Originally Posted by
JDiver
It doesn’t generally work that way. The qualifying flight must be marketed and operated by a oneworld airline, so that excludes Air Tahiti Nui. ...
OK, it's an AAdvantage thing, other oneworld elites would have no issue (at least at MIA).
https://www.aa.com/i18n/travel-info/...lub-access.jsp
Interestingly, that page does not list international flights to Pacific Islands. It's a bit moot as AA does not fly to any.