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Citi AAdvantage Credit Card- We Removed Your Annual Mileage Cap

Citi AAdvantage, Credit Cards, Mileage Cap
a close-up of a credit card

I received an e-mail this morning from Citi/ AAdvantage. They are removing my annual mileage cap for my AA credit card. This is not such a big deal or useful thing for me as I tend to spread my charges out on a variety of cards.

I also don’t know if this offer applies to all Citi/ AAdvantage credit cards or if it is targeted. This e-mail does show details for a specific card that I have. (I currently have a few Citi/ AA cards)

Here is the e-mail:

How far can more American Airlines AAdvantage miles take you
Dear Michael,
Your Citi® / AAdvantage® credit card is now better than ever.
That’s because we’ve removed your annual mileage cap on purchases made with your card.
Now the only question is, where will all those AAdvantage® miles take you?
This great new benefit has already been applied to your account. Simply use your Citi® / AAdvantage® credit card for all your eligible purchases* and watch your AAdvantage® miles add up.

I wonder if I will receive notifications of this offer for my other Citi/ AA credit card accounts. Either way this offer will not benefit me. If they want to throw me a double or triple miles bonus, then i’ll be sure to put more spending on my cards…

First Credit Card of 2012- Chase Southwest Airlines- 50,000 Points Sign Up Bonus

Chase, Credit Cards, Miles, Southwest Airlines

In 2011 I earned an amazing 775,000 miles from credit card sign up bonuses. I detailed how I did this in a post on 1/3/12. (you can check it out here)

I’ve been thinking a lot about my 2012 strategy for credit cards applications. My plan is to only apply for cards offering a bonus of 50,000 miles/ points or more.
Hopefully there will be some huge, killer offers like the last couple of years. Somebody has to come out with a new 75-100K offer at some point. (or at least I really hope so)

a card on a beach

To start off 2012 I decided to apply for the Chase Southwest Airlines Premier Card.
You can currently earn 50,000 bonus points after first purchase. That’s enough points for 2 free flights and worth the $99 membership fee in my opinion. If you decide to keep the card a second year, you receive 6,000 more bonus points which can be redeemed for a $100 “wanna get away fare” which covers the $99 fee.

I currently have 3 Chase credit cards so I did not think that I’d get instant approval for the Southwest card. I was planning to call Chase and move around some credit or possibly cancel one card if needed to get the approval.
To my surprise I did get instant approval and after one purchase (probably for $2), I will have 50,000 points with Southwest.

a screenshot of a computer
The approval screen

If you’d like to apply for the Chase Southwest Credit Card Click Here
(FYI-This is not an affiliate link and I DO NOT get any commission)