Comments on: American AAdvantage award changes http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onemileatatime/2009/05/10/american-aadvantage-award-changes/ Tips, Tricks, and Travel with Lucky Sat, 26 May 2012 06:32:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: American Airlines launches one-way awards, but kills stopovers | Upgrade: Travel Better http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onemileatatime/2009/05/10/american-aadvantage-award-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-51497 American Airlines launches one-way awards, but kills stopovers | Upgrade: Travel Better Thu, 14 May 2009 15:11:50 +0000 http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onemileatatime/?p=2333#comment-51497 [...] seeing a post by lucky that pointed to a message board discussion of the policy changes, I knew there was a downside [...] [...] seeing a post by lucky that pointed to a message board discussion of the policy changes, I knew there was a downside [...]

]]> By: lucky http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onemileatatime/2009/05/10/american-aadvantage-award-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-51110 lucky Mon, 11 May 2009 17:00:20 +0000 http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onemileatatime/?p=2333#comment-51110 No, unfortunately that wouldn't be allowed anymore, hobo13, at least if I'm reading the rules correctly. By the way, check out Today in the Sky's "reporting" on this: http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2009-05-10-one-way-american-airlines_N.htm It really seems like American wrote it for him, because he doesn't even mention what they're "enhancing." No, unfortunately that wouldn’t be allowed anymore, hobo13, at least if I’m reading the rules correctly.

By the way, check out Today in the Sky’s “reporting” on this:
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2009-05-10-one-way-american-airlines_N.htm

It really seems like American wrote it for him, because he doesn’t even mention what they’re “enhancing.”

]]> By: hobo13 http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onemileatatime/2009/05/10/american-aadvantage-award-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-50974 hobo13 Sun, 10 May 2009 16:41:42 +0000 http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onemileatatime/?p=2333#comment-50974 I'm rather hoping that UA doesn't match this. There are some advantages, but the downside is too great. And in this world, I have to believe that anything AA or UA does is designed to benefit them, and anything that benefits them hurts us. There seem to be no win-wins anymore! My latest AA award is for our honeymoon in Barbados. (*A has terrible connections there, requiring overnights in YYZ both ways.) So we used AA, and got a stopover in SJU, which is cool, as I've never been there. Would this be allowed under the new rules? I guess not. I’m rather hoping that UA doesn’t match this. There are some advantages, but the downside is too great. And in this world, I have to believe that anything AA or UA does is designed to benefit them, and anything that benefits them hurts us. There seem to be no win-wins anymore!

My latest AA award is for our honeymoon in Barbados. (*A has terrible connections there, requiring overnights in YYZ both ways.) So we used AA, and got a stopover in SJU, which is cool, as I’ve never been there. Would this be allowed under the new rules? I guess not.

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