Originally Posted by
KennyBSAT
SPECULATION: Citi could now be simply checking to see if you have an open AA card account. If so, closing old accounts would make you eligible again. Just a thought.
Hard to tell from that one data point. He said he was last approved Feb 2011 so that means it's been about 18 months at this point which has always been the window: in the past you could have applied ~18-24 months from the time of your last approval for Citi AA cards.