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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®

Link [aa.com]

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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Rookies1000
09-16-2024 at 12:00 AM.
09-16-2024 at 12:00 AM.
Quote from LivninSC :
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.

I just got a denial letter stating this exact reason. 800+ credit score. Credit utilization probably less than 5% of total credit, never carry balance. I churn most credit cards except the no annual fee ones and a few premium travel cards.
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CrimsonTeam2957
09-16-2024 at 05:30 AM.
09-16-2024 at 05:30 AM.
Quote from LivninSC :
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.

Agree. I was rejected for the exact reason.
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3JABO
09-16-2024 at 07:48 AM.
09-16-2024 at 07:48 AM.
Quote from garylapointe :
Anyone who has done this know which credit agency they use, so that I know who to unlock?

I have this card, I pushed through the app without unfreezing anything. Got an inbound phone call about 15 minutes later from a call center agent that instructed me which one to unfreeze. Honestly can't remember.

But, it was a painless process. I.e. they don't just flat out deny you and make you start all the way over.
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3JABO
09-16-2024 at 07:52 AM.
09-16-2024 at 07:52 AM.
I had this card for a couple of years, and just recently upgraded to the executive card with admirals lounge access.

I can tell you that best bang for the buck on this card is when using to book hotels through https://www.aadvantagehotels.com/

I solely use that for hotel booking, foregoing any Hotel points through credit cards.

The average three night stay, if you book through the URL above may offer something like 300 AA Miles for a booking.

When you use this credit card, it jumps up to like 7500 miles vs 300.

I was in Scottsdale last week and stayed at a Hampton Inn for three nights. Payout was 10,000 miles.

This year alone, took my wife and kids to Universal Orlando and NYC, for free aside from the $11 processing fees.

That too requires some planning, but it was/is a great card for me.
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appleguy82
09-16-2024 at 10:34 AM.
09-16-2024 at 10:34 AM.
Quote from 3JABO :
I had this card for a couple of years, and just recently upgraded to the executive card with admirals lounge access.

I can tell you that best bang for the buck on this card is when using to book hotels through https://www.aadvantagehotels.com/

I solely use that for hotel booking, foregoing any Hotel points through credit cards.

The average three night stay, if you book through the URL above may offer something like 300 AA Miles for a booking.

When you use this credit card, it jumps up to like 7500 miles vs 300.

I was in Scottsdale last week and stayed at a Hampton Inn for three nights. Payout was 10,000 miles.

This year alone, took my wife and kids to Universal Orlando and NYC, for free aside from the $11 processing fees.

That too requires some planning, but it was/is a great card for me.

As you know AA switched to LP instead of segments and other qualifying criteria for AA status like Plat. GOLD ex Plat

Those 7500 miles when they posted into your AA advantage account are they AA miles or AA LPs loyalty points?
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3JABO
09-16-2024 at 10:37 AM.
09-16-2024 at 10:37 AM.
Quote from appleguy82 :
As you know AA switched to LP instead of segments and other qualifying criteria for AA status like Plat. GOLD ex Plat

Those 7500 miles when they posted into your AA advantage account are they AA miles or AA LPs loyalty points?

Good question, and they post as BOTH miles and loyalty points.
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ThePandya
09-16-2024 at 11:45 PM.
09-16-2024 at 11:45 PM.
what is the value of 75K points approx? can you fly east to west round trip with this?
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JFalc
09-17-2024 at 06:04 AM.
09-17-2024 at 06:04 AM.
Quote from ThePandya :
what is the value of 75K points approx? can you fly east to west round trip with this?
In my experience, Yes, and it is always best to book in advance to get a better points rate.

I recently booked OKC to Charlotte (more than 1/2 way across country) for 26k round trip for the non stop flights.

I did a quick check this morning--- for Sat to Wed --- LAX to Washington Dulles in early November and it was 37.5k round trip for the non-stop both ways, and only 21k round trip if you took the nonstop on the way there and were willing to stop in DFW on the return flight.

So, from what i can tell, 75k is likely two long round trips back and forth.

In my general experience the past two years, I have found that AA.com's points prices are pretty reasonable.
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satellite779
09-17-2024 at 11:35 PM.
09-17-2024 at 11:35 PM.
Quote from whenry83 :
Don't forget the Barclay Aviator AA every two years.

Bonus every two years or two years after closing the previous one?
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luvmikey
09-18-2024 at 04:14 AM.
09-18-2024 at 04:14 AM.
Quote from derter1 :
link?

That's using your Gmail or respective email provider
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whenry83
09-18-2024 at 04:32 PM.
09-18-2024 at 04:32 PM.
Quote from 3JABO :
I had this card for a couple of years, and just recently upgraded to the executive card with admirals lounge access.

I can tell you that best bang for the buck on this card is when using to book hotels through https://www.aadvantagehotels.com/

I solely use that for hotel booking, foregoing any Hotel points through credit cards.

The average three night stay, if you book through the URL above may offer something like 300 AA Miles for a booking.

When you use this credit card, it jumps up to like 7500 miles vs 300.

I was in Scottsdale last week and stayed at a Hampton Inn for three nights. Payout was 10,000 miles.

This year alone, took my wife and kids to Universal Orlando and NYC, for free aside from the $11 processing fees.

That too requires some planning, but it was/is a great card for me.
That sounds slick. You're talking about the 5x cardmember bonus? Or are you getting 10x because you have status?
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Nattefrost
09-18-2024 at 05:12 PM.
09-18-2024 at 05:12 PM.
Got 80k after 4k spend in mail today
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ice935
09-18-2024 at 07:55 PM.
09-18-2024 at 07:55 PM.
Quote from Jumpstar :
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".
Same. Never was an issue in the past. I have a giant log on google spreadsheets of every card I have signed myself and wife up for. Over 40 each for the past 12 years. Literally almost every one (and some like chase sapphire 4 times)

I remember the good ole days when it was only 12/24 months. Now it's all switched to 48.
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tedcruz
09-18-2024 at 11:55 PM.
09-18-2024 at 11:55 PM.
Anyone know a citi number to call about whether you're eligible NOW?

Not sure I'll believe them, but at least if you apply with the agent that confirmed eligibility, they have a record of the call. Proly best to record the convo, too.
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ImEvenSteven
09-19-2024 at 11:21 AM.
09-19-2024 at 11:21 AM.
Quote from Nattefrost :
Got 80k after 4k spend in mail today

Is that specifically for you or does it look like it's open for others to apply? Thinking about applying for the card.
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