VP Loyalty: "A Majority of Our Guests Want to Earn Based on Revenue."
https://www.travelandleisure.com/ala...t-card-8770916
If AS moves to revenue-based earning, that's their prerogative. But the statement in the title sounds like a bald-faced lie coming from their VP of Loyalty, Brett Catlin. The least he could do for loyal flyers is be honest about it and say that they'd do it to save money.