just wanted to let anyone considering purchaseing through Dell to know that making the pruchase through AA eshopping is not a problem but following the Dell website was more than frustrating and very long when making a desktop purchase.

Also the fine print for AA eshopping states that the merchant may ask for your name and AA FF number at the completion of purchase, but Dell does not ask at the end of purchase only at the beginning.

Also AA eshopping states that you may not open the browser to make your purchase and then leave the browser, open another, and return to complete your purchase, to do so will make your purchase invalid for miles.

You also must enable the acceptance of cookies on your browser when shopping the emerchants.

All of the above was done and now I am waiting for posting of the mileage, just wanted to post the details as they are easily overlooked. But I have to admit I have never encountered such specific details when making a purchase online from any merchant before.