Citi AAdvantage Cards: Major Reductions as of 22 Sep 2019
Jun 25, 2019, 1:58 pm
#61
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: CLT
Programs: AA EP, AA AC
Posts: 4,268
I cannot for the life of me understand why anyone would put any spend at all on this card in order to obtain increasingly worthless AA miles... I'm shocked at how many on here imply they use this card for spend.
I have this card. It's a significantly discounted Admiral's Club family membership for both my wife and I. I've carried it several years and after obtaining the initial bonus the only spend that goes on this card is one item per year; the annual fee. That is it. There are far, far better cards for daily spend and travel benefits than this card.
This is a 100% sock drawer card...
Regards
I have this card. It's a significantly discounted Admiral's Club family membership for both my wife and I. I've carried it several years and after obtaining the initial bonus the only spend that goes on this card is one item per year; the annual fee. That is it. There are far, far better cards for daily spend and travel benefits than this card.
This is a 100% sock drawer card...
Regards
Safe Travels
Jun 25, 2019, 2:10 pm
#62
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Wesley Chapel, FL
Programs: American Airlines
Posts: 30,022
I was completely unaware of this. I will check out the travel benefits on their website. I've had an amex cold car for 32 years and haven't used it in a few but still keep in active. I wonder if the onetime fee is waived since i"m already an AMEX member.
Next I will see if DL and AMEX Centurion are at DFW (I believe so).
Next I will see if DL and AMEX Centurion are at DFW (I believe so).
Jun 25, 2019, 2:13 pm
#63
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: AUS
Programs: BAEC Gold, AA PPro, Hyatt Globalist, Amex Plat
Posts: 7,043
My main point, is I'm just surprised/perplexed at how emotional people are about "travel protection" benefits, quite surprising to me...
Regards
Jun 25, 2019, 2:28 pm
#64
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: LAX
Programs: AA Lifetime Gold but PlatPro thanks to LPs
Posts: 4,439
It's not emotion. It's dollars and cents, big dollars when considering the cost of rental car insurance.
Jun 25, 2019, 2:47 pm
#65
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: AUS
Programs: BAEC Gold, AA PPro, Hyatt Globalist, Amex Plat
Posts: 7,043
My big loss in this is rental car insurance when renting a car outside North America. My own car insurance does not cover me, so I depend on the credit card insurance, rather than paying the rental car company high rates.
It's not emotion. It's dollars and cents, big dollars when considering the cost of rental car insurance.
It's not emotion. It's dollars and cents, big dollars when considering the cost of rental car insurance.
Again, if that is all you care about you can obtain that coverage with another card that would offer you better benefits as well as a more valuable currency than AA miles.
Regards
Jun 25, 2019, 2:47 pm
#66
Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 146
Isn't this part of the current AA business model? To sell nearly worthless miles in every possible way. And let's face it, most of us fall into this trap one way or the other. So the more worthless the miles are, the more profitable is the business.
Jun 25, 2019, 3:07 pm
#67
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: LAX
Programs: AA Lifetime Gold but PlatPro thanks to LPs
Posts: 4,439
I have a lot of credit cards. I literally can't think of a credit card I have that doesn't provide rental car/CDW insurance and at a far more reasonable rate than this card if that is all you care about. Literally my lowest end card, with a $49 annual fee, has CDW insurance. Of course, it's not primary, its secondary, but so was the coverage offered by this card if I remember correctly.
Again, if that is all you care about you can obtain that coverage with another card that would offer you better benefits as well as a more valuable currency than AA miles.
Regards
Again, if that is all you care about you can obtain that coverage with another card that would offer you better benefits as well as a more valuable currency than AA miles.
Regards
I have had the Citi Aadvantage card since 1988 and have been rather lazy about exploring options. I will do so, now that they are removing a major benefit that I use every time I rent a car.
Jun 25, 2019, 3:10 pm
#68
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: AUS
Programs: BAEC Gold, AA PPro, Hyatt Globalist, Amex Plat
Posts: 7,043
Regards
Jun 25, 2019, 3:11 pm
#69
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: SFO
Programs: AA,UA,AS
Posts: 319
A point of clarification on access to Delta SkyClubs is that you must be a same day ticketed passenger on Delta to get Sky Club access.
Jun 25, 2019, 3:12 pm
#70
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: AUS
Programs: BAEC Gold, AA PPro, Hyatt Globalist, Amex Plat
Posts: 7,043
Regards
Jun 25, 2019, 3:13 pm
#71
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: New York City + Vail, CO
Programs: American Airlines Executive Platinum, Marriott Bonvoy Ambassador Elite
Posts: 3,226
I would like to know more about the Chase Sapphire Preserve! Does it come in strawberry? That's my favorite type of preserve!
Jun 25, 2019, 3:15 pm
#72
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: AUS
Programs: BAEC Gold, AA PPro, Hyatt Globalist, Amex Plat
Posts: 7,043
Jun 25, 2019, 4:43 pm
#73
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 23,060
I was completely unaware of this. I will check out the travel benefits on their website. I've had an amex cold car for 32 years and haven't used it in a few but still keep in active. I wonder if the onetime fee is waived since i"m already an AMEX member.
Next I will see if DL and AMEX Centurion are at DFW (I believe so).
Next I will see if DL and AMEX Centurion are at DFW (I believe so).
Jun 25, 2019, 4:54 pm
#74
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: ORD and RSW
Programs: Former long time AA EXP and CK - 4 MM; Now LTPL; Hilton Diamond; UA Platinum
Posts: 380
I have recovered a little over $1K with the price rewind over the past 3 years and have used the travel disruption insurance a few times without a hitch. Pretty much paid the annual fees. Like getting AC for free. This is a big devaluation for me. After 4MM, 15 years as EP and 5 as CK with AA, I fell to LT PLAT last year a few years after retirement. I have been flying UA more than AA recently since I usually buy P fares where UA consistently beats AA where I fly, sometimes by hundreds of dollars, and PLAT does not really add anything to the equation. I have the UA Explorer card and was considering upgrading to the Club card since I spend more time in ORD Terminal 1 than Terminal 3 these days, and dropping the AA World Elite Exec card. I have been using the AA card for UA purchases solely due to the better travel disruption benefits with the AA card. If Chase does not follow Citi in dropping all of their similar benefits altogether, the decision has been made easy. I'll keep the Costco card since it does still have some valuable benefits.
Jun 25, 2019, 4:55 pm
#75
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: The Indo Jungle
Programs: AA EXP, IHG Spire
Posts: 1,319
Guess I'm not using this card for rentals anymore. It used to be great as it used to cover cars up to 100k, now only 70k, and soon, no coverage. Sucks for people like me who don't own a car or have car insurance. I have other cards I can put in on but prefer this one to sock away miles for the day when I am no longer on expat wages.