thanks Alitam, I know about AA aa+ and have not found the fare. It absolutely did help - thank you!
About the crediting...I have understood the earlier post to say that if you fly JJ then you will get 1:1 on AA in class O which is not accurate, as I understand it from AA's website. If flying AA metal then I'm would guess that wheretocredit is correct. Again, thanks!
Steve