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The rebate program (which began in April 2012) applies only to primary card holders of these cards:
It does not apply to the Citi Gold World MasterCard, Citi Executive products, or some of the Citi Business cards.
The maximum rebate for any cardholder in a single calendar year is 10,000 miles per AAdvantage account. Having more than one qualifying Citi AA card will not allow you to receive a larger rebate.
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(lower right wiki corner)The rebate program (which began in April 2012) applies only to primary card holders of these cards:
- Citi Platinum Select AAdvantage Visa Signature
- Citi Platinum Select AAdvantage World MasterCard
- Citi Platinum Select AAdvantage World Elite MasterCard
- Citi Select AAdvantage American Express
The maximum rebate for any cardholder in a single calendar year is 10,000 miles per AAdvantage account. Having more than one qualifying Citi AA card will not allow you to receive a larger rebate.
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ARCHIVE: Citi 10% miles back / rebate for award redemption
Sep 18, 2012, 8:15 pm
#91
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Florida
Posts: 29,767
On May 22nd I used miles for a miles plus copay upgrade. The rebate showed up on June 10th. On August 10th I made a reduced mileage reservation and the rebate showed up on September 17th. So, yes it appears that the rebates show up approximately once a month.
Just two more data points...
Just two more data points...
Redeemed on 09/06, 10% rebate in account today.
So it is definitely a batch processing but the sweeping time cannot be determined.
Sep 18, 2012, 8:29 pm
#93
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Southern California
Programs: AA EXP - 6 MM | Amex Platinum | Hyatt Globalist | Hilton Diamond | IHG Spire Elite | Bonvoy Plat.
Posts: 765
Actually I redeemed 90,000 miles earlier this year and the 9,000 miles hit almost immediately but then about 1.5 months ago I redeemed another 90,000 miles for another trip and the last 1,000 never hit yet. I sent an email to AA Customer Service but they said it can take up to 6 weeks to hit.
I'm still waiting for that final 1,000 miles but they told me it was capped to 10,000 miles per #.
Sep 18, 2012, 9:10 pm
#94
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: SUX
Programs: BA Silver; HHonors Gold; SPG Gold; Points but dirt with everyone else
Posts: 8,050
Your data point only reinforces the idea of a monthly sweep. No one was positing that it takes a month, instead that they post the rebates roughly one time per month. Seems like you made it in under the cutoff to be posted with this month's rebates.
Sep 18, 2012, 10:58 pm
#95
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Here, there … you know how it goes.
Posts: 1,518
Received all 10k when I looked today; booking made mid-August.
Sep 19, 2012, 4:38 am
#96
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: St. Croix
Programs: AA EXP, UA 1k, SPG Plat, Hilton Gold, CC Gold
Posts: 521
Just saw this thread...wife and I both booked flights on 6/18, 10% bonus credited same day for both of us.
Has anyone had any experience with cancelling an award ticket? Do they take the bonus miles back?
Has anyone had any experience with cancelling an award ticket? Do they take the bonus miles back?
Sep 19, 2012, 10:39 am
#97
Join Date: Aug 2008
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 1,714
I'd be shocked if they don't...that would be one heck of a loophole (especially if you're EXP).
Sep 21, 2012, 6:13 pm
#98
Join Date: Apr 1999
Location: Oak Park, IL
Programs: AA 2 MM LIfetime Platinum, SPG Platinum, Hilton Silver, BA
Posts: 3,585
Booked an award ticket for my daughter for 8/29. Used TY premier pass card. 10% points appeared a couple of days ago. I had to use one anytime award and one coach so total was 37500 miles. 3750 appeared in my account. So you definitely don't need to use the card to purchase the award ticket and it was about 3 weeks. So I just booked another ticket for myself and used my TY credit card.
Sep 21, 2012, 8:21 pm
#99
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Florida
Posts: 29,767
There are sweeps alright but it is not clear to me whether it is a monthly sweep for all the redemptions from the previous 30 days, or in some other mechanism to determine when the sweep occurred.
Last edited by Happy; Sep 21, 2012 at 8:28 pm
Sep 21, 2012, 9:56 pm
#100
Join Date: Apr 1999
Location: Oak Park, IL
Programs: AA 2 MM LIfetime Platinum, SPG Platinum, Hilton Silver, BA
Posts: 3,585
When I first called both the credit card and AA out of fear that I would only get the miles if I had used the citiAAdvantage card I was reassured that I didn't need to use the card but to wait 4 to 6 weeks, so I was pleasantly surprised to see them posted in about 3 weeks. It assured me that what they told me was true. Initially a credit card rep told me "no" that it was a perk of the card so the card was needed. I asked for a supervisor who told me the aa card did not need to be used. I suggested he train the first rep because she was giving out mis information
Sep 21, 2012, 11:26 pm
#101
Join Date: Dec 2009
Programs: SPG Plat
Posts: 459
Yeah I got a 10% rebate using a different credit card, so def. true. It was a AA posting rather than a CC posting (nothing on statement)
Sep 26, 2012, 2:57 pm
#103
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: SUX
Programs: BA Silver; HHonors Gold; SPG Gold; Points but dirt with everyone else
Posts: 8,050
The posting times based on reporting data so far, does not seem to support a "fixed" time period for monthly sweep - the dates are too random for such assumption. For example, there are people who booked their awards in early to mid August, yet their rebates posted LATER than my 09/06 booking.
There are sweeps alright but it is not clear to me whether it is a monthly sweep for all the redemptions from the previous 30 days, or in some other mechanism to determine when the sweep occurred.
There are sweeps alright but it is not clear to me whether it is a monthly sweep for all the redemptions from the previous 30 days, or in some other mechanism to determine when the sweep occurred.
Sep 27, 2012, 5:04 pm
#104
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Southern California
Programs: AA EXP - 6 MM | Amex Platinum | Hyatt Globalist | Hilton Diamond | IHG Spire Elite | Bonvoy Plat.
Posts: 765
The final 1,000 mile bonus took 7 weeks to post. I don't think there is any set pattern. At least not in my case.
Oct 7, 2012, 9:56 am
#105
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Cambridge, MA
Programs: IHG Platinum Ambassador, Hyatt Diamond, Hhonors Diamond
Posts: 58
Any more stories of personal experience from people who only have the business card? So far I've read 1-yes and 1-no to the 10% rebate if you only hold business and no personal cards.