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75,000 Bonus Point offer for Citi® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® World Elite Mastercard® with $3,500 initial spend in first 4 months, $0 Intro annual fee, then $99

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75k Bonus Points for Citi® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® World Elite Mastercard®

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Primary Benefits

75,000 bonus point offer (Limited Time Offer) with initial spend of $3,500 in purchases within the first 4 months of account opening

$0 intro annual fee for the first year, then $99*

First checked bag free on domestic American Airlines itineraries for you and up to 4 travel companions on the same reservation – savings of up to $400 per round trip

Boarding pass - Preferred boarding on American Airlines flights

This is a limited time increase on what is normally offered by American Airlines for this base individual credit card. In my experience, it is truly a 'limited time offer' and will go away without notice.

Other Benefits:
Double miles -Earn 2 miles for every $1 spent at restaurants, gas stations and on eligible American Airlines purchases

Food - 25% savings on inflight food and beverage purchases on American Airlines flights when you use your card

Savings = Earn a $125 American Airlines Flight Discount after you spend $20,000 or more in purchases during your cardmembership year and renew your card

No foreign transaction fees on purchases*

Link [aa.com] [The link has multiple card offers, please be sure and select the one for AAdvantage® Platinum Select® World Elite Mastercard®, with the 0$ introductory annual fee]


EDIT: Also, FYI... Terms say this 'American Airlines AAdvantage® bonus miles are not available if you have received a new account bonus for a Citi® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® account in the past 48 months.'
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09-14-2024 at 03:25 PM.

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09-14-2024 at 03:25 PM.
I had this card several years ago. They did not give me the bonus miles. When I called they said you will not receive the bonus if you have opened OR CLOSED a similar card in the past 48 months. They were quite persistent and would not budge.
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JFalc
09-14-2024 at 09:49 PM.
09-14-2024 at 09:49 PM.
Quote from Jumpstar :
I had this card several years ago. They did not give me the bonus miles. When I called they said you will not receive the bonus if you have opened OR CLOSED a similar card in the past 48 months. They were quite persistent and would not budge.
The Offer Terms for this offer do not track it to closing a prior account.... Terms say this 'American Airlines AAdvantage® bonus miles are not available if you have received a new account bonus for a Citi® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® account in the past 48 months.'
The terms say it tracks to when you previously received a new account bonus
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luvmikey
09-15-2024 at 08:36 AM.
09-15-2024 at 08:36 AM.
Quote from JFalc :
The Offer Terms for this offer do not track it to closing a prior account.... Terms say this 'American Airlines AAdvantage® bonus miles are not available if you have received a new account bonus for a Citi® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® account in the past 48 months.'
The terms say it tracks to when you previously received a new account bonus

Agree - good way to track your different cards is run a search
From:citi approved

This will tell you the approved card (that matters a lot) and approved date.

I'm glad the 48 rule was brought up though...might be worth mentioning in OP for folks that don't read the comments tho
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bru_that
09-15-2024 at 09:38 AM.
09-15-2024 at 09:38 AM.
Quote from Jumpstar :
I had this card several years ago. They did not give me the bonus miles. When I called they said you will not receive the bonus if you have opened OR CLOSED a similar card in the past 48 months. They were quite persistent and would not budge.
Card company phone reps are notorious for giving false information.
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LivninSC
09-15-2024 at 09:53 AM.
09-15-2024 at 09:53 AM.
They are pretty stingy on approving these days. If you happen to have a large amount of available credit and don't use it they seem to like to deny you.

Google that if you want to double check.
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09-15-2024 at 10:56 AM.
09-15-2024 at 10:56 AM.
Yes, 48 months is steep. .... Chase does 48 months with Sapphire, but Chase Southwest has historically been 24 months from last bonus.

If you do what I do, you spread the wealth around among cards (Southwest (Biz and non-biz), United (biz and non-biz), American Airlines, Chase Sapphire) and I keep a log of when I applied, approved and bonus achieved so it's not usually a huge problem to 'click' my sign on bonuses on a consistent basis -- alongside wifey too.

