Thanks all

I do understand that we can't earn on an award.

I never tried just using my AA number. Will start that. I guess I just assumed I had to stick with the carrier and account number.

We do all we can to earn AA and just wanted to capitalize on their program and didn't want to "lose" miles/points to Qantas when we didn't need to. Of course their service is great and will always fly with them (IMHO).

Thanks!