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Old Sep 22, 2022, 6:12 am
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dw
 
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Originally Posted by MisterBill
Currently, yes. The Barclays deal is a remnant of their purchase of US Air, I believe. Not clear it would affect the long-standing relationship with Citi.
It was, but after the merger closed AA renewed contracts with both Citi and Barclays- speculation was that neither was willing to pony up enough to be the exclusive cobrand partner.

Not sure when those contracts are up (I think they were negotiated around 2016?) but it’ll be interesting to see what happens.
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