Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
AS miles are good for a number of partners that are more interesting than AA. In fact, it could make sense for you to credit "excess" (after you requalify for status each year) AA miles to AS to give access to award tickets on carriers that aren't partners of AA.
But doesn't AS have a restriction against using multiple partners on the same award ticket? So if you can't fly Emirates all the way (one way), or you can' fly Alaska + Emirates all the way (one way), is it still possible to use Alaska miles for the trip?