AA offers FRA from DFW or ORD. They do not offer service to Munich, so you'd have to use a partner (BA from London would be one option). You cannot accrue AA miles on BA across the Atlantic from the U.S., though there could be changes in that come October.[/QUOTE]

Do you mean that booking with AA to Munich you only get points to the European city where you'd change planes, say London, but no AA points for the London-Munich portion on the partner?