Category Archives: Miles

CitiBank: "There is no impact to your Citi/AAdvantage Credit Card"

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The American Airlines Chapter 11 restructuring should not have much impact on future travels/ AAdvantage accounts from everything I have read.
The bulk of my airline mileage account is made up of AAdvantage miles & I am not too worried about their safety.

Today I received an e-mail from Citibank regarding the AA Chapter 11 reorganization:

Dear Michael W,
On Tuesday, November 29th, 2011, American Airlines filed for reorganization under Chapter 11. Throughout the process, American Airlines has expressed its commitment to meeting its customers’ travel needs. As a valued
Citi® / AAdvantage® customer, we appreciate your continued loyalty and would like to share some additional information with you about your credit card:
There is no impact to your Citi® / AAdvantage® credit card account and American has given its assurance that your American Airlines AAdvantage® miles are secure.
You will continue to earn American Airlines AAdvantage® miles for your purchases on your
Citi® / AAdvantage® card without disruption.
You will be able to redeem AAdvantage® miles for the same great flight awards, upgrades, car rentals and hotels and more, subject to usual policies.
Citi is committed to our longstanding relationship with American Airlines and to continually improving our products to provide exceptional value and experiences to our customers. We would like to thank you for your continued business and loyalty and look forward to serving you throughout this holiday season and in the future.
Should you have any questions regarding American’s reorganization process, please visit www.AA.com/restructuring.
Sincerely,
Terry O’Neil
Executive Vice President
Citigroup North American Cards

It is reassuring to hear from Citi regarding the current state of American Airlines. I am glad they looked into what would happen with AAdvantage & were told that all miles were secure.

I am hoping AA will sell billions of more miles to Citi to offer for even more lucrative credit card signups in the future!

American Airlines eShopping Bonus Miles Promo

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From now until 12/31/11 AA eShopping is offering a holiday bonus for shopping with any online retail partner:

  • Spend $500 earn 500 bonus miles
  • Spend $1000 earn 1000 bonus miles 
  • You can also earn double AAdvantage miles for shopping from a list of select retailer

This isn’t the most generous bonus offer but extra miles are always nice if you can reach the required spend on purchases you planned to make anyways…

Click here to register for the AAdvantage eShopping mall: https://www.aadvantageeshopping.com/userlogin.aspx

Update- Citi AA Card Retention Bonus-Success

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I decided to call Citi one last time to ask for a retention bonus to keep my American Airlines Business Card account open. The rep was very helpful and had two offers for me
  1- 2,500 miles to keep my account open & do nothing
  2- 10,000 miles to keep my account open & spend $5,000 in 6 months


I went with option 2. Spending $5,000 in 6 months will not be hard to do and is well worth 10,000 AA bonus miles!


If you are thinking of closing your Citi AA credit card don’t forget to ask for a bonus to keep the acount open. Take the bonus offer and then close it a couple of months later!

American Airlines-Frommers Sweepstakes- Win 280,000 Miles

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Three prizes of 280,00 miles are being given away in a new AA/ Frommers contest. You get to pick one of five cities to explore. Then select five points of interest and explore them using Google Maps. It is a fun contest & you could win a lot of miles!
You get one entry for entering the contest, earn another for sharing with friends & you can earn one more for booking a trip.
The sweepstakes started on 10/17/11 & ends on 12/14/11.