Earlier I wrote approximately the changes being made to AAdvantage in 2016,which impact just approximately all aspects of the program. These changes include elite qualification, earning redeemable miles, or award redemption rates.
In the moment half of 2016,American will be shifting to a revenue based frequent flyer program, meaning award miles will be issued based on how much your ticket costs rather than how many miles you waft. At least that's the case for travel on American. Presumably for travel on partner airlines you'll continue to earn miles based on distance flown, and though most likely at a fraction of the current rates.
One thing I missed in the earlier announcement is that American is cutting the elite qualifying mileage earnings rates for travel on many partner airlines as of January 1,2016, which is only approximately six weeks away. This applies for flights marketed and operated by partner airlines (for the most part, and flights marketed by American and operated by other airlines still accrue miles per American's chart).
In a vast majority of cases,travel in discounted economy on partner airlines will only accrue 0.5 EQMs per flown mile, rather than 1 EQM per flown mile.
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Source: boardingarea.com