Maybe anterograde amnesia from the heady intoxication of getting a very nice miles offer? Congratulations!
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Originally Posted by Jailer
<snip> (I)... was told that I was already signed up for a 20k mile bonus if I spend $5,000 between Feb 2nd – July 31st '09 (miles to post after 7/31). I swear I have absolutely no memory of signing up for this bonus…sadly that is no proof that I did not, however. <snip>
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Originally Posted by anabolism
According to aa.com:
American Airlines Gift Cards are available for purchase and redemption at AA.com in any denomination between $50 and $1500. You can buy either a plastic card and have it mailed or a virtual card delivered via email.
Of course, you won't get the AA EShopping bonus, but you'll get the the Citi 2x bonus, and not have to deal with giftcertificates.com.
Sorry if I'm dense, but where is the 2x from Citi coming from? Isn't the cancellation of the double bonus what we've been discussing here? So, buying the GCs from AA directly would NOT result in a 2 for 1. Pray tell me I'm wrong.
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Originally Posted by AAbuzzard
Sorry if I'm dense, but where is the 2x from Citi coming from? Isn't the cancellation of the double bonus what we've been discussing here? So, buying the GCs from AA directly would NOT result in a 2 for 1. Pray tell me I'm wrong.
The general topic is indeed the cancellation of the 2 AA miles per dollar, effective 3/31/09. The specific topic I was responding to was a discussion of how to capture the 2x rate now for travel later. Since the 2x rate is good until 3/31/09, there was a suggestion to but AA gift cards now, via AA Eshopping, and the hassles of that (fees, delays, etc.) and mention of buying AA gift cards via supermarkets. I was pointing out that AA sells gift cards directly. However, I'm not sure if the Citi bonus applies to gift cards.
Are there any options for getting a credit card that'll earn Aadvantage miles if I don't live in the US? Obviously in the UK I can get an AMEX card tied to BA, but I'd rather one like you folks have... any options?
I was googling for Citi AAdvantage Visa card offers, looking for US ones (which are extremely hard to find), and it kept finidng Citi AAdvantage Visa card offers from the UK instead. Didn't look to see if they were current, but you might try the same and see what you come up with.
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I called and recieved an extra mile for every dollar spent in the next six months up to an additional 10,000 miles (ie. spend $10,000 and earn 20,000 miles. 10,000 regular and 10,000 bonus).
Did you look in the Credit Cards section of our Forum Unofficial User's Guide? That's where we put the answers to frequently asked questions. Sure enough, there is a lot of discussion there comparing/contrasting these cards.
Yes, I just looked. The section for comparing which cards are best links back to this thread I started. I guess I helped create my own best answer?
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If you're wanting to earn/accumulate Starpoints based on SPEND rather than churning, the best option is the Starwood Amex. You earn 1 Starpoint per dollar spent, but can transfer multiples of 20,000 Starpoints to get 25,000 AAdvantage miles. That's effectively 1.25 AAdvantage miles per dollar.
If you're wanting to earn/accumulate Starpoints based on SPEND rather than churning, the best option is the Starwood Amex. You earn 1 Starpoint per dollar spent, but can transfer multiples of 20,000 Starpoints to get 25,000 AAdvantage miles. That's effectively 1.25 AAdvantage miles per dollar.
Yes had this card for a few years now. Takes about 3 days for the miles to show after you transfer.
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