Originally Posted by guv1976

I think that AA has a special relationship of some sort with the identified oneworld carriers; I know that AA is in a joint-business venture with at least some of them.

By the way, if you're considering crediting the recent AA flights to IB and do not yet have an Iberia Plus account, be careful: I know that Iberia lets existing members seek retroactive credit, but I'm not sure if Iberia lets one seek retroactive credit for flights that took place before one joined Iberia Plus. In any case, you would only need 50 more Iberia Elite points by March 31 to get Iberia Oro, if you credit the upcoming QR roundtrip to Iberia. Any other travel -- even domestic travel -- before March 31?

And yes, I remember the saga of your trip home from BCN; just did not remember that that was you. Glad that you made it back eventually.