Mike,

Welcome to Flyertalk. I have made a minor change to the title of your initial post to hopefully better express your query.

While "MilesBuzz" may not be the best place to get your question answered, I'm going to hesitate moving it to another forum, pending some clarification from you. I'm not personally sure what your are attempting to do (this could be somewhat due to my lack of knowledge of Amex points, and I'm not a regular AA flyer).

I look forward to an additional post, so we can help you get a proper answer.