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Citi American Airlines Credit Card offers:
CitiBusiness® AAdvantage® Platinum Select® World Mastercard® offer ends 6/5/24
Let’s take a look at the complete portfolio of Citi cards that are cobranded to earn American Aadvantage Miles and there are some really attractive offers.
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Citi® AAdvantage® MileUp® Card
- Citi® AAdvantage® Executive World Elite Mastercard®
- Citi® AAdvantage® Platinum Select® World Elite Mastercard®
- CitiBusiness® AAdvantage® Platinum Select® World Mastercard®
I consistently advocate that your wallet should have a main and supporting cast – think of them like the cast of FRIENDS ( this article breaks that idea down ). The main cast gets the bulk of my every day purchases and earns you flexible points you can transfer to partners. The supporting cast gets purchases that lead to elite status, free bags, free nights, etc. For instance, I would classify a Citi Premier ( soon to be Citi Strata Premier ) as main cast, and any of these American Airlines cobranded credit cards as supporting cast.
They can be quite helpful if you fly American a lot and want some extra benefits.
These are the primary reasons to get any these cards
- Boost your American Airlines balance for a potential trip
- Spend your way to American Airlines Status
- Get free bags, board earlier
- Get discounts onboard
- Lounge access if you go for the Citi Aadvantage Executive
If you don’t fly with American often or you’re not chasing American status, I would steer you towards cards that provide higher earn rates and transferrable points like the Amex Gold, Amex Platinum, Capital One Venture X, Chase Sapphire Preferred and the list of main cast cards go on.
Are you eligible to be approved and receive a bonus?
I’d read the full list of Citi Application rules here, but the one that applies to these cards the most is the 48 month rule. That means you could hold both personal AA cards, the Platinum Select and Executive, simultaneously.
48 month rule
- If you have gotten a bonus on a particular credit card you aren’t eligible for the bonus again until 48 months have passed.
You will usually see language like this on the Citi cobranded American Airlines cards
American Airlines AAdvantage® bonus miles are not available if you have received a new account bonus for a Citi® / AAdvantage® Executive account in the past 48 months
Since you have to wait 48 months before getting a card again you should make sure you’re getting the best offer – so always check our spreadsheet.
The Best Citi American Airlines Credit Cards Offers
- No Fee + Earn AA miles
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Citi® AAdvantage® MileUp® Card
This card is for those who want some American Airlines benefits but don’t want to pay an annual fee. Personally, I think the Citi® AAdvantage® Platinum Select® World Elite Mastercard® is a better fit for most people and comes with more useful benefits under a $100 AF.
Welcome Offer
15k AA miles after $500 spend in 3 months
Annual Fee
No Fee
Points Earned
American Aadvantage® Miles
No fee, earn AA miles
- 2x AA miles at Grocery Stores
- 2x AA miles on American Airlines purchases
- 1x Everywhere else
- 25% discount on in flight purchases
- No Annual Fee
We keep an up to date spreadsheet that lists what the highest offers: You can find that spreadsheet here.
Main Cast:
Cards that earn flexible points and should be used on the bulk of your purchases.
Supporting Cast:
Cards that earn fixed points in the currency of the airline/hotel and can not be transferred at attractive rates. These cards yield benefits that make it worth keeping, but not necessarily worth putting a lot of your everyday spend on.
Read our article on why you should view credit cards like the cast of FRIENDS
- AA lounge access
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Citi® / AAdvantage® Executive World Elite Mastercard®
If you’d like Admirals Club® access this is a way to get it cheaper than you’d pay if you bought it directly from AA.
Welcome Offer
75k AA miles after $7500 spend in 3 months
Annual Fee
$595
Points Earned
American Airlines AAdvantage® Miles
The primary reason you’d add this card to your wallet is to gain access to the Admirals Club when flying AA, JetBlue or a One World Partner, at a discount.
How’s that?
The card’s annual fee is $595, but a membership bought via AA is $650 a year. So you’re getting a nice discount. The Primary cardholder also has their membership attached to their loyalty number so you don’t even need to show your card to gain entrance. Pretty nice, really!
Both primary and authorized users can bring immediate family (partner/spouse and kids under 18 ) or two guests with you.
- Admirals Club® membership
- for you and up to two guests
- immediate family members traveling with you
- Authorized Users
- $175 for 3 authorized users
- $175 per AU after that
- Credits
- Avis or Budget car rentals every calendar year
- Up to $120 back
- Grubhub purchases
- Up to $120 a year
- up to a $10 statement credit each monthly billing statement
- Lyft Credits
- Up to $120 in Lyft credits
- $10 Lyft credit each month
- Caveat: must take 3 rides per month to get credit
- Up to $120 in Lyft credits
- Avis or Budget car rentals every calendar year
- Loyalty Points Bonuses
- 10k bonus after hitting 50k Loyalty points in same status qualification year
- 10k bonus after hitting 90k Loyalty Points in same status qualification year
- First domestic checked bag free
- up to 8 companions
- No fx fees
- Earn 1 Loyalty Point for every 1 eligible AAdvantage® mile earned from purchases
- Annual fee $595
We have seen between 80k and 100k with spend up to $10k in 3 months.
We keep an up to date spreadsheet that lists what the highest offers: You can find that spreadsheet here.
Main Cast:
Cards that earn flexible points and should be used on the bulk of your purchases.
Supporting Cast:
Cards that earn fixed points in the currency of the airline/hotel and can not be transferred at attractive rates. These cards yield benefits that make it worth keeping, but not necessarily worth putting a lot of your everyday spend on.
- Earn AA miles
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Citi® AAdvantage® Platinum Select® World Elite Mastercard®
Enjoy preferred boarding, a free first checked bag for you and up to 4 companions, and earn American Airlines Loyalty points on every dollar you spend.
