A little over a week ago I wrote about a no-notice change that American AAdvantage made to their program: different AAnytime award prices for different flights on the same day.
While American acknowledged that the screen shots I was providing were not a glitch, they haven’t offered comment on these changes which went into effect without any notice to members. I dug into this a bit more and think I know what American is doing, and it’s neither as technology sophisticated nor as insidious as I’d have feared.