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For questions NOT related to the application process - such as experiences using benefits - refer to the AA forum thread on this card: AA Citibank Executive / AAdvantage World Elite MasterCard (Master Thread)

Recommended Application Procedure:
Clear cache and cookies prior to applying or use an incognito or private browsing session to apply. Opening multiple different apps in different windows or tabs or failing to clear cookies/cache has resulted in people receiving a lesser offer for some Citi cards. [B]We do not know, and Citi has not indicated, how long these offers will last. Citi has left other offers alive for over a year beyond the 'apply by' date in the past. These links could be here all year or gone tomorrow. If the application loads, it is good, based on past Citi applications that survived past the landing page expiration, regardless of any posted or advertised 'apply by' date.

MOST CURRENT LINKS:

As of 8/19/14, the 60K+ links are no longer working, and give the following error:
A system error has caused a delay in processing your application. Please try again later.

[This link stopped working for a few days in July but seems to be working again] Many thanks to LM225 - Citi AA Executive Personal Mastercard, 100,000 miles after $10,000 spend in 3 months, Admirals Club access for cardholder and family or cardholder and two guests, up to $200 in statement credits. $450 annual fee, not waived. Landing page no longer loads as of 6/24.


The landing page asks for a first and last name but the application loads with or without the landing page. This is a CHIP and Signature card. If you go through the landing page, please use any referral code given to you by an AC rep.

For alternate 100K links, see Post #6084. https://www.citicards.com/cards/acq/...&screenID=3001

Many thanks to lobo411 - Citi AA Executive Personal Mastercard, 75,000 miles after $7500 spend in 3 months, Admirals Club access for cardholder and family or cardholder and two guests, up to $100 in statement credits. $450 annual fee, not waived. No landing page. This is a CHIP and Signature card. Bonus confirmed in posts 136 and 142. Still working: There is also a public version of this offer Citi AA Mastercard, 75,000 miles, Landing page available here. HT Belllaaa.

Many thanks to cerealmarketer - Citi AA Executive Personal Mastercard, 60,000 miles after $5k spend in 3 months, Admirals Club access for cardholder and family or cardholder and two guests. $450 annual fee, not waived. Landing page available here. This is a CHIP and Signature card. Landing page for 60K for $5K, with $100 statement credit and application.

Current 50K public offer: (Be carefull this link is showing as 30k in citi system, use other link for 50k) Landing page for 50K for $5K spending, no statement credit and application.

New 50k offer:
Landing page for New 50K for $5K spending, no statement credit - Application Link WARNING: This landing page contains the following in the Footnotes: "American Airlines AAdvantageŽ bonus miles are not available if you have had a Citi ExecutiveŽ / AAdvantageŽ World EliteTM MasterCardŽ opened or closed in the past 18 months." But the app link directly following it goes to a totally different app page, which is reported to be working as usual.


EXPEDITED SHIPPING
While reconsideration/application reps do not seem to be aware of this, these cards are expedited and usually arrive 1-2 days after approval.The CSR will not take a request to expedite the card.

Who is eligible for this card? Anyone as long as you can be approved for the minimum $5K credit line, subject to the standard Citi rules of 1 Citi app or card of any kind per 8 days and 2 Citi cards or apps of any kind per 65 days. It is always advisable to wait 65 days from any type of Citi denial before applying for another Citi card. Many have reported getting approved for this card in spite of having several open AA cards over the past year as well as having previously had this card.

Not sure about the 8 and 65 day rules? If your most recent application for any Citi card is less than click here - 8 days ago, you need to wait. Also, if your previous (second-to-last) Citi application is less than click here - 65 days ago, you need to wait. These are not rules published or known by Citi CSRs but rather based on thousands of Citi card applications and datapoints across several threads.

This card can be churned. Recent datapoints concerning multiple Executive cards include posts 917, 1059 and starting at 1365. For in-depth datapoints and advice on churning Citi cards, read and study the extensive wiki posts in the HH thread and the AA Plat/gold thread. Click the plus on the right hand side of the wiki if you do not see the wiki text. Datapoints for bonus points posting on multiple cards include post 2579.


