YQ on AA international award redemptions?!?

[Drago]

Uh oh...
http://boardingarea.com/onemileatatime/2013/08/28/american-to-impose-fuel-surcharges-for-all-international-aadvantage-awards/

From the comments:
"Hi,
I tweeted American Air @americanair and got the following reply – very efficient as usual:
@dalereardon Effective now, we’ll collect other airline carrier imposed fees. Some carriers may have exemptions for AAdvantage itineraries."

FT thread on the topic.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/american-aadvantage/1498073-american-imposing-fuel-surcharges-intl-awards-unconfirmed.html

[jmansour]

With no advance notice? Even delta didnt do that..
Heres another take on it.

http://milevalue.com/american-airlines-miles-massively-devalued-effective-immediately/

[Drago]

For the time being, they still haven't updated their online system for all the airlines.
Hopefully an official announcement will come later today w/ details.

[bklyn]

I just checked using AA on elal direct jfk-tlv.
Taxes still $60 round trip.
Nothing chnged......yet!

[Bp]

@bklyn:
Ly doesn't publish yq after the mistake fare, they include it in the BF.....

[jmansour]

Right now they are only officially charging on malaysia.
Im sure they will be on the same page as BA.
Hopefully they dont touch CX, there will be a lot of unhappy people especially in the new york area!

[chff]

Not good news

[Drago]

@bklyn:
Ly doesn't publish yq after the mistake fare, they include it in the BF.....

So TLV-Far East will still work?? Best news I've heard today...

[jaywhy]

Wow... +1 for CX hope.

[menachem_m]

So for all those planning on booking soon, book now and just pay the change fee when you know your dates?

[MEIR613]

So for all those planning on booking soon, book now and just pay the change fee when you know your dates?

Not going to help.

They will charge you YQ, when you make the change.

[Drago]

Not going to help.

They will charge you YQ, when you make the change.

+1
That's how this was discovered by a Lucky reader.

[Side incomer]

So TLV-Far East will still work?? Best news I've heard today...

No. They only eliminated so far the YQ on the US-TLV routes.

[Drago]

No. They only eliminated so far the YQ on the US-TLV routes.

And POP goes the balloon.

[smart brit]

This is hard to take in.
I just can't believe they will charge yq on aa metal, it makes no sense to me

[AJK]

If true, this is possibly the worse deval in our hobby since... ever.

[damaxer91]

If true, this is possibly the worse deval in our hobby since... ever.

You must have not been around during the Air France deval 4-5 years ago

[chuchem]

You must have not been around during the Air France deval 4-5 years ago

Most guys use AA much more then AF

[daganster]

 Ouch! kudos to those that earn and burn.

[meshugener]

Airline devaluation news doesn't stop coming.

On a average we have like one bomb per month.

The future doesn't look bright either.

Is it about time to look out for a new job? (for those making a living (or a partial) by booking (or other affiliated work) award tickets?

There's a slight chance that within the time all the airlines will:
- change to revenue based awards;
- limit redemption to family members (yes, they could do it) or a few hard-to-change nominees;
- seriously cracking down on selling;
- limit earning opportunities (churning).