{"id":55802,"date":"2024-05-30T01:35:17","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T15:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/aadvantage-mileage-earning-changes-may-2024\/"},"modified":"2024-05-30T01:35:17","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T15:35:17","slug":"american-airlines-reverses-course-on-mileage-earning-reductions-for-indirect-bookings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=55802","title":{"rendered":"American Airlines Reverses Course On Mileage Earning Reductions For Indirect Bookings"},"content":{"rendered":"

The CEO of American Airlines<\/a> has confirmed that the airline will no longer implement a policy restricting the earning of airline miles on flights booked indirectly. The changes were to come into effect later this summer but have since been deemed counterproductive to building customer loyalty, as the updates caused confusion as to which flights earned the full number of miles. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Points will still be awarded for flights booked through third parties as the airline looks to renegotiate its agreements instead of limiting options.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1868,396,2070,402,636,3655],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aadvantage","category-aircraft","category-airline-loyalty-program","category-airline-news","category-american-airlines","category-points-and-miles"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t