Cap on max amount of Loyalty Points per Ticket

Hey y'all,

I know that there is a cap on the maximum amount of AAdvantage miles you can earn per ticket. And okay, fine, I don't like it, but it is what it is.

But when you are spending $10k on a business class ticket, it is kind of shitty that you will still max out on 75k Loyalty Points! I always thought the reason they showed the AAdvantage Earnings with a separate entry for AAvantange Miles and LPs was because they may be different? But that is not really the case. I am unsure of any scenario where those values will actually be different.

I have a RT BC ticket on hold to Japan (need to confirm the dates I really need!) and I see the LP breakdown per segment... by the first segment on the return home, I will only receive partially of what I theoretically should, and nothing for the final flight at all!

If the new LP program is supposed to be about "rewarding" the higher spenders, why are you maxing out the LP per ticket?! I will get significantly less LPs than I theoretically should.

The way to skirt that is to purchase 2 x 1 way tickets. I might see if work will allow me to do that, and when I choose the same flights, the price comes out to be the same (that doesnt always work out to be the case sometimes from my experience!).

Just venting because I didn't realize until now that the cap applied to BOTH AAdvantage Award miles and Loyalty Points. I can see why they are doing that to LPs as well as Award miles, but it kind of is contradictory to rewarding high spend, is it not? I do see both sides of the coin here. It would make it super easy for any business traveler to get ExP in just 2-3 expensive trips! I am going to be going to Japan a lot this year, so I am not concerned about making ExP early on in the program year. I will likely end up climbing up the levels of Choice Awards and getting the "full" amount would aid in making that happen more quickly.

1st world problems, I know - I just wonder what was the driver to capping that. I have my suspicions why, but again, it just goes against what I thought American was trying to achieve - rewarding people who spend a lot of money with them!

Happy Sunday! :)