Shutdowns continue...unfortunately, they have also changed the wording in the Email that is sent out, likely due to feedback from the DOT complaints... (Bold emphasis is mine on what the change is).
A recent investigation has determined your involvement in multiple violations of the General AAdvantage Program Conditions. These actions specifically involve abuse of the AAdvantage Program through gaming behavior, used to circumvent the Citibank/AAdvantage card enrollment bonus eligibility restrictions. These restrictions are outlined in the promotional bonus terms, and at the top of each application page. Per the AAdvantage Program governing terms:
Fraud, misrepresentation, abuse or violation of applicable rules (including, but not limited to, American or American Eagle® conditions of carriage, tariffs and AAdvantage® program rules) is subject to administrative and/or legal action by appropriate governmental authorities and American Airlines. Such action may include, without limitation, the forfeiture of all award tickets and any accrued mileage in a member's account, as well as termination of the account and the member's future participation in the AAdvantage® program. If your account is terminated due to inappropriate conduct or while under investigation, you may not open a new AAdvantage® account or participate in the AAdvantage® Program in any capacity without obtaining the express written permission of American Airlines. In addition, American Airlines reserves the right to take appropriate legal action to recover damages, including its attorneys’ fees incurred in prosecuting any lawsuit.
As such, we must now exercise our right to terminate AAdvantage account # XXXXX. All membership benefits associated with this account, including all remaining miles and issued award tickets, are forfeited, effective February 28, 2020. Any tickets issued from these accounts have been cancelled and you will need to make alternate arrangements for any upcoming travel plans. You are no longer eligible to participate in the AAdvantage Program.
To my knowledge, nobody who was just playing the "public offers" game has gotten the Ax. Based on this new language, I'm not sure how they could enforce a shutdown on somebody who got 2-3 bonuses all using public offers since they did nothing to attempt to "game" the system. They could even argue they had no expectation of earning the bonus as it clearly stated they would not on the application page.
). PIF is April 1 so I'm going to wait 2 weeks and see how it looks. Our cruise is out of Spain and visits 3 ports in southern Italy. We then fly to London and tour UK for a week, ultimately flying out of Glasgow. I'm most worried about being unable to leave Spain or mainland Europe and not get to our flight home. I'm looking into insurance options that would cover us for that situation, so not cancel for any reason but cover alternate airfare and potential hotel. I'll probably need to call one of the providers as it may be too specific of a need to book online.
I'd even spend 30 minutes, heck maybe even an hour. 
We have a short 5 day trip planned, and I'm nervous but we're only headed to Orlando, so not as big of a deal to back out.
