The *A folks are talking about new rules coming to their equation on 15 Apr. None of it has anything to do with OWE except perhaps as a foretelling of our future. Hope not. The * fares being miles based are more like GEX, which I know nothing about, but generally-interesting "deprovements" include separating U.S. and Canada, and making Central America part of South America.
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