So after a few phone calls and much grumbling from the AA agents, I got them to allow me to add LAN segments to my future fall AA AAdvantage award reservation without having to pay the $100/per ticket reissue fee.

But my guess is that this will still be very difficult to do. I understand that LAN allows its frequent flyer members to book 6 months in advance. Will they load any award inventory to AA before that date? My prior experience is that it's virtually impossible to get LAN award seats at any time, particularly to Patagonia. I'm assuming the inventory made available to AA is lower the inventory made available to their own frequent flyers?

Any tips on how to snag the LAN seats I want would be much appreciated. Thanks!