I figured I'd somewhat piggy back on this thread...

I signed up for 3 CitiAA cards, got all 3 approved, my wife had 2 and both approved. Still working on the business card that's 100K because of the spend requirement for the bonus.

I use these cards to order coins, but I know SPG would get me that mileage bonus amount every time I redeemed to AA. I also have some money in BankDirect getting some extra miles a month and am waiting for the Citibank offer to clear.

Should I be signing up for credit cards over different airlines in order to get the bonuses and just work on those airline miles? Or should I just stick with AA and try to get status?

I'm out of MCO, so the options are pretty big... and I do like Southwest so I'm debating signing up for that card (just got a reward flight from a lot of free credits + some flights from them as well).... but it just doesn't look as great of a bonus as the CitiAA cards and don't want to jeopardize a great deal on a CC down the road. I'm also looking at purchasing a card in a year or 2, so also would like a high credit score since mine is currently sitting around 747...

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