Originally Posted by
ironmanjt
I guess this depends on your motivation. If you just want to fly a lot of miles and get status flying a long AA segment might suit you. I wanted to get specific flights and not be forced to AA just to have them ticket. As you mentioned YMMV and not everyone in the community will benefit from a long AA leg.
My personal motivation is not having to suffer from terrible customer "service" with QF agents that range from incompetent to liars ("I'll call you back") to somewhere in between. If people are insistent on not having a long-haul AA flight, then that's what other booking channels are for, yes. But the value here is for people to know that there are other options. What's with all this judgment about why people are booking these fares? Irrelevant.
