Atmos Rewards Will Let Members Choose How They Earn Points: Which Option Is Best?

Ben, on balance I’d say these changes are positive. Though the lack of class of service bonuses if selecting distance-based earning is not ideal at all.

The announcement that was missing that I think we’ve been waiting for for a long time is mixed partner itineraries. As things currently stand, there are only a limited number of routes where an itinerary on multiple partners is bookable via AS. If you want to fly a multi-partner journey all on one ticket, you’re better off booking via American. Personally, I am a big fan of Atmos but this has long been a downside of the program, and I think you should call them out over it.

These changes suck. Bye, bye Alaska.