Getting around the $450 annual fee: Some have been able to meet the spending requirement before the first statement posts and then cancel and have the fee refunded after the miles post. Details and datapoints include starting at post 74. T&C state that the card must be cancelled within 30 days of the fee posting to get it refunded. Potential problems with this plans include a very short (1 week or less) first "month" as well as delays in miles posting which have been reported by several FTers here http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/credi...ost-first.html. YMMV. If paying $250-$450 for a year's access to Admirals Clubs and the 60K-100K miles is a deal breaker, this card may not be for you.

Once you cancel the card (within the 37 day window of AF posting) the refund will post on the account between 1-3 business days.

Retention Bonus Offers: User have been offered the following retention bonus offers when calling to cancel the card:

- 5,000 points + $100 credit with $1,500 spend per month for 3 months 5333
- 2 additional club member passes 6862
- 1,000 bonus miles each month for 16 month, min $1k spend/month 6862

Already a member? If you already purchased an AC membership (for example, using the credit from Amex Plat) and apply and are approved for this card, AA will refund you the pro-rated AF from any time left on your membership.

When do miles post? Usually a few days after your statement closes. In some cases your statement will show the correct miles earned but will show 0 miles reported to AA. In this case see this thread.

Please post more experiences about cancelling to avoid the $450 fee


Helpful points from post #3794 and others, especially for those new to Citi:
1) Citi CSRs are clueless, so disregard everything they say that seems to contradict anything you have read on F/T. And take everything else with a big grain of salt. I was told 3 times VERY CLEARLY "You will not got your annual fee refunded" while I was cancelling, but I did get it.

2a) With Citi, if you are approved for a card, and meet the minimum spend requirement, you will get the bonus listed for the offer you applied for. Every time ! Unlike Chase or AMEX, who will send you a card, wait for you to pay the fee and spend, and then say "sorry, you don't qualify for a bonus". If Citi doesn't intend to give you the bonus, they will just deny your app. They won't even do a pull, they will just instantly deny your app. If they send you the card, and you meet the spend on time, you will get the bonus. My attorney insists I add "that could change tomorrow", but from the Big Bang thru today, that has always been true.

2b) Another helpful post discussing timeframe for meeting min spend: 6279

3) Any expectation that Citi will do things that make sense is just plain silly. They won't.

Citibank Contacts/Resources
  • Application status: https://www.accountonline.com/cards/...?screenID=3187
  • (800) 695-5171 – Personal Application Status and Reconsideration Line with live rep
  • (800) 763-9795 – General Personal Application Inquiries with live rep
  • (866) 606-2787 – General Application and Account Questions with live rep
  • (888) 201-4523 – Application status
  • (866) 606-2961 – Reconsideration Line.
  • Twitter : @AskCiti. Very powerful tool.
  • Executive Office - useful for getting a more empowered agent for reconsideration purposes: CitiBank Executive Review Department, P.O. Box 6000, Sioux Falls, SD 57117
Admiral Club Access: You do not need to be flying AA that particular day of travel. (Ex: you're flying DL on the day of travel...you could still enter the AC lounge, even though you're not on an AA flight that day.) Beware, though, that individual lounges have individual rules (see the link below). Alternate rules usually come w/ Qantas lounges, not AA lounges. Furthermore, AC access "comes with" US Air access (19 locations). An authorized user does not have AC access unless they are with the primary card holder. The authorized user's card will have the "Admiral Club" language omitted from the back of their card.

For reference, an AC lounge list: http://www.aa.com/i18n/travelInforma...#admirals-club
For questions and discussions on lounge access: Help Desk: Lounge Access and Lounge Access Rules

$200 Statement Credit on any purchase:

Multiple datapoints within this thread as well as multiple confirmations from CSRs say that the $200 statement credit is for any purchase.

Also, please note that these cards do not include the 10% miles rebate offered by some other Citi AA products.

What about the EQM? AA tracks your miles earned on Executive card(s) and adds 10K Elite Qualifying Miles to your EQM balance once you earn 40,000 miles during a calendar year on Executive card(s). Any number of Executive cards can add up to the 40K, and you cannot earn more than 10K EQM each year. No redeemable miles are added, and this is of no consequence or value unless you will also earn at least 15K additional EQM in a given year by flying and 10K will bump you up to the next status level.

