I'm posting this from an AA flight. Current offer for the Aviator Red card -- as advertised in the September American Way -- is 60,000 AA miles after first purchase, with a first-year annual-fee waiver. But when I visit the indicated website, MyAviatorCard.com, the fee waiver does not appear for the Aviator Red card. (A fee waiver is being offered for the Barclays Hawaiian Airlines card.)

If eligible, you might have to call Barclays to ask about a fee waiver on the AA card. The ad lists a phone number of 866-951-7197.