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American Airlines will stop awarding AAdvantage points for bookings through many travel agencies starting May 1. The exception will be agencies that qualify as “preferred” under a new policy. American has also increased its checked-bag fees, effective immediately for new bookings. The new rules for AAdvantage accrual eligibility are American’s latest move toward increasing direct bookings and agency bookings enabled by New Distribution Capability (NDC) technology. By the end of last year, American had removed more than half of its fares from traditional Edifact-enabled GDS channels. One result was that […]