I've long been an advocate for American AAdvantage. Not because I think American as such is superior to Delta or United,but rather because their loyalty program has been a point of differentiation for them.
I'd like to think I've been honest to them, and I've encouraged people to fly with them because I truly believed in the value proposition of the AAdvantage program. Has the program been perfect? Absolutely not. But I've been willing to forgive the shortcomings because of how great the program was otherwise.
One issue I collect a lot of comments about is how abysmal American's award space is on their own flights nowadays. Back in the day American was incredible about releasing award seats on their own flights, and by far the best of any US carrier. Years ago I remember there being saver level award space more often than not,in specific on transpacific flights.
That has changed over time, and American has certainly gotten stingier with award space. But I've always sort of forgiven that:The post The unhappy State Of American Award Availability appeared first on One Mile at a Time.
Source: boardingarea.com