My AA account hasn't had much activity recently, however browsing AA.com I noted that Worldhotels is a partner. By coindicence, I stayed recently at one of their members. Questions:

1. I'm assuming there is no issue with making a retrospective claim for the mileage?
2. Unusually (in my experience) the claim has to go to the parter not AA. Is this right, or am I stuipd?

500 miles will help compensate for the smallest hotel room I've ever seen(Kowloon Hotel in HK).