I always get flight change notifications from AA so not sure why others have issues. I use miles to fly to St. Maarten and recently got a notice of a change in my trip this coming April. Originally I was leaving at 7:00 a.m. but was changed to 5:00 a.m. I was not happy that I was going to have to get up at 2:30 a.m. to catch the flight. Called AA and they put me on an even better flight than my original itinerary--one that was unavailable without supervisor approval. So I have no complaints and find that most AA associates are very helpful.