This goes back to FCfree's question upthread about bonus credits with Business Select. Those are flight credits, so do they shorten the number of actual flights required to earn A-List? I thought no, but from your reference to flight credits, it seems so.
Oh, sorry that clarification actually muddied the waters...the extra Business Select credits are actually "bonus credits," so do not shorten the requirements for A-List qualification. You must fly 16 roundtrips (or 32 one-way flights) within a rolling 12 months to get on the A-List.