Aug 3, 2018, 3:27 pm
Last edit by: JDiver
Citi® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® card benefits (as of August, 2018)
To learn more about your card benefits, visit www.cardbenefits.citi.com or see your Directory of Services.
Visit https://information.citi.com/citiaadvantage/intro for restrictions on warning double miles and $100 AA discount opportunity
Many of these end 22 Sep 2019
“As a cardmember, you will continue to receive a range of other card benefits including FICO® Credit Score, Citi® Identity Theft Solutions, and Citi Entertainment. In addition, we will soon be announcing exciting new card benefits.”
“As a cardmember, you will continue to receive a range of other card benefits including FICO® Credit Score, Citi® Identity Theft Solutions, and Citi Entertainment. In addition, we will soon be announcing exciting new card benefits.”
- First checked bag fee waived on domestic itineraries for you and up to four companions traveling with you on the same reservation.
- Preferred boarding so you can start your journey sooner on all American Airlines flights.
- No foreign transaction fees so you can shop like a local wherever your travels take you.
- 25% savings on inflight food and beverage purchases when you use your Citi® / AAdvantage® card on American Airlines flights.
- 2 miles per $1 spent on eligible American Airlines purchases
- 2 miles per $1 spent at restaurants
- 2 miles per $1 spent at gas stations
- $100 American Airlines flight discount opportunity
To learn more about your card benefits, visit www.cardbenefits.citi.com or see your Directory of Services.
Visit https://information.citi.com/citiaadvantage/intro for restrictions on warning double miles and $100 AA discount opportunity
Citi Aadvantage Platinum Select card benefits (many end 22 Sep 2019)
Aug 3, 2018, 3:25 pm
#16
Moderator: American AAdvantage
Join Date: May 2000
Location: NorCal - SMF area
Programs: AA LT Plat; HH LT Diamond, Maître-plongeur des Muccis
Posts: 62,948
An email from Citi today:
As a reminder, your Citi® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® card now comes with three new benefits. You'll now earn:
1 As determined by the merchant code associated with that provide
2 After $20,000 spend during your Card holding year
As a reminder, your Citi® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® card now comes with three new benefits. You'll now earn:
- 2 miles per $1 spent at restaurants1
- 2 miles per $1 spent at gas stations1
- $100 American Airlines flight discount opportunity2
1 As determined by the merchant code associated with that provide
2 After $20,000 spend during your Card holding year
Aug 3, 2018, 11:39 pm
#17
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: SFO/OAK
Programs: AA EXP 3.4MM, BAEC, UAMP, Skyteam (<10k) HH Gold, IHG Plat, Hertz Gold, GE/TSA TT
Posts: 2,723
An email from Citi today:
As a reminder, your Citi® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® card now comes with three new benefits. You'll now earn:
1 As determined by the merchant code associated with that provide
2 After $20,000 spend during your Card holding year
As a reminder, your Citi® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® card now comes with three new benefits. You'll now earn:
- 2 miles per $1 spent at restaurants1
- 2 miles per $1 spent at gas stations1
- $100 American Airlines flight discount opportunity2
1 As determined by the merchant code associated with that provide
2 After $20,000 spend during your Card holding year
Aug 3, 2018, 11:46 pm
#18
Moderator: American AAdvantage
Join Date: May 2000
Location: NorCal - SMF area
Programs: AA LT Plat; HH LT Diamond, Maître-plongeur des Muccis
Posts: 62,948
The full benefits listed on the Citi site (shown in the Wikipost) don’t list the rebated miles either. Not to mention, IMO a $100 airline credit for a $20,000 spend is... I just dint have a word to describe that level of cheapness, miserliness, parsimony, penny-pinching, etc.
Aug 4, 2018, 4:43 am
#19
Join Date: Apr 2009
Programs: American EXP; British Airways Gold
Posts: 1,896
Aug 4, 2018, 6:24 am
#20
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: WAS
Programs: Free Agent
Posts: 1,757
The full benefits listed on the Citi site (shown in the Wikipost) don’t list the rebated miles either. Not to mention, IMO a $100 airline credit for a $20,000 spend is... I just dint have a word to describe that level of cheapness, miserliness, parsimony, penny-pinching, etc.
Edit: Nobody I spoke to seemed to have heard anything about the change, but I didn't get the impression they were that familiar with the credit card offering to begin with. Oh well.
Last edited by Beltway2A; Aug 4, 2018 at 3:44 pm
Aug 4, 2018, 7:36 am
#21
Join Date: Nov 2015
Posts: 126
Aug 10, 2018, 1:26 pm
#22
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: Chicago
Programs: AAdvantage EXP | United Silver | HH Diamond | Bonvoy Platinum | Hyatt Explorist
Posts: 718
Has anyone had any issues with the travel insurance benefit? I am traveling to the Dominican in the end of Sept. which is hurricane season. It looks like they will reimburse anything the air carrier or hotel wont up to 5K IF all flights to the destination are canceled for at least 24h. This seems to be the same coverage offered as an add on through my travel agent, so I am inclined to just put the trip on my card and decline any additional coverage from the travel agent.
Jun 24, 2019, 5:11 pm
#25
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: CLT
Programs: AA EP, AA AC
Posts: 4,268
Hey DAArksiders!
I am not sure if y'all might be aware, but it appears across product lines (I have the AA EX MC) that Ciit is removing many of its travel benefits.
