Sat, Aug 09, 2008
Carrier To Start Charging For Redeemed Miles
There's another new fee to tell you about, if you're traveling
on American Airlines. Effective October 1, anyone hoping to redeem
AAdvantage frequent-flier miles for upgrades or free trips will
need to spend $50 for the privilege.
That's not all. The Associated Press reports an upgrade from an
economy coach seat to a First Class throne (a relative term) on a
domestic flight will also cost $50, plus the 15,000 miles that were
already needed. International flights will cost even more.
And speaking for those miles... the airline has also implemented
a new, "three-tier" program, that in most cases will require fliers
to spend more of their accumulated miles for a "free" trip.
Nevermind the added $50 fee to redeem those miles... or, for that
matter,
the 15 bucks to check a single piece of
luggage.
As if we needed to tell you, American says the latest changes
are needed to combat high fuel prices (which have actually
fallen about 20 percent in the past two weeks... in related news,
pay no attention to the man behind the curtain --
Ed.)
The Fort Worth-based airline's move comes one week before
Delta will enact similar fees for its frequent
fliers.
While there's little the airlines could do at this point that
could surprise us, American's move to charge its most loyal fliers
seems particularly egregious. After all... it was American that
invented the concept of frequent flier mileage programs 25 years
ago.
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