my luck with A3.
i flew A3 on an UA ticket with A3 UA UA UA for the 4 segments. use A3 number for the A3 flight. and UA number for UA flights. to my surprise, my A3 went to UA account. wrote to 1kvoice to get it removed. done in a day. retro claim on A3 failed because it claimed the flight has been credited.
email the customer service, a month later, got an email asking me to send proof that ua took out that flight. i forwarded the email, i checked my account 2 months later (didnt make any single call). flight was posted (no email reply) and i have my 4 segments done. another 3200 miles to requalify.