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Old Feb 29, 2020 | 8:03 am
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Originally Posted by Aero137
What category is your spend? Citi has 2 pt/$ on gas and groceries in addition to AA purchases, where Barclays only has it on AA purchases. If you don’t use the bonus spend categories, then I think the Barclays is the marginal winner with the $25 annual WiFi credit.



I’m curious what those reasons are.
Spend is about $70K across all cards. Could push it up over $100K with mortgage and other high $ expenses, but can’t be bothered.

Barclays: 3 miles/$ for AA fares/fees, travel protections, companion cert, & food/bev and WiFi credits, in that order

Citi: AC access for me and my spouse < cost for household account under new AC fee structure

EDIT: We have the Citi Exec Elite, not Plat Select; from what I can tell, there’s not a great reason to choose the PS over Barclays.

Anyway, not sure why you/OP asked when a quick web search would have landed you here. Or here.

That work for ya?

Cheers!

Last edited by AAir_head; Feb 29, 2020 at 12:21 pm
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