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As summarized in this Citi/AA press release, the benefits associated with this card changed on July 23, 2023. The new terms and conditions (T&Cs) can be found here.
10k Loyalty Point Bonuses
Reports on this thread to date suggest this benefit is being implemented in the following manner:
10k Loyalty Point Bonuses
Reports on this thread to date suggest this benefit is being implemented in the following manner:
- You are entitled to a 10k bonus if you surpass the 50k and/or 90k LP threshold by any means -- i.e. this is not limited to LPs earned by spend on your credit card. (For the current status year, it is still possible to earn a 10k bonus based on credit card spend -- see T&Cs for details.)
- You must meet, or have met, these thresholds sometime during the current status year. It does not matter if you were a cardholder at the time you crossed the threshold.
- Citi has not published any official information about when such 10k bonuses will post to your AA account
- Experience to date suggests that once cardholders have crossed the 50k or 90k LP threshold, posting of the bonus is triggered by either (a) the closing of your current statement, or (b) a flight or other LP-earning activity (e.g. shopping portal).
- In the case of (b) above, some bonuses are not posting correctly, and others have posted as being earned, but the points have not been added to people's balances.
- UPDATE: Many 10k bonuses posted beginning 7/31/23 without flight or other activity, and multiple users have reported corrections to their LP balances
- these typically post to your account when your statement closes
- per the T&C, "An “Eligible Ride” is any Lyft ride type, excluding business rides and bicycle and scooter rental rides."
- credits are applied to your Lyft account, not your Citi account
Citi AAdvantage Executive Card questions
#61
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: DCA/IAD
Programs: AA EXP; 1W Emerald; HHonors Diamond; Marriott Gold; UA dirt
Posts: 7,981
Yah, this is a big one. My SO travels semi-frequently and always has travel issues, so the AC access is a big deal for her.
#62
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2012
Programs: AAdvantage Executive Platinum, Delta Silver Medallion, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 14,665
I'm not sure this card makes sense if you're only going to use the AC 2/3 times a year. It is a great card to lean into when AA is one of principal airlines you are going to use, and there are ACs at the airports you fly out of. For us, this has made the card a game-changer, since we fly out of PHX, where AA is pretty much the only game in town. Having the AC (and the Aangels) makes all the difference in the world, sometimes.
#63
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: MCI
Programs: AA LT Gold; BA Silver; Hilton Diamond
Posts: 3,083
My Executive card is "in the mail" as I type this- I hope. They offered me 60,000 miles for a $6,000 spend and I'm planning on taking DS, DDIL and 3 kids to San Diego next year so that will easily make up the $6K. (I had a specific Offer Number I had to input when applying so it was available only to me.) I doubt I'll keep it at renewal- I'm starting to enjoy credit card churn, keeping my Fidelity and Costco Visas over the long term.
One question, though: they're flying from DSM, I'm flying from MCI, we'll connect in PHX or DFW to get to San Diego. So, we won't have the same PNR since we have different itineraries. Will they still get the early boarding and free checked bag perks as long as I book them on my card? I know they won't have AC access unless I'm with them and I doubt I could get all of us in (me, 2 other adults, kids ages 10,7 and 5) in at no extra cost.
#64
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: RDU <|> MMX
Programs: AA EXP 2MM, SK EBS
Posts: 12,876
Can you? I know it used to be true and I've done it, but I'm not so sure anymore with the clubs becoming more crowded. I was flying through SEA in late 2021 and tried to buy a day pass at an Alaska Air lounge. They weren't selling any but directed me to another Alaska Air lounge in a different terminal. I took an overcrowded tram there- nope, they weren't selling day passes, either. Yes, I know this discussion is about Admiral's Clubs but I know that in general the airline clubs are getting crowded and they have a pecking order for people being turned away.
My Executive card is "in the mail" as I type this- I hope. They offered me 60,000 miles for a $6,000 spend and I'm planning on taking DS, DDIL and 3 kids to San Diego next year so that will easily make up the $6K. (I had a specific Offer Number I had to input when applying so it was available only to me.) I doubt I'll keep it at renewal- I'm starting to enjoy credit card churn, keeping my Fidelity and Costco Visas over the long term.
