Originally Posted by Recondite

​​​​​​Apologies, Lurker - you are correct, I got consumed by other responses.

In this case, I would recommend crediting to AA rather than Etihad (assume retrospective crediting is allowed). I tried to book an American Airlines redemption a few days back using Etihad miles and it was nothing short of a nightmare. Eventually concluded there were no available award seats, before being phoned 6 hours later to say they had found some (I do wonder if she was searching that whole time!!).

Etihad is fine if they redeem on Etihad, but partner redemptions tend to be a little hit and miss, from my experience