Originally Posted by
serfty
What I was more referring to was that if the FF number was not entered that the miles/qpoints are unlikely to post - hence no status increase as you fly.
Got it. My concern with this (partly because I don't speak Spanish) is that I'm going to have difficulty checking in on a business class line in Chile with coach tickets on LAN, and explaining to the ticket agent that I am, in fact, OW Sapphire. Because the LAN tickets would be booked with the LAN South America Pass, I'm not sure how easy it would be for AA to annotate my PNR (although maybe if I used the OW Visit South American Pass it would be easier). Thanks very much for the feedback.