New Citi® Platinum Select® / AAdvantage® Visa Signature® Card Benefits
Aug 12, 2012, 9:29 pm
#316
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: SFO
Programs: AA EXP,AS MVPG,MR Platinum,HH Gold
Posts: 1,343
No Citi AA cards until this past week, and I'm just a general member. Makes me smile though!
Aug 12, 2012, 9:40 pm
#317
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Traveling the World
Posts: 6,072
You get Priority Access when booking BA because it comes out of Prince Charles's own account(:
Aug 13, 2012, 3:12 pm
#318
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: SEA
Programs: Bonvoy Gold
Posts: 1,946
Not sure if this has been mentioned here.
My husband booked a Citi Reduced Mileage award for JFK-YUL in May and traveled in June. These are the awards that are 17,500 miles for roundtrip travel between North American cities that vary by quarter. I saw he received a "CITI 10% AWARD RDMPTION BONUS" of 1750 miles for this. That reduces the Reduced Mileage award even further. ^ The only downside to this is that these awards can't be booked online so you have to pay the $25 telephone booking fee.
My husband booked a Citi Reduced Mileage award for JFK-YUL in May and traveled in June. These are the awards that are 17,500 miles for roundtrip travel between North American cities that vary by quarter. I saw he received a "CITI 10% AWARD RDMPTION BONUS" of 1750 miles for this. That reduces the Reduced Mileage award even further. ^ The only downside to this is that these awards can't be booked online so you have to pay the $25 telephone booking fee.
Thanks, was wondering about this, but AA CSR gave me a shrug when I asked. It makes some of the RMA phone fee pain go away.
Aug 13, 2012, 8:13 pm
#319
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: home = LAX
Posts: 25,933
Second, our experience (in this thread) on the timing of getting the passes varies greatly, but in general it's not superfast, and sometimes takes months. And it's Citi, not AA, who sends you the passes.
Aug 16, 2012, 6:59 pm
#320
Join Date: Aug 2012
Programs: AA PLT, SPG Gold
Posts: 2,405
So I was charged a bag fee this morning for my itinerary which was booked with miles, prior to having the Citi Platinum card. Also no priority access on the BPs. Agent politely explained that Citi's rules are you have to book the ticket/pay the fees (if booked with miles) with the card to get the benefits. I explained that it's not written that way in the T&C. Citi emailed me back saying that I should fight it with AA to get it credited. I think I'm just going to get the runaround and it probably won't be worth it.
Aug 22, 2012, 5:56 pm
#321
Join Date: May 2005
Location: ATL
Programs: United, NW, Delta, AMERICAN
Posts: 44
Well, the Priority Access notation on the BP's got us through priority baggage check-in, waived into the priority security line, and given priority boarding at ATL, JFK, LHR, and LGA, and we were flying coach, so......
Aug 22, 2012, 6:29 pm
#322
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: SFO
Programs: AA EXP,AS MVPG,MR Platinum,HH Gold
Posts: 1,343
Aug 22, 2012, 6:39 pm
#323
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Join Date: Mar 1999
Posts: 12,097
So I was charged a bag fee this morning for my itinerary which was booked with miles, prior to having the Citi Platinum card. Also no priority access on the BPs. Agent politely explained that Citi's rules are you have to book the ticket/pay the fees (if booked with miles) with the card to get the benefits. I explained that it's not written that way in the T&C.
First checked bag free
For benefit to apply, at the time of booking, Citi® / AAdvantage® account must have been open at least 7 days and reservation must include the primary cardmember's American Airlines AAdvantage® number.
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Priority Boarding
For benefit to apply, at the time of booking, Citi® / AAdvantage® account must have been open at least 7 days and reservation must include the primary cardmember's American Airlines AAdvantage® number.
For benefit to apply, at the time of booking, Citi® / AAdvantage® account must have been open at least 7 days and reservation must include the primary cardmember's American Airlines AAdvantage® number.
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Priority Boarding
For benefit to apply, at the time of booking, Citi® / AAdvantage® account must have been open at least 7 days and reservation must include the primary cardmember's American Airlines AAdvantage® number.
Aug 22, 2012, 9:37 pm
#324
Join Date: Jul 1999
Location: Sacramento, CA
Programs: AA Exec Plat, Hyatt,Marriott,BA,AS
Posts: 4,425
What a confusion. I give up on trying to explain it. Given what you are saying, tens of thousands of people can now circumvent bag check-in lines, security lines, etc.
Aug 22, 2012, 11:08 pm
#325
Join Date: May 2005
Location: ATL
Programs: United, NW, Delta, AMERICAN
Posts: 44
In return for this relatively low-cost consideration, American/Citi gets a boost in customer loyalty & card usage. Sounds like a decent deal for both sides.
Aug 24, 2012, 2:15 pm
#326
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 1
My wife & I are seriously looking into this card. This may be a silly question, but if approved instantly, would we be able to book with AA using the card, or would we have to wait until receipt of the card via mail?
Aug 24, 2012, 2:17 pm
#327
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: NYC
Posts: 1,756
You will need to wait for the card and activate it before you can use it.
Aug 24, 2012, 3:55 pm
#328
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Fresno, California
Posts: 45
Anyone have experience with this?
Have this card as the primary cardholder. I have one, and my wife is an authorized user on the account with her own card. She will be checking in for a flight in a week or so on her own. Will she be able to have her 1st bag checked for free?
Called Citibank, and they claim not to know. Anyone have experience with this?
Called Citibank, and they claim not to know. Anyone have experience with this?
Aug 24, 2012, 7:22 pm
#329
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: home = LAX
Posts: 25,933
Have this card as the primary cardholder. I have one, and my wife is an authorized user on the account with her own card. She will be checking in for a flight in a week or so on her own. Will she be able to have her 1st bag checked for free?
Called Citibank, and they claim not to know. Anyone have experience with this?
Called Citibank, and they claim not to know. Anyone have experience with this?
So the questions are:
1. Which AA account (yours or your wife's) is this AA card linked to? (Ie, which AA account do the miles earned on this card post to?) You cannot link one card to two AA accounts.
2. Which AA account is your wife flying under, yours or hers? If it's a paid flight, I presume it has to be hers. If it's an award flight, it may depend on whose miles were used?
Aug 25, 2012, 12:50 am
#330
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Traveling the World
Posts: 6,072
Just got my card and activated it. Will be traveling in 2 weeks on AA from SJC-LAX-SJC and will let you know how it works. My card would have been open for 14 days. So just to reiterate the BPs will say Priority Access so this is great to be able to go to the premium security lanes. I think the annual fee after the fist year is justifiable since I'm not a Premiere AA member.
So does this mean that if my BP says Priority Access I can go to the Priority Access Ticket counter for checkin as well? Thanks
So does this mean that if my BP says Priority Access I can go to the Priority Access Ticket counter for checkin as well? Thanks