bmchris

Does your wife have her own card? Or is it linked to your credit card account?

imapilotaz

This thread has reminded me, I have not received 10% back on any redemptions this year. Does anyone know if this is a lump sum at the end of the year or what? Needless to say, I've redeemed well north of 100,000 miles so far

onesocalkid

I've always (last few years) have received mine very quickly, as in within a few days of making the booking(s).

beltway

That, and has she already redeemed 100K or more earlier this year?

No, the rebate should post fairly promptly. There was a prolonged system problem several months back, but that eventually resolved itself, with the backlog being cleared.

gblakeb

This is her first redemption for this year. We received the 10,000 back last year fairly quickly, I believe.

She does have her own card. She had two from last summer. We canceled one and after talking with AA, they said she didn't have any linked. I said that's strange, because the statement just cut on the Citi AA and we already received the 2x miles for the taxes and fees for this trip in her AA account.

They are researching it.

yannix

Was one of the redemptions by any chance early this year (Jan-march)? There were some reports of people getting the rebate added to their total balance but not listed as a line item anywhere in the statement.

imapilotaz

Just talked with AAdvantage Customer Service. They arent real sure why only 2000 rebate miles have shown back up when I'm somewhere north of 300,000 miles this year redeemed. They opened up a ticket to research it, but said it could be confused by the reinstatement and reissue or awards

IamHungry

I have 2 AA credit cards using the 2 browser trick. I have already got 10000 miles refund this year. Will I get another 10000 miles refund again since I have 2 of AA cards?

rrgg

No.

dia1

Tried to do this for both a domestic and an international award. Couldn't find a weblink. Called. Told you have to book on the phone, with a $35 fee. Is that correct??? Not worth it, if so.

rrgg

Not true. Book online or by phone. There's no special link you need.

Maybe the agent thought you were asking about Citi's quarterly reduced mileage awards which do require a phone booking. There's a separate thread on that.

sdsearch

No. All any qualifying AA credit card does is enable your rebate. And thus once you have on card that enables the rebate, the other cards can't enable it any further.

Same with all other offical benefits of AA credit cards. You don't get double on checked bags, etc, because again all the first AA qualifying credit card you have does is enable your one free checked bag. Any additonal AA credit cards can't "enable" it any further.

The only benefits I can think of continuing to hold additional AA credit cards are:

1. If they have different statement cycles, and you want to either earn miles faster or delay the payment longer, you can choose which one to use based on whether it's got the statement that will cycle sooner or the statement that will cycle later (say, if you only use either of them when purchasing AA tickets for the 2x miles).

2. If you only want to keep more than one while both are free, you can wait to see which one will first not give you a retention bonus, and close that one first.

Other than that, there is no additonal benefit to holding two AA credit cards (of a similar type) versus just one.

And, btw, you can't do the 2 browser trick with Citi any more: Citi now requires a minimum of 8 days between any 2 Citi credit card applications. So (other than exepensive Executive card) you can't get more than one Citi personal 50k AA card every (12 to) 18 (to 26) months any more.

But it's irrrelevant to your benefits question whether you used the two browser trick or not; I have two Citi AA cards that I got two years apart, and the way they're redundant in terms of AA benefits applies to them too. (I held onto the card I got in 2011 because they've given me a retention bonus that credited me the annual fee back both renewal years so far; the card I got in 2013 hasn't gotten to the first renewal year yet.)

sdsearch

What do you mean by trying to do "this"?

You can't "try" to get a rebate. You have to book an award, and then wait, and then you'll get the rebate. The rebate comes after you book an award, so I don't understand what you were "trying" to do.

THere is no special proceure for booking and geting the rebate. You just keep holding the qualifying AA credit card. You book the award flight with AA any way you want; some time later the rebate shows up in your account (assuming you've not already gotten 10k of rebate that year).

Independent of the issue of earning rebates:

While all awards on AA and awards on some partner airlines can be booked online, there are other partner airlines whose awards are not online, so if you have an itenerary (presumably international) that includes, for example, Iberia, you have to book on the phone.

flguy

I got an award ticket about 3 weeks ago, still waiting for rebate to appear, in previous years it would only take 1 or 2 days, anyone else having issues
Thanks

ftbargain

I redeemed 135K yesterday and got 10K back within 7 hours. Pleasantly surprised.
I need to redeem another 135K. If I wait until Jan 1st, would I get another 10K back as it is on two different calendar year ?