AA miles for upgrades are only on AA and on limited fare classes for BA and IB. LA, and any other OW airline, isn't an upgrade option at this time.
Nope. Currently you are only limited to the following options when using AA miles to upgrade on a partner. http://www.aa.com/i18n/AAdvantage/redeemMiles/upgradeAwards.jsp
grrrr.....ok, so will have to top off my AA account and then clean it out with award travel... thanks!!