Originally Posted by Amunhotep

My wife and I plan to travel to Fiji, Australia and New Zealand this summer, all flights on AA partners (Air Pacific, Qantas and Qantas New Zealand). Do I need to make sure these flights have AA codeshare numbers and ask to use those, or do they automatically earn AA mileage? According to the AA web, you have to give the AAdvantage number when booking or on check-in to earn mileage.

Would it be better to get a Qantas frequent flyer number, use that (Air Pacific is a codeshare for Qantas) and transfer mileage from Qantas to AA?

Any thoughts here?

Thanks for any ideas.