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Feb 27, 2005 | 5:12 am

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Originally Posted by fiona

Unfortunately I don't have a US address I could use. I wonder if there are any additional advantages to the AA card above my tesco visa card?

You don't need a US address to join AAdvantage. Link at http://www.aa.com/content/uk/index.jhtml

Also (noting your non-US address), Royal Bank of Scotland have an AA MasterCard. Link at http://www.aa.com/content/uk/special...BS_offer.jhtml also offers 10% off pre-tax fares.

IIRC, both Citibank and RBS offer fee-bearing cards, waived for the first year. They have opening bonuses, so you could earn 5,000 + 6,500 in bonuses. Other than that, they are not especially interesting, compared with the BA miles available via Tesco.

AA benefits include:
- lower extras on flights, including BA flights;
- transatlantic award flights from 40,000 miles;
disAAdvantages include:
- some European flights more expensive: 20,000 (BA 12,000 and 25,000)

Last edited by Roger; Feb 27, 2005 at 5:17 am Reason: to add AA links

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