One question, though: they're flying from DSM, I'm flying from MCI, we'll connect in PHX or DFW to get to San Diego. So, we won't have the same PNR since we have different itineraries. Will they still get the early boarding and free checked bag perks as long as I book them on my card? I know they won't have AC access unless I'm with them and I doubt I could get all of us in (me, 2 other adults, kids ages 10,7 and 5) in at no extra cost.
My Executive card is "in the mail" as I type this- I hope. They offered me 60,000 miles for a $6,000 spend and I'm planning on taking DS, DDIL and 3 kids to San Diego next year so that will easily make up the $6K. (I had a specific Offer Number I had to input when applying so it was available only to me.) I doubt I'll keep it at renewal- I'm starting to enjoy credit card churn, keeping my Fidelity and Costco Visas over the long term.
One question, though: they're flying from DSM, I'm flying from MCI, we'll connect in PHX or DFW to get to San Diego. So, we won't have the same PNR since we have different itineraries. Will they still get the early boarding and free checked bag perks as long as I book them on my card? I know they won't have AC access unless I'm with them and I doubt I could get all of us in (me, 2 other adults, kids ages 10,7 and 5) in at no extra cost.
Keep in mind in order to get the 60k mile sign up bonus the $6k spend needs to happen in the first 3 months, so spending on a trip next year wouldn't count.
And pax on different PNR's won't get the baggage benefit that comes with your card. But as an AC member your immediate family and/or up to 2 guests are allowed, so I doubt you'll have a problem with your kids and 2 adult guests.
#65
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Join Date: Jan 2023
Posts: 41
I'm not sure this card makes sense if you're only going to use the AC 2/3 times a year. It is a great card to lean into when AA is one of principal airlines you are going to use, and there are ACs at the airports you fly out of. For us, this has made the card a game-changer, since we fly out of PHX, where AA is pretty much the only game in town. Having the AC (and the Aangels) makes all the difference in the world, sometimes.
For us, it just works. It's very easy to use and you know what your'e getting. I'm in charge of the cards in this household, but I'd have to have a VERY compelling reason to get rid of the AA Executive, and thus lounge access, to appease the wife and 'get her approval'. We also live in an American Airlines fortress city (DFW).
#66
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: MCI
Programs: AA LT Gold; BA Silver; Hilton Diamond
Posts: 3,083
Unfortunate that they won't be able to check bags for free but DDIL is extremely well-organized with packing and they'll be OK with paying to check a bag or two.
#67
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Stilllwater OK (SWO)
Programs: AAdvantage ExecPlat, World of Hyatt Globalist, plain "member" of Marriott, IHG, enterprise, etc.
Posts: 1,890
Originally, I got the card when I only flew about 4-6 times a year, and 3-4 of those times would be as a family. Under the old system, this wasn't enough miles or segments to get Gold, so we got a lot of value between the free baggage allowances, priority checkin, group 4 boarding, and AC lounge access. It was like flying with status without status. And a lot of the AC value was because my kid was young and the lounge made layovers so much more manageable (kid could get a snack and then play games in the kids room that a lot of ACs have. Dealing with a 4-6 year old in a terminal seating area sucks.
Now that it is easy to get status via shopping, the baggage, check in, and group 4 boarding benefits are meaningless. So, it comes down to how often I make use of the AC, and that calculation is pretty borderline....
Now that it is easy to get status via shopping, the baggage, check in, and group 4 boarding benefits are meaningless. So, it comes down to how often I make use of the AC, and that calculation is pretty borderline....
#68
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Oct 2014
Posts: 10,904
Originally, I got the card when I only flew about 4-6 times a year, and 3-4 of those times would be as a family. Under the old system, this wasn't enough miles or segments to get Gold, so we got a lot of value between the free baggage allowances, priority checkin, group 4 boarding, and AC lounge access. It was like flying with status without status. And a lot of the AC value was because my kid was young and the lounge made layovers so much more manageable (kid could get a snack and then play games in the kids room that a lot of ACs have. Dealing with a 4-6 year old in a terminal seating area sucks.
Now that it is easy to get status via shopping, the baggage, check in, and group 4 boarding benefits are meaningless. So, it comes down to how often I make use of the AC, and that calculation is pretty borderline....
Now that it is easy to get status via shopping, the baggage, check in, and group 4 boarding benefits are meaningless. So, it comes down to how often I make use of the AC, and that calculation is pretty borderline....
It's a pretty terrible card overall too, with low earnings and no good travel benefits. It's basically just a discounted AC membership.
