Originally Posted by LucyP

I am new to the whole frequent flyer thing and I'm looking for help. I put a lot of miles from a trans-Pacific flight onto USAir because I thought I was going to be able to use the miles for a repeat Star Alliance flight. Now I realize that these miles are going to turn into AA miles. I had heard that I might be able to use them on Cathay Pacific, but I searched around to see what kinds of flights I could get using AA miles and got no options. Am I doing something wrong? Does anyone have advice for me?