Same. Only mine was $4000/month. Interesting�.

I also received the 4k per month offer.

Mine was $10K/month...pass

I spoke with a nice Barclay agent last week. I asked about the ending of the AA arrangement. She indicated that Citi would be contacting Barclay holders.
I asked about converting my AA Barclay to another Barclay card and she said there could be retaining offers.
Here is what suspect is going to happen:

1. Citi sends you information about offering you a credit card to replace your Barclay. (Barclay providing names to Citi). You likely quick approval, assuming good credit. Suspect they might let you choose which card you want - and maybe a recommendation - say Red > Plat and Silver > Globe. They may give you a promo miles bonus.

2. Barclay simple sends you notice that the AA credit card is ending and give you a retaining offer if you wish to switch to another Barclay card. Likely no mention of Citi.

3. So no coordination between the two visible to the customer.

"Here is what suspect is going to happen..."
It has been happening for several months now. The Barclay's card isn't going anywhere. You will simply get a new non-AA Barclay's card in the mail AND a new Citi Globe card if you agree to the T&C. Barclay's has been increasing credit limits and offering lower interest rates to entice cardholders to stay. I assume the arrangement with the new Citi and AA offered Barclay's some sort of financial compensation to cough up its current Aviator client list. I have the Silver Aviator and applied for the Citi Globe. I hold both cards currently. I think that the current 90K SUB to get the Citi Globe is targeting current Aviator holders. I think once the official conversion takes place that offer will disappear. In the end, I believe most Aviator cardholders will end up with two credit cards...a non-AA Barclay's and a Citi/AA Globe.

What Barclays card do you think they will transition Aviator card members to? I see nothing in their current card portfolio that would be suitable.

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Maybe they plan on reviving their Arrivals product line?

AAdvantage sent me an email today touting the benefits of my Aviator Silver card. I guess it�s because my annual fee is about to post any day now. There is nothing in the email about any changes coming. Given how they tout the Silver specific benefits,



it will be interesting to see if they will take those away mid-membership year if the card transitions to something else.

Another AA bungle in the making . . . .

Currently have the Aviator Red. Ultimately want the Citi Executive, so hoping Citi offers me a choice to convert to that. I don�t like the high spend threshold on that card to meet the SUB, and therefore don�t want to waste a 5/24 slot on it.

My wife had the Aviator red card. We didn't want to bother with the transition, and wanted to get the sign-up bonus miles with a new Citi card instead of being transitioned with likely not receiving any bonus. So, she signed up for the Citi AA Platinum to get the bonus and then cancelled the Aviator red. I already have the Executive card, so no need for me to do anything.

Wouldn’t it be a new line of credit in your credit file even if you got it during the transition (say, without hard pull), and thus count towards 5/24?

Yeah, I suppose you may be right, especially if the process to convert to a Citi card is voluntary (requires sign up/approval).

A scenario I wouldn't be pleased with is if all of a sudden I get a letter from Citi saying "here's your new Platinum card", making me ineligible for SUB on that card along with taking up a 5/24 slot.

I've never had to apply or sign-up for the new card in this or similar situations. Our accounts are assignable without our consent and that's how this process typically works - the new issuer just sends you a new card and provides updated account, payment, and customer service info.

I actually don't think Chase will see this as a new card, but don't take that as gospel.

I don’t think I have ever been through a card issuer change, so I have no personal data points. But I am really not clear how Citi would force you to take a different card without your consent given that the benefits of the Aviator card are quite different from those of all currently known Citi cards (at least for those of us with Silver cards). That is why I shared the screenshot yesterday of the email from AA. Could Barclays charge me $195 today and then Citi takes over early next year (or some time before renewal) and suddenly my $20k in spend accumulated already doesn’t count anymore towards LPs when they send me a Platinum or Globe card?

Lots of unknowns, and I think I won’t stick around to see what Citi/Barclays are going to do. I’ll likely cancel the Silver card next week.

I was here when Barclays acquired the portfolio from Bank of America, and that's exactly how it happened. No guarantee it's going to work that exactly this time, but the accounts were just reassigned as-is. We just received notifications, no actions required or choices to be made, other than your normal option to close your account at any time if you wish.

Did the card benefits change substantially, or did Barclays basically kept them the same?