#69
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Chicago
Programs: AA Plt, FB Silver
Posts: 853
CJ
#70
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Oct 2014
Posts: 10,904
But that card doesn’t give you Priority AAccess, which you miss when you’re not an elite-level FF. Agree that the other perks are anemic; UA’s Club Card, by comparison, earns 4x miles on UA purchases, 2x on restaurants and other travel, and has trip delay/cancellation and baggage delay insurance.
CJ
CJ
#72
Join Date: Dec 1999
Location: NYC/LAX
Programs: IATA, Sabre, AvgeekAgent
Posts: 1,976
Small quirk that may be helpful to know...I just (re)acquired this card. Application website said card would arrive in an unmarked envelope. Received email that it was on the way and to call by XX date if card had not arrived. I was out of town for an extended period and did not return until about 3 days after the date had passed. I was slightly concerned they might have killed the card due to lack of activation and I'd have to go through the rigmarole of getting a replacement sent.
In the end, I get a notice that there's a package in my lobby on the day I returned--Citi did not even send the card for almost two weeks, and it arrived in an AAdvantage branded 3/4" thick box via FedEx.
In the end, I get a notice that there's a package in my lobby on the day I returned--Citi did not even send the card for almost two weeks, and it arrived in an AAdvantage branded 3/4" thick box via FedEx.
Last edited by NYC Flyer; Apr 4, 2023 at 9:38 am Reason: gr, sp
#73
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Here and there
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 1,561
Small quirk that may be helpful to know...I just (re)acquired this card. Application website said card would arrive in an unmarked envelope. Received email that it was on the way and to call by XX date if card had not arrived. I was out of town for an extended period and did not return until about 3 days after the date had passed. I was slightly concerned they might have killed the card due to lack of activation and I'd have to go through the rigmarole of getting a replacement sent.
In the end, I get a notice that there's a package in my lobby on the day I returned--Citi did not even send the card for almost two weeks, and it arrived in an AAdvantage branded 3/4" thick box via FedEx.
In the end, I get a notice that there's a package in my lobby on the day I returned--Citi did not even send the card for almost two weeks, and it arrived in an AAdvantage branded 3/4" thick box via FedEx.
#75
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Stilllwater OK (SWO)
Programs: AAdvantage ExecPlat, World of Hyatt Globalist, plain "member" of Marriott, IHG, enterprise, etc.
Posts: 1,890
It should always have been about how often you make use of the AC. You can get all the other benefits from a card with a $99 AF that's waived the first year and gives you a $125 flight credit once a year after some amount of minimum spend. You are basically paying $500/year for the AC access.
It's a pretty terrible card overall too, with low earnings and no good travel benefits. It's basically just a discounted AC membership.
It's a pretty terrible card overall too, with low earnings and no good travel benefits. It's basically just a discounted AC membership.
But that card doesn’t give you Priority AAccess, which you miss when you’re not an elite-level FF. Agree that the other perks are anemic; UA’s Club Card, by comparison, earns 4x miles on UA purchases, 2x on restaurants and other travel, and has trip delay/cancellation and baggage delay insurance.
CJ
CJ
1. The ~$450 Annual fee card gets you Group 4 boarding, the $100 annual fee card gets you Group 5 boarding. If you are group 5, you might as well be group 8.
2. The $450 Annual fee gets you Priority Check-in Access, the $100 fee card doesn't. I am a big fan of going to the Priority check in lane (even when I travel alone), vs being scuttled towards a self-check in machine and having to tag all my own bags and flip through all those screens. And when I was towing around a child and all that crap, it was a god-send at big airports just walking up to a counter than waiting in a long line just to do all the work myself with getting my bags tagged.
3. The $450 annual fee gets priority bag tags. Which when it works, is nice (though, not that big of a deal).
(and $125 after $20,000 in purchases just makes up for the opportunity costs by not using better cash back cards. I can get $400 cash back on $20,000 spend, for example, which is worth more to me than $125 + 20,000 AA miles (which I value at 1-1.5 cents per mile, generally speaking). So the 95$ or whatever annual fee should not be discounted!)
Edit: and keep in mind, this was before the LP system. So spending on a card was pretty much just a value proposition for redeemable miles. Now, if you are spending on the card to get LPs then valuations of things may be different and that 20K spend may occur either way, in which case, you could discount the 95$ annual fee.
Last edited by MarkOK; Apr 4, 2023 at 2:06 pm