In 2011 American introduced Dynamic Air Awards, which are available exclusively to AAdvantage elite members. They allow you to book economy class award tickets within the lower 48 states at a variable price based on the revenue cost of a ticket. Dynamic Air Awards are non-changeable/refundable, so even more restrictive than normal award tickets. Anyway,…
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As long as they don't eliminate the oneworld distance-based awards. Those pretty much define "sweet spot"
Especially since these awards were not part of the normal award booking engine, I have a feeling they were not widely used. Also, whenever I did check, there was rarely a huge discount from the 50,000 standard award (they usually priced in the mid-to-high 40ks). Now, I am sure that revenue tickets costing $100-$200 would have seen a big mileage discount compared to the 50,000 standard awards, but those would have represented poor redemption value anyway.
Instead of discontinuing they should have marketed them more to elites. As it is today, they don't make it that easy to find them.
I have used them quite a bit in the past few years and saved thousands of miles. Bummer!