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The 10% back on redeemed AAdvantage miles benefit is effective as of the time of announcement of these new benefits – April 2, 2012. Any AAdvantage redemption activity that occurred prior to April 2, 2012 is not eligible for this benefit.

I just wanted to say that for me the most exciting thing about all this is AmericanAirlines direct and active participation in this thread!!! Great to see ^^^

And in this case it has been very helpful in clarifying the inevitable rush of questions to clarify these new benefits.

As an EXP, the only useful benefit here is the 10% mileage rebate, though I wish it were uncapped.

The 2 points per dollar on AA purchases is a long time coming but hardly useful to me so long as there are 10% off gift cards at Costco.

Hard to imagine a $30k+ spender getting excited about what amounts to a 0.33% rebate at best.

What would have really been nice is the ability to upgrade award tickets, a la the United Explorer card. Maybe next time. @:-)

Having said that, the mileage rebate is enough to justify the annual fee whereas I was otherwise planning to cancel it. Still no reason to actually put any spending on it, though.

Of course not. And rather than take a contrarian (and rather confrontational) position toward your post, as you seem to have toward me for some uncalled for reason, I'll simply inform some additional facts.

Since Citi marketed this as their version of a "Black Card" (both literally and figuratively), with an albeit significantly less annual fee than the Amex Cent, one can surmise that their would be some "matching inclusions". Case in point - on my Amex Cent (and if you care to visit the Amex forum, you'll see that I've posted extensively on the Amex Cent there), I have the PRG earnings bonus points power matched. I'm not referring to the PLT, as that's my perogative.

I'm wondering why are so vehemently against me discussing having the additional benefits added to a card which many of us pay a $450 annual fee on? I understand you believe this be analagous to the Amex PRG/PLT points earnings differences. OK, so what? If enough of us cast an outrage about paying over $350 more of an annual fee and not receiving these additional benefits, perhaps something might change. For the good of the community, you know? Sheeesh.

I'm with you Ritz in that I find it odd.

That said I will just vote with my wallet. There is no chance I will renew the exec card. I think Citi/AA are overvaluing the benefits and will need to add a lot to this card to make it remotely worth keeping.

As an elite, that's good news, and seems fair to both elites and cardholders.

I agree. Thanks!

This is true. I just called to verify whether these benefits applied to my account. I have the Platinum AMEX and Visa (linked account). Both cards say Platinum Level on them.

These new benefits apply to my account.

I asked about the mention of "select" and the full name of the account is CitiAAdvantage Platinum Select Visa / Amex.

Hope this helps.

Actually, the full name would be CitiAAdvantage World Platinum Select Visa / Amex.

If you log into your account online, you can see the exact name of the card(s) you have, since it's often unclear based on looking at the card itself.

Does anybody have one of these with anything other than "Platinum Level" printed on it? Is there a "Gold Level"? What does that even mean?

I have a Gold Level card... it's only a $50/year fee. But it won't get any of these benefits of the "new" $95/yr cards.

There's also a Bronze, I believe. I think a free, or very watered down version of the card.

Bronze is no annual fee but only earns 1 mile per $2 of charges.

(But it's a way to preserve open credit line and extend mileage expiration.)

Interesting, thanks for the info. I've never seen those marketed, and I don't think they're anywhere on Citi's site -- at least, they weren't the last time I looked.

My apologies for seeming hostile - wasn't my intent.

I'm all for getting more bennies. Was just pointing out that different cards come with different benefits.

Yes. Except that Citi is not nearly as willing as Chase to re-allocate credit line. It used to let you move/combine lines freely among cards but now it seems only at new account opening time.

The Gold version was offered publicly a few years ago. The Bronze version is only available as a "downgrade" alternative when you cancel the Platinum card due to not willing to pay the annual fee. It is often offered as a downgraded alternative to still keep you as a customer. I just got this offered to me last week when I wanted to cancel my AA Visa Signature. (Both the Gold and Bronze are MCs).