Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
The email gave me the impression that the sale was for Basic Economy.
If you click on link, it's both BE and Main awards on sale. The "starting at" mileage in email is BE, but Main awards are also discounted/on sale. I thought I saw discounted FC awards on flights as well, but looks like I was mistaken (C+ awards are also not on-sale from the looks of it).
The sample award mileage numbers on website are not always the lowest/sale levels. They list 40K/46K miles roundtrip for DTW-NAS for BE/Main during sale, but the sale levels on this route are actually 28K/34K roundtrip (before Amex discount). The 40K/46K mileage numbers are the non-sale cheapest award levels on DTW-NAS. After Amex discount, Main awards are 28.8K roundtrip for below. Revenue Main fares go for $668 roundtrip during sale period, So sale awards look to be in 2+ CPM range with 15% Amex discount.