Effective September 22, 2019, Worldwide Car Rental Insurance, Trip Cancellation & Interruption Protection, Worldwide Travel Accident Insurance, Trip Delay Protection, Baggage Delay Protection, Lost Baggage Protection, Medical Evacuation, Citi® Price Rewind, 90 Day Return Protection, and Missed Event Ticket Protection will be discontinued and will no longer be provided for purchases made on or after that date. Coverage for purchases made before that date will continue to be available, and you may continue to file for benefits in accordance with the current benefit terms. Roadside Assistance Dispatch Service and Travel & Emergency Assistance will be discontinued and will not be available on or after September 22, 2019.
I am sure for some its not a big deal, but I know I used and valued many of these.
Safe Travels
I am not sure if y'all might be aware, but it appears across product lines (I have the AA EX MC) that Ciit is removing many of its travel benefits.
Effective September 22, 2019, Worldwide Car Rental Insurance, Trip Cancellation & Interruption Protection, Worldwide Travel Accident Insurance, Trip Delay Protection, Baggage Delay Protection, Lost Baggage Protection, Medical Evacuation, Citi® Price Rewind, 90 Day Return Protection, and Missed Event Ticket Protection will be discontinued and will no longer be provided for purchases made on or after that date. Coverage for purchases made before that date will continue to be available, and you may continue to file for benefits in accordance with the current benefit terms. Roadside Assistance Dispatch Service and Travel & Emergency Assistance will be discontinued and will not be available on or after September 22, 2019.
I am sure for some its not a big deal, but I know I used and valued many of these.
Safe Travels
Jun 24, 2019, 5:50 pm
#26
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: AUS
Programs: AA Exec Platinum/MM, DL Gold/MM, Hilton Diamond, Accor Platinum, Hertz Presidents Circle
Posts: 6,975
Hey DAArksiders!
I am not sure if y'all might be aware, but it appears across product lines (I have the AA EX MC) that Ciit is removing many of its travel benefits.
Effective September 22, 2019, Worldwide Car Rental Insurance, Trip Cancellation & Interruption Protection, Worldwide Travel Accident Insurance, Trip Delay Protection, Baggage Delay Protection, Lost Baggage Protection, Medical Evacuation, Citi® Price Rewind, 90 Day Return Protection, and Missed Event Ticket Protection will be discontinued and will no longer be provided for purchases made on or after that date. Coverage for purchases made before that date will continue to be available, and you may continue to file for benefits in accordance with the current benefit terms. Roadside Assistance Dispatch Service and Travel & Emergency Assistance will be discontinued and will not be available on or after September 22, 2019.
I am sure for some its not a big deal, but I know I used and valued many of these.
Safe Travels
I am not sure if y'all might be aware, but it appears across product lines (I have the AA EX MC) that Ciit is removing many of its travel benefits.
Effective September 22, 2019, Worldwide Car Rental Insurance, Trip Cancellation & Interruption Protection, Worldwide Travel Accident Insurance, Trip Delay Protection, Baggage Delay Protection, Lost Baggage Protection, Medical Evacuation, Citi® Price Rewind, 90 Day Return Protection, and Missed Event Ticket Protection will be discontinued and will no longer be provided for purchases made on or after that date. Coverage for purchases made before that date will continue to be available, and you may continue to file for benefits in accordance with the current benefit terms. Roadside Assistance Dispatch Service and Travel & Emergency Assistance will be discontinued and will not be available on or after September 22, 2019.
I am sure for some its not a big deal, but I know I used and valued many of these.
Safe Travels
This is a pretty drastic gutting of the card benefits. I used many of them at one time or another. For example, the car rental insurance covers Ireland, which is pretty rare. What's left after these benefits are gone? AC membership and the opportunity to earn increasingly valueless miles?
Jun 24, 2019, 5:57 pm
#27
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: CLT
Programs: AA EP, AA AC
Posts: 4,268
Do you have a link to this notice? Did you get an email? I have the Executive MC and haven't received anything.
This is a pretty drastic gutting of the card benefits. I used many of them at one time or another. For example, the car rental insurance covers Ireland, which is pretty rare. What's left after these benefits are gone? AC membership and the opportunity to earn increasingly valueless miles?
This is a pretty drastic gutting of the card benefits. I used many of them at one time or another. For example, the car rental insurance covers Ireland, which is pretty rare. What's left after these benefits are gone? AC membership and the opportunity to earn increasingly valueless miles?
Safe Travels
Jun 24, 2019, 6:15 pm
#28
Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 146
Yeah it is. I learned about it by blogs and the like. Here is the link:https://www.cardbenefits.citi.com/Travel. Just then log in and look at the FAQ section. I have the same card too. Yeah it is pretty brutal. It starts September 22, 2019.
Jun 24, 2019, 9:35 pm
#29
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: The FT AA forum, until it no longer wants me.
Programs: CK or bust
Posts: 1,913
Indeed, stripping away these benefits puts in the same league as the no-frills Barclays AA products. When signups slow I suppose one way to maintain margins is to cut the bennies but boy, the remaining benefits (if they can be called that) really don’t amount to much.
Jun 24, 2019, 10:18 pm
#30
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: LGB
Programs: AA Platinum Pro, Marriott Platinum, Hyatt Discoverist
Posts: 241
I’m curious how much longer the reduced mileage benefit is going to be around. It’s no longer listed as a benefit on a majority of the promotional materials. That’s the same treatment they did to the 10% rebate a few months prior to its demise.
As an elite, its not making much sense to hold on to this card anymore.
As an elite, its not making much sense to hold on to this card anymore.