@Open123 wrote:Using history as a guide, it's the only one we've got, because of the potential PR hit, Airlines are reticent to devalue during the honeymoon post merger period. In this case, since US Air miles holders will likely already experience a devaluation on some of their best in class redemptions, I think it'll be extremely unlike for any kind of across the boards devaluation in the first year or two.
Now, after the "honeymoon" period, we can expect some kind of devaulation propogated by the vast amount of points harvested through all the many Citi AA and US Air sign-up offers over the last several years. Knowing this, let's be the amongst the firsts "out of the door" redeem them when their value is at its peak.
Well, so much for that theory. I thought AA miles would be safe through 2014 as well and in the dead of night without warning AA devaled in a major way. Lots of people went for this card with specific plans and now they are coming up short on miles for their redemptions. They also closed some other benefits as well that really made american appealing to me. A really despicable way to do business to say the least.
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@john398 wrote:Can't you still use reduced millage awards?
https://www.aa.com/i18n/AAdvantage/earnMiles/beyondTravel/creditDebit/citi_reduced_mileage.jsp
No idea as those are not destinations I am interested in. They made drastic changes to the programs and with the new system it seems like they are able to move award seats around into different categories so it becomes more of a shell game. The sad thing is I am sure they are going to do more to gut the program. Real jerk move to heavily promote their credit cards and the deval without giving those people a chance to redeem. I still don't have the frickin miles in my account yet. Really feels kinda shady how this was all timed and done.
