Originally Posted by
abefroman329
At the very least, you should definitely be able to add them to your account as authorized users, which would (presumably) mean AA miles for you. Opening separate accounts for them with the ability to earn AA miles for themselves might be a tall order, though.
I don't think the OP's primary intent is to get the regular miles through purchases. It is all about the bonus miles which he would not get in your scenario.