Depending on your spending habits a mix of the following is recommended:
The Starwood American Express Card (20,000 points = 25,000 AA miles (5,000 miles bonus when you transfer 20,000 points at a time)
The Citibank AAdvantage line of cards (1 point = 1 mile) Platinum doesn't really give you that much increase in benefit over gold, read the details to see if you need it.
I personally really like the Citi AAdvantage Business Card because it gives me two miles for every dollar purchased on american airlines as well as an admiral's club discount. Both of which are very useful to me.
I personally really like the Citi AAdvantage Business Card because it gives me two miles for every dollar purchased on american airlines as well as an admiral's club discount. Both of which are very useful to me.
No more 2 miles for every AA purchase after March 2009.
Really depends on what you are looking for. If you want to stick with one card, then probably the SPG card is best. Allows you to transfer 20K SPG into 25K AA.
However, if you are looking to maximize AA miles, then the AA CITI cards are probably the best. It has the first year free and a 25K sign up bonus. You can find other threads on how often you can apply for the AA cards.
No more 2 miles for every AA purchase after March 2009.
Hmm, is that for all AA citicards? I had no idea of this change. In that case, might as well buy AA gift certificates from giftcertificates.com through AAdvantage Shopping and still get the 2 miles/$.
Really depends on what you are looking for. If you want to stick with one card, then probably the SPG card is best. Allows you to transfer 20K SPG into 25K AA.
However, if you are looking to maximize AA miles, then the AA CITI cards are probably the best. It has the first year free and a 25K sign up bonus. You can find other threads on how often you can apply for the AA cards.
Assuming you aren't talking about churning, how is the Citi AA card going to do a better job earning AA miles? The 25% mileage bonus on the SPG Amex can't be beat imo.
Personally I put everything I can on SPG, and use the Citi MC card as my backup for those times a vendor won't take Amex.
There are few advantages (no pun intended) for the Citi Business card these days, or at least after the end of this month, and plenty of disadvantages. For sheer miles earning, the Starwood AMEX is probably the best out there, particularly when using it to dine at AAdvantage Dining by Rewards Network restaurants (but major devaluations there too,) or shopping via the aa.com shopping portal.
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They are phasing out the 2 miles per AA $ on new Citi personal cards as well. I have a personal Citi MC opened in 10/08 and it pays only the standard 1 mile per $, even on AA purchases. I thought that was a mistake at first, but Citi pointed out that it isn't part of the package anymore on new accounts.
Thanks for the tip on working around this by buying AA GCs -- but I can charge those to my Starwood AmEx. No reason to keep the Citi card at this point.
They are phasing out the 2 miles per AA $ on new Citi personal cards as well. I have a personal Citi MC opened in 10/08 and it pays only the standard 1 mile per $, even on AA purchases. I thought that was a mistake at first, but Citi pointed out that it isn't part of the package anymore on new accounts.
Thanks for the tip on working around this by buying AA GCs -- but I can charge those to my Starwood AmEx. No reason to keep the Citi card at this point.
Well that's a real shame, I'll be canceling this card before the renewal then. Thanks for the heads up.
Well that's a real shame, I'll be canceling this card before the renewal then. Thanks for the heads up.
Note that my comment pertains to new accounts. I don't know whether they plan to change the terms of existing personal cards that now have this benefit.
I personally really like the Citi AAdvantage Business Card because it gives me two miles for every dollar purchased on american airlines as well as an admiral's club discount. Both of which are very useful to me.
They all have annual fees.
I believe the Business Visa doesn't charge an annual fee - at least they didn't charge mine when my renewal came up. But the Business MC did.
Note that my comment pertains to new accounts. I don't know whether they plan to change the terms of existing personal cards that now have this benefit.
I have the CitiBusiness card with the 2 AA miles per dollar spent at aa.com and I received my monthly statement today. On the statement itself, it states that after March 31, 2009, I'll only earn 1 mile per dollar spent at aa.com.
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Just checked my CitiBusiness VISA card statement, and it does say under the "News From Citi" column that after 3/31 only one mile will be earned on AA purchases. So, it appears that both MC and VISA are going to be treated the same. Just wanted to ascertain this b/c most of the threads had been referring to the MC card from Citi.
But the Business MC did.
