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American Airlines Slashes Partner Mileage Benefits

Grant Martin

Skift Take

Those who fly on partner carriers and accrue miles to AAdvantage won't be happy with American's new unannounced changes to its loyalty program.

Last month American Airlines finally changed its loyalty program, AAdvantage, to lock step with its peers and adopt a revenue-based model for issuing frequent flyer miles.  It was an expected and yet disappointing change for many loyal AAdvantage members, who are still in the process of adapting to the new system. Just this weekend, however, American made more updates to reconfigure how flying with partner carriers accrues miles with AAdvantage — and many of the earning rates have been

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