I can confirm that buying an AA giftcard works. I bought a $150 GC and was credited back the $150 a few days later when the statement closed. Even better, I got 300 miles from the transaction due to double miles for AA purchases! Going the GC route is a great option if you have no plans on buying an AA ticket within the next year. The statement credit is only good for 12 months but the GC doesn't expire. The only noteworthy limitations for the GC (as printed on mine) are you can't use it towards Admiral's club passes or towards ticket upgrades.

Does the AA purchase need to be $150+ ?

Pay day!
 

As I was promised, 73,250 miles posted to my AAdvantage account:

2,500 base spend
50,000 for spending the required $2500 in 4 months
20,000 'sympathy bonus' (for lack of a better term)
+ 750 For spending $750 or more in a statement cycle.
_______
73,250 Total miles

...and 7.325% closer to my 2nd million :)

Also got the $85 statement credit too.


So, for those who signed up for the lesser offer and are looking to get a 'bump', definitely get through to the retention department, they definitely have the tools to make your day better.

just got this offer, i think its a bit diff from others mentioned:

One time $150 statement credit for the first eligible American Airlines purchase made within 12 months of cardmembership1
Earn 50,000 American Airlines AAdvantage® bonus miles after $3,000 in purchases within the first 4 months of cardmembership2 — enough for two domestic round-trip flight awards4
Receive one $99 Companion Certificate — purchase a qualifying domestic round-trip coach fare on American Airlines and pay $99 (plus taxes and fees) for a select economy fare for your companion3

and its for visa sig / amex / business visa. would have been nice had it not been a domestic companion ticket with fees and taxes, as thats all domestic tickets really are, and none of my 3 airports fly AA to alaska. idk if ill apply.

The difference between this and the away7.citicards.com offer seems to be the companion certificate instead of Away7's two Admirals Club day passes plus double miles on AA purchases for 12 months.

So if the companion certificate doesn't sound like it'll work out for you, think about whether the two day passes for an AA lounge plus double miles on AA purchases for a year would work better (and if so, just use the public Away7 offer).

Meanwhile, did your offer with the companion certificate come with a short website URL to apply at (by "short" I mean one that's easy to retype, like "away7.citicards.com"), or did it look targeted?

I got a targeted Citi 50k AA offer in the mail, but I recently got approved and got my card for the Citi Business 75K AA. Will I be considered a new customer if I apply for the Citi Personal 50K offer? Can I can pass this targeted offer to my husband who is not on my Citi business card however he was a Citi personal AA customer about 3 years ago? Can you pass targeted offers to other people?

If you could simply pass targeted offers on, they wouldn't be very targeted, would they? I seriously doubt it.

For most banks/cards I agree but this doesn't seem to be the case with Citi or at least Citi AA cards. The famous 75k offers were very much "targeted" with no public landing page available.

I just looked up a link on this forum and it takes me to the same offer as I got in my email so I guess it's not very targeted.

Still, do you think I would be considered a new customer if I go for the personal card since I have the business card? Do you think my husband would be considered a new customer after not having a personal card for 3 years?

@sdsearch the url is long (https://www.citicards.com/cards/acq/...&screenID=3001) and the bottom of the email says "This offer is by invitation only and non-transferable." this one also gives 2points per $1 spent on AA:

Two AAdvantage® miles for every $1 you spend on eligible American Airlines purchases and one mile per $1 spent on other purchases for the first 12 months of cardmembership.5, 6 After the first 12 months, continue to earn one mile per $1 spent on purchases6

The short answers are yes and yes. You really should read the second post of this thread: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/miles...t-2-first.html

Good eye on that small print! Thank you! I'm going to apply for the personal today. I'm also going to apply for a Delta Amex Skymiles for 30K at the same time in two browsers. I've just started posting but I've been watching this forum for a while and I am trying to pick up the strategies.

https://www.deltaamexcard.com/Offer/BF2.aspx
https://www.deltaamexcard.com/Offer/BF2.aspx

NO guaranteeing that link will work for you, considering the email defo said targeted, but you can call and check if you want. they also included links for amex & visa business that had equal bonuses.

I recently applied for the business card and was immediately hit with a "pending" card application. When I called to have the application moved along I was told that I needed to submit some sort of proof of address.

I'm not concerned with verifying the address, but they did give me 30 days to respond. Would it be a bad idea to wait a couple of weeks to submit my proof of address? Would they need to do another hard pull on my credit if I do this, or will they still use the original pull? The only reason I'm considering doing this is to help spread out the timing on spending requirements for all the cards I applied for. Any input would be appreciated, thanks!

I'm pretty sure they use the same pull within a 30-day timeframe.