toomanybooks

We have seen one or more version of this exact post THOUSANDS of times on FT.

sinanju

Yeah... realized what was there after it bounced. I lazily copied the batch and pasted it into my To: list. Should have looked at it more closely.

Perhaps [email protected] is a good replacement?

MAH4546

Are you kidding me? I'm pretty sure it gets you the same exact 100,000 mile business class tickets to Europe, Japan or South America it go you on Monday.

sinanju

The tag that seems to be gaining momentum is #AAdvantageMAAsacre

povertyjetset

Many members have been noticing that there is much less availability recently. I think that's what the complaints have been about regarding uselessness of miles.

And while your point is well taken at present, there is every reason to believe that a much more serious devaluation is on the horizon hence the 100k will very soon be worth less.

JonNYC

No they won't. <redacted>

Supersonic Swinger

You can add QF to the list - they're basically becoming a shopping discount program loosely attached to an airline.

For me, the best thing you can do if you are angry about all the devaluations is to:

- realise that 'loyalty' in these Pavlovian programs is one-way from you to the airline. They can and will continue to change the terms on which you give them that loyalty
- cancel any credit cards which go directly into a specific airline's program. That's just monthly revenue that program can count on for your misguided loyalty
- book all flights based on routing, service and price.

UA Fan

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lol, good one.

relangford

Ugh. I voted for AAdvantage as the Best FF Program for the Freddie 2014. I wish there were some way to get my vote back. Maybe, we should try to convince the Freddie Awards that they should be re-done in light of this action by AA. But, in any case, there is NEXT year and AAdvantage surely won't get my vote (although all FF programs are now pretty bad, making the competition very hard to decide). I jumped ship from MANY years at UA/CO (well over MM) because AA SEEMED more concerned about frequent travellers. I guess it's now whichever airline has the best price/schedule. I can understand devaluations, etc., but NO ADVANCED NOTICE is rude and insulting. Ms. Rubin: you should be ashamed of yourself for lacking the guts to at least get management to give a little notice.

diver858

My revenge? Extra credit card churn...not that I need the miles.

ilovetofly

Interesting to see that this AA YouTube video featuring Suzanne Rubin, President of the AAdvantage Loyalty Program, has comments disabled.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wsg6gODxQMY

I wonder why.

povertyjetset

I'm honestly confused as to how this exacts any revenge against AA. Aren't most posts regarding credit cards focusing on canceling Citi AA cards as way to deal AA a financial blow?

Andaz5

I already made PLT, will re-qualify as EXP by July.. looking back I've spent well over $350,000 on American in 3 decades. I've sat on planes often thinking why am I doing this, missing flights, hour delays, being stuck here and there, rude gate agents, service is never consistent and the food in the F cabin is pretty close to junk food. On my last flight on the A321 JFK - SFO the entertainment system did not work for the majority of the flight... and now this...

After I reach 100,000 miles for 2014 in July I'm looking for my own change... there will be a lost less American Airlines in my future plans... a lost less flying and more WEBEX.

The New American... "We cAAre less".

conde

There will probably be much uglier devaluations to come, such as MileSAAver and partner airline awards. Drink up to remember the glory days, and pull the trigger now for award reservations on Oneworld partner airlines such as Cathay Pacific and Japan Airlines.

For 110000 AA miles, one can fly business class roundtrip on Cathay Pacific or Japan Airlines to Southeast Asia. For 135000 miles one can fly first class roundtrip on those airlines from the US to Southeast Asia.

Those are still pretty darn good redemption options, with decent availability (at least from LA)! .. no better time than now to burn miles on good deals like these before they are gone. AA is not shy about making changes without advance notice.

AA777

Let me be one of the guys who books J and F 90% of the time, and 90% of that time its to destinations outside this country, and I can say without a shadow of a doubt that services are being destroyed for us up front too independent of the devaluation of the FF Program. Its little things at first, like removal of salad cart on Flagship Service First----yes, first world problems, but when you are paying 10k+ for a seat, First World problems are real problems. Parker thinks he should charge me that price and then I should thank him for anything, even if its no better service than Y on Southwest.

Not surprised, Parker has lied to FF. You know, its possible to be honest with your customers and run a profitable company, I know...... Don't tell me one month that services will be improved, and things will be a service oriented airline, and then reduce soft product offerings and tell employees you will NOT be including entertainment options on new orders and you do not plan on "homogenizing" the fleet, meaning all of the Horton efforts to make the product consistent from plane to plane is thrown out the window.

At this point, I cannot for the life of me figure out why any international traveler booking J or F would go with any U.S. airline at this point. Can't believe I am leaving AA, but my partners and I are 100% shifting 100% of our international travel to foreign airlines, while shifting 75% of our domestic flying to B6.

Cheers,
AA777