothing is changing in that regard.