Thanks all. I called and while the agent wouldn't put me on the original AS flight they have a codeshare that I didn't see before that they put me on. Now the fun beings since the MCT in SEA is 45 mins and the connection for this just happens to be 47 mins. Is that a realistic connection time from AS to AA in SEA?

Looks like AS also offers free SDC for EXP so I can try that as well.