I think there are a lot of factors re: getting the application actually APPROVED or not.....credit wise....I agree with your comment as my biggest issue has been having 'too big of credit limits' across many cards and having too much of a credit line. If you anticipate an issue, call and reduce some of your credit limit amounts that you dont use to a more realistic amount.
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09-15-2024 at 03:08 PM.
09-15-2024 at 03:08 PM.
Quote from JFalc :
Yes, 48 months is steep. .... Chase does 48 months with Sapphire, but Chase Southwest has historically been 24 months from last bonus.

If you do what I do, you spread the wealth around among cards (Southwest (Biz and non-biz), United (biz and non-biz), American Airlines, Chase Sapphire) and I keep a log of when I applied, approved and bonus achieved so it's not usually a huge problem to 'click' my sign on bonuses on a consistent basis -- alongside wifey too.

I think there are a lot of factors re: getting the application actually APPROVED or not.....credit wise....I agree with your comment as my biggest issue has been having 'too big of credit limits' across many cards and having too much of a credit line. If you anticipate an issue, call and reduce some of your credit limit amounts that you dont use to a more realistic amount.
Yes, reducing credit limits is good. But they seem to take other factors into consideration too. One of the biggest reasons I get denied seems to be "too many credit cards" and "too many hard queries".
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09-15-2024 at 04:23 PM.
09-15-2024 at 04:23 PM.
Seems like this is one of those get-signup-bonus-than-stick-in-sock-drawer-cards, right?

The measly 2 points on AA flights + the $99 fee really pales in comparison to, say, the $95/yr Sapphire Preferred card, which admittedly doesn't offer point transfers to AA but does have other high-value partners and better multipliers (3X on dining, 2X on all travel)
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whenry83
09-15-2024 at 04:28 PM.
09-15-2024 at 04:28 PM.
Quote from JFalc :
Yes, 48 months is steep. .... Chase does 48 months with Sapphire, but Chase Southwest has historically been 24 months from last bonus.

If you do what I do, you spread the wealth around among cards (Southwest (Biz and non-biz), United (biz and non-biz), American Airlines, Chase Sapphire) and I keep a log of when I applied, approved and bonus achieved so it's not usually a huge problem to 'click' my sign on bonuses on a consistent basis -- alongside wifey too.

I think there are a lot of factors re: getting the application actually APPROVED or not.....credit wise....I agree with your comment as my biggest issue has been having 'too big of credit limits' across many cards and having too much of a credit line. If you anticipate an issue, call and reduce some of your credit limit amounts that you dont use to a more realistic amount.
Don't forget the Barclay Aviator AA every two years.
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luvmikey
09-15-2024 at 05:14 PM.
09-15-2024 at 05:14 PM.
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Don't forget the Barclay Aviator AA every two years.

Actually Barclay is a little more mysterious. Where Citi has a hard line of 48mos; Barclay states 'may not receive another welcome bonus', which means at any point they can halt the promos.

If that's changed, please share the verbiage..Id appreciate that. Many thanks!
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garylapointe
09-15-2024 at 05:30 PM.
09-15-2024 at 05:30 PM.
Anyone who has done this know which credit agency they use, so that I know who to unlock?
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derter1
09-15-2024 at 05:31 PM.
09-15-2024 at 05:31 PM.
Quote from luvmikey :
Agree - good way to track your different cards is run a search
From:citi approved

This will tell you the approved card (that matters a lot) and approved date.

I'm glad the 48 rule was brought up though...might be worth mentioning in OP for folks that don't read the comments tho
link?
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chipmonger
09-15-2024 at 05:35 PM.
09-15-2024 at 05:35 PM.
Just closed my Barclay's AA card and hadn't had this card since 2016 - reapplied. Strange thing was the approval confirmation screen was blank after completing the text message confirmation.

Update - received the approval confirmation email about two hours later.
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whenry83
09-15-2024 at 05:52 PM.
09-15-2024 at 05:52 PM.
Quote from luvmikey :
Actually Barclay is a little more mysterious. Where Citi has a hard line of 48mos; Barclay states 'may not receive another welcome bonus', which means at any point they can halt the promos.

If that's changed, please share the verbiage..Id appreciate that. Many thanks!
It's unwritten and only verbally shared by CS agents. Lots of data points on doctorofcredit. They also have an unwritten 6/24 rule.
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