as of July 29 All of AAs Elites wont have to pay any fees when ordering an Award tkt < 21 days from flight date. Till now only AAs Eec Plats had it waviered. there were some work arounds but its much better this way
But only Exec Plats will still have Redeposit fees waviered as well as any changes to O or D of the tkts, so Golds and Plats will still have to pay for these, but heck any fee that is dropped is a welcome sign in my book