Direct phone number to Citi Fraud Prevention department: +18664705331

Concierge service enrollment (allows for electronic requests). Concierge number is +18778812668

Here are the minimum credit limit required amounts in order to keep an account open (for purposes of new card applications and reconsiderations)
Citi Amex 1k (likely citi gold as well)
Citi Visa signature/world MasterCard 3k
Citi World elite Mastercards (including exec) 5k


Advice to those new to citi American Airlines cards,

If you are just starting out please apply and use the lower level citi AA card for a while before moving on to this thread and card. This will help you in the long run in more ways than one. Most of us here have opened and used lower level AA cards before moving on to this thread and card
Also,
Check out this thread
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/citi-...ost-first.html
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Old Apr 19, 2014, 1:36 am
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Join Date: Jan 2014
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The day that I'm allowed to apply for #3 is April 19, aka today. Is there any reason that I should wait to do it until a weekday? Just want to make sure that for some reason it won't be counted as too early. Would hate to screw it up.

Also, my approval date according to when I spoke to the CSRs and what I believe it says on my welcome documents is February 13, which makes today 65 days, but I didn't get the email saying I was approved until February 17. Should I wait just in case or should I be fine?
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Old Apr 19, 2014, 1:58 am
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Has anybody ever gotten this?

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Old Apr 19, 2014, 6:15 am
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Originally Posted by maddie5218
Has anybody ever gotten this?

Yup. Could go either way. Go to the Online Application Status Check.
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Old Apr 19, 2014, 6:49 am
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I searched the thread and seem to be still a bit confused on the refund of the AF if canceled <37 days (and 'maybe' prorated thereafter).

Is it 37 days since closing of the 1st statement (when AF posts), or 37 days since account was opened?

For example, my statement reads
04/17 MEMBERSHIP FEE APR 14-MAR 15
SEE REVERSE FOR MORE RENEWAL INFORMATION $450.00

So this statement closed on 4/17 when the AF fee posted. But the account was opened on 3/15. So, do I have 37 days from 3/15 (~4/22 to cancel), or 37 days from 4/17 (~5/24 to cancel)?

If they would be refunding the AF, does this happen automatically? And if so, when does it get credited?
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Old Apr 19, 2014, 8:59 am
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Join Date: Sep 2013
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Originally Posted by jimbaum
I searched the thread and seem to be still a bit confused on the refund of the AF if canceled <37 days (and 'maybe' prorated thereafter).

Is it 37 days since closing of the 1st statement (when AF posts), or 37 days since account was opened?

For example, my statement reads
04/17 MEMBERSHIP FEE APR 14-MAR 15
SEE REVERSE FOR MORE RENEWAL INFORMATION $450.00

So this statement closed on 4/17 when the AF fee posted. But the account was opened on 3/15. So, do I have 37 days from 3/15 (~4/22 to cancel), or 37 days from 4/17 (~5/24 to cancel)?

If they would be refunding the AF, does this happen automatically? And if so, when does it get credited?
You searched this thread? Really?

Ok, there are two posts alleging a prorated refund, but not a single data point of anyone actually getting a prorated refund. Nothing in the T/C mentions it either. So as far as we know, it's 37 days or nothing.

The last day to cancel and receive a refund is supposed to be 30 days, according to the T/C, but there are multiple data points that 37 days works. The 37 days do not begin on the first statement, they begin the date the AF posts, whether that is on the first statement or the second.
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Old Apr 19, 2014, 9:06 am
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Originally Posted by maddie5218
The day that I'm allowed to apply for #3 is April 19, aka today. Is there any reason that I should wait to do it until a weekday? Just want to make sure that for some reason it won't be counted as too early. Would hate to screw it up.

Also, my approval date according to when I spoke to the CSRs and what I believe it says on my welcome documents is February 13, which makes today 65 days, but I didn't get the email saying I was approved until February 17. Should I wait just in case or should I be fine?
The 65 days are based on the date of application, not the email date.

