Originally Posted by
vasantn
Earnings have been low for quite a few months now, compared to in the heyday of BookAAHotels and RocketMiles. Both these programs have been rolled into AAdvantageHotels.
If you log in and have one or both of (1) AA status and (2) an AA-branded CC, you will see higher earnings. But still nothing like what they used to be.
I think that is too strong of a statement. I did slightly worse this year versus last year in terms of LP/$ via no-show one night stays in southeast Asia, but overall it was about the same at 3.0 cents/LP. And the 30% bonus for passing 100K LPs made this year much more cost effective. I know people found better deals than that on the old platforms, but I don't think they were so much better as to say this year is "nothing like what they used to be."