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Old Feb 24, 2016 | 11:54 pm
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Originally Posted by broncophil
Originally Posted by AAExecPlatFlier
Yes. If u buy the tickets using ur credit card you will receive 2x the cost of the ticket (in miles). Citibank and Barclays doesn't care who the ticket is for -- just the purchase.
Wow thx for the quick reply. It's even better that I'm buying for his whole family!!
Of course, unless you have to buy the tickets in the next week or so, you might consider applying for a different credit card (or even a second Citi/AA card, if it's been at least 18 months since you last applied for one), and use the cost of all of those tickets to help meet the minimum-spend requirement to get the sign-up bonus on another card. The Chase Sapphire Preferred earns double points for all airline-ticket purchases; the Citi ThankYou Premier card earns triple points on such purchases.
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