American Airlines removes Main Cabin Extra Benefits for oneworld elites

[kiwitripper64]

I just saw this article saying AA are stopping Oneworld ruby and sapphire privilege of getting free access to Main cabin extra. Sad to see more enhancements to the OneWorld family.

American Airlines Removes Main Cabin Extra Benefit For Oneworld Elites - Live and Let's Fly

American Airlines will stop allowing oneworld elite memebrs outside the AAdvantage program from assigning Main Cabin Extra seats for free.

liveandletsfly.com

On the AA site now
Elite member access
Who gets complimentary Main Cabin Extra seats?

• AAdvantage® Executive Platinum members
• AAdvantage® Platinum Pro members
• AAdvantage® Platinum members

All listed members are allowed complimentary access for up to 8 traveling companions on the same reservation.

AAdvantage® Gold members
Enjoy complimentary access within 24 hours of departure when seats are available

 

[drron]

This is when AA LTP comes in handy!

 

[DC3]

I just saw this article saying AA are stopping Oneworld ruby and sapphire privilege of getting free access to Main cabin extra ....

Yes, there’s some discussion on FT:

AA drops oneworld airliner partner elite seat benefits Oct 2020 - FlyerTalk Forums

American Airlines | AAdvantage - AA drops oneworld airliner partner elite seat benefits Oct 2020 - American Airlines eliminates partner elite seating benefits By Zach Griff, The Points Guy, 1 Oct 2020 link This has little effect on AAdvantage members, but certainly affects elite members of...

www.flyertalk.com

Also, in the thread title, Spellcheck used all caps.

 

[moa999]

Put simply it was an added benefit that AA didn't have to provide under the oneworld agreement.

And I've got no problem with an airline treating its own FFers better.
Just like Qantas does with lounge access on Jetstar flights, and better availability of reward seats.

 

[DC3]

Put simply it was an added benefit that AA didn't have to provide under the oneworld agreement ....

Yes, it was good while it lasted.

 

[moa999]

(and somewhat funnily the oneworld elites will still be able to access the lounge before the flight, whereas AA elites on a domestic itinerary won't) (but that's a whole separate wormhole)

 

[kiwitripper64]

Sorry about the caps, got carried away with cut and paste, then it was too late

 

[dajop]

Back to the way it used to be. I remember back in around 2010 travelling ORD-LAX on a 767 as a QF WP, I was in middle seat third row from the back of the 767 I was travelling on.

 

[support]

Sorry about the caps, got carried away with cut and paste, then it was too late

A report would have seen this fixed quicker.

 

[serfty]

Yes, it was good while it lasted.

Certainly... those bulkhead Y seats now would cost a QF WP USD110+ on a transpac segment when last year it was nothing extra.

 

[exceladdict]

I had a great experience of upgrades to MCE in the past as a QF Gold - a shame to be losing it.

 

[justinbrett]

It’s a shame, but always funny that AA treated me better than QF flying Y.

I like to fly AA domestic J anyway because it’s not much extra and the SCs and service make it a great choice.

 

[albatross710]

Certainly... those bulkhead Y seats now would cost a QF WP USD110+ on a transpac segment when last year it was nothing extra.

Let's assume someone did the maths on this. Who is going to pay USD110 and be an elite and be travelling.

 

[Alyopsis]

I believe AA is making a significant announcement Wednesday (US time) regarding changes to earning/retaining AA elite status

 

[serfty]

I believe AA is making a significant announcement Wednesday (US time) regarding changes to earning/retaining AA elite status

It'll be interesting, they had reduced somewhat the criteria for status earn due to covid.

 

[justinbrett]

I just noticed AA is extending MCE for free to oneworld elites (Sapphire & Emerald) - but only AS, BA, IB, AY and JL.

I was trying to work out how they came up with that list, but I just noticed alphabetically, excluding Cathay, the supported airlines (including AA) are the first six on the list.

But seriously, it's probably because they are all JV airlines - but now QF & AA have a JV, shouldn't we be included?

 

[Mwenenzi]

I just noticed AA is extending MCE for free to oneworld elites (Sapphire & Emerald) - but only AS, BA, IB, AY and JL.

MCE for AA JV partners AS, BA, IB, AY and JL was reinstated a few weeks after it was first announced (~22 Oct 2020).