Interesting question in FT.
"One interesting way to fight this... Isn't this a violation of the FCRA if you just got a Citi AA card like myself? I was promised Award Travel along certain terms (and I think I've seen Citi material marketing it with no fuel surcharges) and I have had the card for less than a year, effectively the terms of this deal have changed, illegally I might add. Might make more sense to have the hordes go after Citi, who has a hell of a lot more bargaining power than than the widely dispersed collective of AAdvantage members. Obviously this would require a lot of tracing thru Citi's terms, but I for one believe that anger directed at Citi might have more of an effect to have AA backtrack on this. After all those LHR gates and a partner (and lender) who will spend 100's of millions of $ a year on miles is pretty important to have on your good side."
Anyone remember if the Citi T&Cs mentioned this?