No, he's not confusing anything. If you read the terms and conditions for any of the AA credit cards, they all say miles may take 8-10 week to be deposited. Quick excerpt from the Citi Executive card (bolding mine):
4X AAdvantage® Miles on American Airlines Purchases. Earn 1 base mile and 3 bonus miles, for a total of 4 AAdvantage® miles, for each $1 spent on eligible American Airlines purchases using your Citi® / AAdvantage® Executive World Elite Mastercard. Upon reaching $150,000 in spend on your Citi® / AAdvantage® Executive World Elite Mastercard in a calendar year, earn 1 base mile and 4 bonus miles, for a total of 5 AAdvantage® miles, for every $1 spent on eligible American Airlines purchases for the remainder of that calendar year. Purchases must post to your account by December 31st each calendar year to be eligible to earn a total of 5 AAdvantage® miles for every $1 spent. The Primary credit cardmember and any Authorized Users on the credit card are eligible for this benefit. Eligible American Airlines purchases are items billed by American Airlines as merchant of record, booked through American Airlines channels (aa.com, American Airlines reservations, American Airlines Admirals Club®, American Airlines Vacations, and American Airlines airport and city ticket counters). Products or services that do not qualify are purchases of AAdvantage® status boost or renewal and AA Cargo™ products and services. Miles earned will be posted to the Primary credit cardmember’s AAdvantage® account in 8-10 weeks.
It's simply to cover their asses in case there's any issues. OP, any miles you earn from spend will almost alway post a few days after your statement cuts unless there's some very rare issue that pops up. I wouldn't worry about it.
(ugh, quote messed up the font size and I'm not sure how to fix it, sorry)
Last edited by Drwaz99; Nov 28, 2023 at 2:55 pm