I am looking at a flight for 2 passengers STL-HNL-SEA-STL in October. The least expensive fare on AA.com is $587.50 plus taxes of $64.40, for a total of $651.90.

On Priceline's pick-your-own-flight section, I am getting an AA routing priced at $443.27 plus taxes of $68.08, for a total of $511.35.

My questions are:

1. Does Priceline's pick-your-own-flight flights qualify for the AA.com low-price guarantee?

2. I am unable to force AA.com to give me the exact same routing and flights as Priceline. Is this required?

The Priceline routing is as follows:

AA 1127 Dep. STL 09:17 A.M. Arr. ORD 10:25 A.M. Oct. 12
AA 1127 Dep. ORD 11:14 A.M. Arr. SAN 01:25 P.M. Oct. 12
AA 3078 Dep. SAN 02:30 P.M. Arr. LAX 03:24 P.M. Oct. 12
AA 297 Dep. LAX 04:40 P.M. Arr. HNL 07:14 P.M. Oct. 12
AA 270 Dep. HNL 08:20 A.M. Arr. LAX 04:35 P.M. Oct. 19
AA 6780 Dep. LAX 05:50 P.M. Arr. SEA 08:25 P.M. Oct. 19
AA 852 Dep. SEA 12:15 P.M. Arr. STL 06:03 P.M. Oct. 22

If I need these exact flights, is there any way to force these exact flights out of AA.com?

3. I am assuming that these flights qualify for AA miles, EQM and EQP as if booked at AA.com (EQP @ 50%). Can't tell fare class at Priceline. Any reason why I shouldn't assume this.

If assumption #3 is true, I could just get the tickets from Priceline, but think the guarantee says I should get 1,000 miles and $50 per passenger from AA.com in addition by booking through them.

Thanks for your help.