Welcome Offer
75k AA miles after $3500 spend in 4 months
Points Earned
American Miles
You’re basically able to audition this card for a year and see if you take advantage of a free checked bag, value preferred boarding, and if you don’t. you could always downgrade to the no fee version.
- Free 1st checked bag for you and up to 4 companions
- 25% off in flight purchases on food and beverage
- 2x AAdvantage® miles for every $1 spent
- gas stations
- restaurants,
- and eligible AA purchases
- Earn 1 Loyalty Point for every 1 eligible AAdvantage® mile earned from purchases
- Earn a $125 American Airlines Flight Discount after $20k spend during your account year
- must renew your card
- No FX fees
- Enjoy preferred boarding on American Airlines flights
- Citi Application Rules
- make sure you look at AA family rules
- AA 787-9 Business Class Review
- AA 787-8 Business Class Review
- AA A321T business class
- AA 5 star service
- AA and Hyatt partnership
Best Ever: 75k after $3500 in 4 months
We keep an up to date spreadsheet that lists what the highest offers: You can find that spreadsheet here
Main Cast:
Cards that earn flexible points and should be used on the bulk of your purchases.
Supporting Cast:
Cards that earn fixed points in the currency of the airline/hotel and can not be transferred at attractive rates. These cards yield benefits that make it worth keeping, but not necessarily worth putting a lot of your everyday spend on.
- Earn AA miles
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Information about this card has been collected independently by Monkey Miles. Card issuer is not responsible for the information or accuracy.
CitiBusiness® AAdvantage® Platinum Select® World Mastercard®
No annual fee the first year, domestically you’ll get a first checked bag free, 25% discount on WiFi, and it doesn’t count against you 5/24 number
Welcome Offer
75k AA miles after $5k spend in 4 months
Annual Fee
$99 waived for the first year
Points Earned
AA Miles
Effectively this is the business version of the Citi® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® Mastercard® with benefits like a first checked bag free of charge domestically, 25% off Wifi when you pay with the card, no fx fees, etc
The biggest difference is adding this card won’t affect your Chase 5/24 number
- Get a free first checked bag on domestic flights
- 25% off AA in flight Wifi
- need to pay with your card
- Preferred boarding
- Earn 2x
- Cable and satellite, telecom, car rental, and gas stations
- 1x everywhere else
- 1 AA miles + 1 Loyalty point
- No fx fees
- Citi Application Rules
- make sure you look at AA family rules
- AA 787-9 Business Class Review
- AA 787-8 Business Class Review
- AA A321T business class
- AA 5 star service
- AA and Hyatt partnership
75k after $5k spend in 4 months
We keep an up to date spreadsheet that lists what the highest offers: You can find that spreadsheet here.
Main Cast:
Cards that earn flexible points and should be used on the bulk of your purchases.
Supporting Cast:
Cards that earn fixed points in the currency of the airline/hotel and can not be transferred at attractive rates. These cards yield benefits that make it worth keeping, but not necessarily worth putting a lot of your everyday spend on.
Opinions, reviews, analyses & recommendations are the author’s alone, and have not been reviewed, endorsed or approved by any of these entities.
Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
Welcome Offer
$300 Chase Travel℠ Credit + Earn 60,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening.
Annual Fee
$95
Points Earned
Transferrable Chase Ultimate Rewards
- $300 Chase Travel℠ Credit + Earn 60,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening.
- That’s worth $750 when redeemed through Chase Travel℠. Plus, get up to $300 in statement credits on Chase Travel℠ purchases within your first year
- 5x on all travel purchased through Chase Travel℠
- 3x on dining, including eligible delivery services for takeout & dining out
- 3x on select streaming services
- 3x on online grocery purchases
- (excluding Target, Walmart and wholesale clubs)
- $50 Annual Chase Travel Hotel Credit via Chase Travel℠
- The begins immediately for new cardmembers and after your account anniversary for existing cardmembers
- 2x on all other travel
- 10% Anniversary Bonus
- Every year you keep the card, your total spend will yield a 10% points bonus. If you spend $10k in a year, you’ll get 1k bonus points
- Chase Sapphire Preferred continues to redeem at 1.25c in the Chase Travel℠ and the slew of other benefits remain in tact including Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver ( primary ), purchase protections, etc.
- Points are transferrable to 14 Ultimate Rewards partners
- Redeem in Chase Travel℠ for 1.25 cents per point
- No foreign transaction fees
- Suite of Travel and Purchase Coverage
- Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver is my favorite
- Get complimentary access to DashPass which unlocks $0 delivery fees and lower service fees for a minimum of one year when you activate by December 31, 2027.
- $95 Annual Fee
We keep an up to date spreadsheet that lists the best ever offers: You can find that spreadsheet here.
Historically 80k is a very, very good offer and hit in both 2022 and 2023. In 2021, we saw the offer hit an all time high of 100k. Who knows if that will ever come back.
Main Cast:
Cards that earn flexible points and should be used on the bulk of your purchases.
Supporting Cast:
Cards that earn fixed points in the currency of the airline/hotel and can not be transferred at attractive rates. These cards yield benefits that make it worth keeping, but not necessarily worth putting a lot of your everyday spend on.
The Chase Sapphire Preferred® is exceptional starter card and offers transferrable Ultimate Rewards, and pairs well with other Chase cards.
If you carry this card alongside Chase’s cashback cards like the Chase Freedom Flex® and Chase Freedom Unlimited® or the business versions: Ink Business Cash® , Ink Business Unlimited® you can combine the points into Preferred account and transfer into hotel and airline partners
Annual fee is quite low at $95 a year + you get a 10% anniversary bonus on points + $50 hotel credit in Chase travel.
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