memanny, one very important caveat: You have not indicated the starting and ending dates of your RTW trip, but each FFP has its own qualification time period for earning elite status. AA's runs from March 1 through February 28/29. If you want to maximize your Loyalty Points earnings to achieve status in AAdvantage, you would want all of your flights (and other LP-earning events, like major credit-card spend) to take place in a single qualification period.