Originally Posted by antzymandias

I had purchased a ticket on Aires in August but when it came time to fly, I got an email from LAN say that they were converting the flight number to LAN. I gave my AA # and it was entered in to system. When I went to check in on 12/15 it recognized my status and I was directed to Elite check in.

On my return from Bogota, on check in I was given Admiral's club admission tickets. I asked about how they managed to integrate Aires so quickly and the agent said that unlike LAN Argentina which was kept as an independant airline, Aires is being TIGHTLY integrated in the LAN's operational structure.

Originally Posted by sdsearch

Did you check the dates of the posts in this thread? You flew before this thread even started. The early posts in the thread say that it's not part of OW yet (as recently as December 22). It's only a post from Jan 10 (a whole two days ago) that says it now is.

Presumably, therefore, the change from not being part of OW to being part of OW occurred sometime between December 22 and January 10.

That doesn't mean, therefore, that flights "way back" in early December will necessarily count. It should, more hopefully, mean that flights in the near future will count.