You can apply today; I've called Recon on a Saturday, and they were open.
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Old Apr 19, 2014, 12:25 pm
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Join Date: Jan 2014
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Originally Posted by tigerhunt2011
Yup. Could go either way. Go to the Online Application Status Check.
it didn't give me an ID# though
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Old Apr 19, 2014, 12:43 pm
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Originally Posted by maddie5218
it didn't give me an ID# though
They can find it. The ID # just makes it faster for them.
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Old Apr 19, 2014, 12:51 pm
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Datapoint:
Approved for #3 after hold. She came back and said that she could either give it to me with a $5k limit or move some over to this new card. I asked her which cards I could move it from, she listed all of my cards, including my two Executive cards. Moved $3k over from my 2nd card (thinking that I should've seen if I could move more than $3k over, oh well) and was approved with an $8k limit!
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Old Apr 19, 2014, 1:22 pm
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Applied for the SO and have been shot down now twice with reconsideration. Too many inquiries. Any strategy for getting around this?
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Old Apr 19, 2014, 1:32 pm
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Join Date: Nov 2011
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Churn Datapoint

Applied and approved for #3 yesterday, was told the 100k would indeed be part if the spend is met. Points from #1 & 2 already posted to acct. Third is a charm, I'm not going to push their generosity.
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Old Apr 19, 2014, 1:52 pm
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Canceled on the 37th day via SM. Received reply confirming account closure within a couple hours. The following day I received a letter confirming account closure and indicating all fees and interest had been applied and or adjusted. No sign of annual fee credit. Inquired via SM and was informed I would see a "prorated" annual fee credit on my normal statement cycle.

That doesn't sound right to me, but I'll update what happens.

Edit: I also confirmed that applications declined for violating he 8/65 day rule do count against future applications under the rule. I was informed such applications can be processed simply by waiting long enough and calling back in, as applications are kept on file for 90 days. Not sure if that's true.
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Old Apr 19, 2014, 2:20 pm
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Join Date: Jan 2014
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Originally Posted by RamboAroundTheWorld
Applied for the SO and have been shot down now twice with reconsideration. Too many inquiries. Any strategy for getting around this?
Hang up and call again. For my first card I got denied with my first two calls and approved with the 3rd. I think it was due to an application error earlier in January, but nonetheless, it worked.
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Old Apr 19, 2014, 3:37 pm
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Join Date: Feb 2007
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I received this on 2/28:

Thank you for applying for a Citi credit card. Your application for the Citi Executive℠ / AAdvantageŽ World Elite™ MasterCardŽ card was received on 02/28/2014.

We are currently processing your application and will be in touch within 1 week. We look forward to the opportunity to serve you.

and this on 3/4:

Citi Executive℠ / AAdvantageŽ World Elite™ MasterCardŽ card

Congratulations, you have been approved for a Citi Executive℠ / AAdvantageŽ World Elite™ MasterCardŽ card on 03-04-2014. Your welcome kit and card(s) will arrive in the mail within 2 weeks of the above date at the address you provided. Upon arrival, follow the instructions on the security sticker to confirm receipt and activate your card for immediate use.

My second card:

Thank you for applying for a Citi credit card. Your application for the Citi Executive℠ / AAdvantageŽ World Elite™ MasterCardŽ card was received on 03/31/2014.

Citi Executive℠ / AAdvantageŽ World Elite™ MasterCardŽ card


and this on 4/3:
Congratulations, you have been approved for a Citi Executive℠ / AAdvantageŽ World Elite™ MasterCardŽ card on 04-03-2014. Your welcome kit and card(s) will arrive in the mail within 2 weeks of the above date at the address you provided. Upon arrival, follow the instructions on the security sticker to confirm receipt and activate your card for immediate use.


so I am looking at 65 days from 2/28?

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Old Apr 19, 2014, 4:35 pm
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Join Date: Dec 2013
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Got the AA Plat 50k in 12/16/13
Got the AA Exec 100k #1 2/13/14
Got the AA Exec 100k #2 4/06/14
Applied for AAExec 100k #3 4/19/14 Denied for having multiple new cards with citi recently after calling in. Should I try again? what are the chances and what would one say to the fact that I have opened multiple citi cards in the past 3-4 months?
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