Originally Posted by
AmericanAirlines
The new benefit on this card is priority boarding, which is different from PriorityAAccess. The priority boarding benefit will enable cardholders to board after first/business class passengers and elite status customers, but before the general boarding groups.
Thank you for the clarification. Just curious: do priority boarding passengers use the red (PriorityAAccess) or the blue (general boarding) lane?
Originally Posted by
AmericanAirlines
We are happy to share that our Citi ExecutiveSM / AAdvantage® cardholders will enjoy the same 25% savings on in-flight purchases as of April 2, 2012; however other new benefits are not available on the Citi ExecutiveSM / AAdvantage® card. The Citi ExecutiveSM / AAdvantage® card carries many benefits such as the Admirals Club membership, the ability to earn Elite Qualifying Miles each calendar year, PriorityAAccess, and no foreign transaction fees that are not available on any other Citi® / AAdvantage® card today. Benefits were added to these specific cards as a result of extensive research and customer feedback and each of the Citi® / AAdvantage® credit cards is designed for the unique needs of different types of travelers.
Interesting that the Executive card doesn't earn the 10% mileage rebate.
I was considering the Executive card, since I pay for an Admiral's Club renewal every year, but the additional cost above the AC cost isn't worth it; I do a lot of international travel for both business and pleasure, so not having foreign transaction fees is a great benefit, but I currently use my BA Chase card for that. I'd rather earn AA miles, since it's easier to redeem AA miles than BA, so if this benefit was offered on, e.g., a Visa SIgnature AA card, I'd use it for all my overseas spending.
Originally Posted by
barelyelite
As an EXP, the only useful benefit here is the 10% mileage rebate, though I wish it were uncapped.
The 2 points per dollar on AA purchases is a long time coming but hardly useful to me so long as there are 10% off gift cards at Costco.
Hard to imagine a $30k+ spender getting excited about what amounts to a 0.33% rebate at best.
What would have really been nice is the ability to upgrade award tickets, a la the United Explorer card. Maybe next time. @:-)
Having said that, the mileage rebate is enough to justify the annual fee whereas I was otherwise planning to cancel it. Still no reason to actually put any spending on it, though.
The 2 miles per dollar is nice, although it's just for the first year, isn't it? I agree the $100 coupon after spending $30k isn't worth it; I try to hit that kind of spending on the HHonors card to guarantee Diamond status, which is far more valuable than $100. A secondary goal is to hit that kind of spend on the Starwood card, to get Gold status there.