Originally Posted by Brugge

You didn't mention; have you applied for more than 1 Citi card in the last 60 days? Has it been more than 18, or even better 24 months since you applied for the old card. Have you had more than 6 HPs in the last 6 months?

If the answers are no, yes, and no, there must be something else in your credit situation Citi doesn't like. I really doubt having an AA cc open for several years would impact an app for another one. That has never been the case with Citi, at least up until yesterday; and I have no reason to think that has changed.

Before you cancel the card you have, call and tell them you are going to cancel it, even if you aren't. You may very well get a retention bonus that makes it worth your while to keep it open. Citi has given me a statement credit of $10 MORE than the AF, plus double points on the first $1K spent per month, for the next 16 months. And that was for my 4th and 5th open AA cards (yep, 5 "regular" AA cards, and an EXEC card, open at the moment. The EXEC card is the only one I've paid an AF on for a number of years now.