Originally Posted by
anabolism
Why do you want AA to split the record? Are you and your wife going to be on different flights? At any rate, it shouldn't mess up your EY flights. Couldn't hurt to confirm with the AA agent that the EY flights won't be touched, but shouldn't be necessary either.
Thanks for your useful series of questions and comments, including in response to my own post. To answer your question: Yes, my wife and I will be starting out from different places (ORD for her, SFO for me) on AA before meeting in JFK for the rest of the trip on EY. So that's why I assume AA will need to split the record. Thanks for the assurance re the EY flights not being touched, though I'll also take the advice of checking this with the AA CSR.