Originally Posted by
gizmo78
Not sure if this mostly the design or just that they seem to be giving away admirals club memberships in cracker jack boxes now.
They don't quite *give* them away, but wow do they seem to hard-sell that Citi AA black card a lot more than they pimped regular lounge memberships.
During my AA Plat years, I'd get about 1 direct mail piece a year from the AAdmiral's Club. Nice glossy thing, sometimes with a daypass inside.
Now I get the Citi direct mail piece - equally glossy - 2-3x a year at least. Plus more emails than I ever got about the club by itself.
Since the Citi AA card comes with a fat pile of signup miles, it acts like a free membership for a year. Wonder how many people like the clubs enough to pay the 2nd annual fee when there are no more teaser miles to keep you going.