I'm with you :)

LOL

Well Delta is on a different level.

The award chart is perhaps marginally cheaper than United. However, United I think makes up for it in not having YQ to Europe, as well as FAR more generous routing rules. AA has painfully restrictive routing rules that cause substantial issues.

I'd say AA and UA award charts are about a wash at this point.

If you're flying monthly to HKG in paid J, and other trips elsewhere, I'm sure AA will take care of you (are you CK?).

GUTTING of partner EQM earning after Jan 1st
 

So we all know AA gutted BA earning, but for flights on BA from Jan 1-31, 2016, you will also now earn 50% EQM G, Q, S, N, O, K, L, M, V, H while still earning 100% RDMs.

Nice to see AA giving a full 44 days notice on that gutting.

Alaska earns 50% EQM starting Jan 1st on B, H, M, Q, U, G, K, L, T, V

Finnair earns 50% EQM A, H, K, L, M, P, V, G, N, O, Q, R, S, T, W, Z

BASICALLY all partners earn 50% EQM unless you buy a Y/B fare.

Really is no reason to fly AA anymore

Never expected anything different from this Parker led Mgt. team...just about everything is being degraded (although I do give them credit for purchasing new aircraft) including # of First seats, private label snacks in first, etc.

Thank goodness I hit the 2M mark and have reduced my flying (of course who knows if million miler program will continue)

It was inevitable that once the merger was going smoothly, AA would follow the likes of DL and UA in devaluing the FF program. I'm just surprised there is no minimum $ spend yet - I suppose you have to save something for 2017!

Considering Concierge Key doesn't even have its own specific webpage on AA.com, wouldn't any of those be made quietly? I know you would know if they occurred anyway, but might be something they'll be changing later after putting all of their focus into this much larger overall program change.

So, partner earnings even on normal economy tickets gutted.
No improvement in partner earnings for premium cabins (unless I've missed something).
And a major devaluation on redemption levels... my usual two awards move from 62,500 to 85,000 o/w and 32,500 to 50,000 o/w - so 36-54% more miles needed for my usual redemptions.

I suppose it could have been worse, but this is pretty bad as far as I'm concerned.

If subsequent changes to tickets issued between now and March 21 are honored under current rates, I'm tempted to book some of my usual routes at current rates.

Now everyone will be looking for EY F apartment awards. I guess I need to just find something, book and go.

Feeling rather glad I just drained my account with a J return Europe-Australia. 25K extra each way from next year. Old J redemption rate is the new Y rate.

I predict a rush to redeem, and corresponding dearth of award availability, especially in J/F.

I have zero regrets about all of the wonderful tickets I booked in the last 12-13 months :D :D :D.

The earning changes aren't an improvement for me as a very mixed class flyer.

The redemption chart changes and the reduction of elite benefits for me are rather brutal.

This basically marks the end of an era of me going out of my way to fly AA and Oneworld carriers. Also what is history: AA getting top spot when it comes to crediting my non-flight activity to a partner airline program (in this case AA).

AA is hiking the cost of most of my mileage ticket redemptions by well over 30% -- even as my cost to acquire miles has not dropped.

Yup. Glad I booked mine weeks ago after the BA earning announcement.

Not CK, lowly EXP. This year over 300k EQP, and last month CS gave me 6 extra SWU's. 50% of my OW spend is on CX, so although total spend over $60k, only 50% is on AA metal, so they won't give me CK.

Thanksgiving is next week...close enough to call this the Thanksgiving Massacre?