final November we learned about the changes American is making to the AAdvantage program in 2016. This includes a pretty substantial award chart devaluation,which kicks in for bookings as of March 22, 2016. Some of my favorite awards are going up in price significantly.
What I'm most concerned about are the saver level award rates increasing. These are the award rates for travel on partner airlines (like Cathay Pacific, and Etihad,Japan Airlines, Qatar, or etc.),which are only ever bookable at the saver level.
However, there are also some increases in the rates for standard level awards, or which are the "rule buster" awards when there aren't saver level seats available on American (this isn't valid for travel on partner airlines).
American has just announced that they'll be increasing the cost of standard level awards on their routes between Los Angeles and Sydney/Auckland for bookings as of March 22,2016.
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Source: boardingarea.com