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Father in Law is contemplating the AA Platinum Challenge in the spring, assuming the program remains intact for those earning into the 2016 (expires 2/2017) program year. Two questions:

1) Does the 4-segment AA/US requirement still apply to those doing the challenge?

2) If so, does a segment ticketed as an AA flight number but actually a codeshare on JL metal count? He's got a NRT-ORD leg on JL scheduled and would much prefer the guaranteed non-angled lie-flat JAL SKY SUITE to the crapshoot of whether nor not AA will have a the 77W J interior on the NRT flight.

Thanks as always for the wonderful information by the experts on FT!