AA.com Booking bonus changed again - 500 miles for F/J and 250 for coach
Dec 11, 2006, 10:22 am
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AA.com Booking bonus changed again - 500 miles for F/J and 250 for coach
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Just logged into my AA account & noticed they're once again cutting the aa.com booking bonus by half.
T&C:
* Effective December 15, 2006, AAdvantage® members can earn up to 500 AAdvantage bonus miles per eligible ticket booked and purchased on AA.com: 125 AAdvantage bonus miles per flight for travel in Economy class and/or 250 AAdvantage bonus miles per flight for travel in First or Business class. A maximum of two bonuses may be earned per passenger per itinerary. The total number of AAdvantage bonus miles earned is based upon the fare purchased and class of service for each of the first two flights of the itinerary. All flights operated by American Eagle® carriers and AmericanConnection® carriers offer only Economy class tickets. All travel booked and purchased on AA.com prior to December 15, 2006 will continue to earn 500 bonus miles for round-trip Economy class travel and/or 1,000 miles for round-trip First or Business class travel.
Just logged into my AA account & noticed they're once again cutting the aa.com booking bonus by half.
T&C:
* Effective December 15, 2006, AAdvantage® members can earn up to 500 AAdvantage bonus miles per eligible ticket booked and purchased on AA.com: 125 AAdvantage bonus miles per flight for travel in Economy class and/or 250 AAdvantage bonus miles per flight for travel in First or Business class. A maximum of two bonuses may be earned per passenger per itinerary. The total number of AAdvantage bonus miles earned is based upon the fare purchased and class of service for each of the first two flights of the itinerary. All flights operated by American Eagle® carriers and AmericanConnection® carriers offer only Economy class tickets. All travel booked and purchased on AA.com prior to December 15, 2006 will continue to earn 500 bonus miles for round-trip Economy class travel and/or 1,000 miles for round-trip First or Business class travel.
Dec 11, 2006, 10:23 am
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...? slashed in half again? Maybe this benefits the MRs with 4 segments per ticket. Instead of 250 miles, you'll get 125x4.
Dec 11, 2006, 10:28 am
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But, are we really surprised? Why should they give us a bonus for doing something more convenient for us anyway? Eventually, I see it going away. It's the move I would make if I were AA.
WN used to give bonus credit for online booking. Then they stopped. It's the way things should be, in both cases.
Cheers.
Dec 11, 2006, 10:32 am
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Mike
Dec 11, 2006, 10:49 am
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I'm surprised the FT'ers haven't jumped all over this. There sure was a lot of talk when it went from 1,000 to 500.
Looks like I had better book my ORD bonus mile travel before the 15th!!
Looks like I had better book my ORD bonus mile travel before the 15th!!
Dec 11, 2006, 10:54 am
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Why would people jump on it? Most people probably realize that it's perfectly reasonable. And, even for those who don't, whining about a coupla miles won't make any difference anyway.
Cheers.
Cheers.
Dec 11, 2006, 10:55 am
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Dec 11, 2006, 11:12 am
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Pretty soon they will probably charge a $5 online booking fee to cover the cost of their website.
Dec 11, 2006, 11:16 am
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This doesn't phase me at all, 80% of my tickets are booked via AX travel for work. The rest are booked via sending the VDB's to Fla where I usually don't get the booking bonus anyway and then the final few are on AA.com but to give a rats backside about 500 miles, I could care less. I didn't even care when it was a 1000 mile booking bonus. They can make it zero and it won't change my booking habits, this is just one of those I don't cares in the least bit things.
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Dec 11, 2006, 11:41 am
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Maybe that was AA's plan all along.
Dec 11, 2006, 11:42 am
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This doesn't phase me at all, 80% of my tickets are booked via AX travel for work. The rest are booked via sending the VDB's to Fla where I usually don't get the booking bonus anyway and then the final few are on AA.com but to give a rats backside about 500 miles, I could care less. I didn't even care when it was a 1000 mile booking bonus. They can make it zero and it won't change my booking habits, this is just one of those I don't cares in the least bit things.
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Who cares??
Dec 11, 2006, 11:42 am
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Cheers.
Dec 11, 2006, 11:59 am
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