Originally Posted by
ContinentalFan
I fly Alaska a fair amount. There's no problem having earning credit on AA. It's more convenient to open an FF account on Alaska, so that you can have OLCI. By the way, full Y fares are quite cheap and you earn 1.5 points per mile.
One does not need to have an AS MP account to OLCI. All you need is the AS PNR - which can be got by calling AA.