Citi AA Platinum Select and Barclay's Aviator credit cards nuke 10% miles rebate
 

The 10% rebate (capped at 10k annually) on mileage redemptions, which has been enabled by certain Barclay and Citi AA cards, is ending on May 1:

Big Changes to Barclays American AAdvantage Credit Cards Coming May 1 (VFTW)

Citi American Airlines Card To Lose 10% Rebate Benefit On May 1st (DoC)

Guess I will downgrade/cancel that one

Ouch:(

As a cardholder of the Citi Executive Card as well - this is the only reason the other card stayed open.
bye-bye.

Not happy with the changes. That 10% rebate was worth alot more then the wifi credit

Yeah cancelling this card, seems pretty useless to me now.
Unless they somehow make the miles earnings better than my other cards...

Also AA miles seem to be not that useful anymore, I tend to prefer programs that let me just generate $ so I can just buy a ticket instead

In addition, the 10k mile annual bonus that Barclays Red gave to LUS cardholders for renewal will end with one final bonus.

Citi AA Platinum Select nukes 10% miles rebate
 

This just arrived in my inbox:

• American Airlines flight discount will increase from $100 to $125 after you spend $20,000 or more in purchases during your card membership year and renew your card*
• The 10% redeemed American Airlines AAdvantage® miles back benefit will be discontinued. You can still redeem your miles on or before April 30, 2019, to earn 10% miles back*

BOOOOOOOOOO on the second count. I love getting my award tickets at 10% fewer miles.

This is happening on Barclays too as of 5/1/19

Guess lots of people will be cancelling their AA cards soon.

One less reason to keep the card. I will probably switch to the no annual fee version.

Good luck with the credit card pitches - guess fewer people will sign up for the card.

I use mine for my travel business and have a TON of foreign currency transactions, so that is a plus for me. On the other hand, I have a Capital One card for $20 with no FCT fees.

The new $125 credit is achievable for me because of the aforementioned heavy use, but I would still rather have the mileage discount.

It was bad enough when they started making gold status almost worthless but this is just adding insult to injury.

I called today to see about canceling. He said no offers. Said I would have 60 days after the annual fee posts (or payment date?) to get it refunded so I decided to call back in a few weeks to see if I have offers. My $95 fee is due this month. Could downgrade to the new no-fee AA MileUp card but prob won't. I try not to fly AA now but the 10% refund on awards is worth it this year but now ... nope.

While I too am disappointed by the elimination of the 10% rebate, once the card started offering double miles on restaurant and gas station charges to compete with the Chase/UA card, it was probably inevitable that something had to give. At least the AA cards still give access to reduced-mileage-award destinations for those who can benefit from them.