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American Airlines eliminates all earning on basic economy tickets, effective immediately

American Airlines has devalued its basic economy product yet again, removing, without notice, the ability to earn any miles ...
The Points Guy

Basic economy on American will no longer earn miles or Loyalty Points, a blow to AAdvantage members

American Airlines just added a new restriction to basic economy: Its flyers won't earn miles or Loyalty Points on no-frills ...
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We flew basic economy with Delta and American Airlines. Both were better than expected, but one key difference surprised us.

One of our travel reporters flew basic economy from LA to NYC on American Airlines. Another reporter took a basic economy flight from Salt Lake City to NYC on Delta. Both had more spacious seats than ...