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Citi Executive AA MasterCard [October 2013 - September 2014]

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For questions NOT related to the application process - such as experiences using benefits - refer to the AA forum thread on this card: AA Citibank Executive / AAdvantage World Elite MasterCard (Master Thread)

Recommended Application Procedure:
Clear cache and cookies prior to applying or use an incognito or private browsing session to apply. Opening multiple different apps in different windows or tabs or failing to clear cookies/cache has resulted in people receiving a lesser offer for some Citi cards. [B]We do not know, and Citi has not indicated, how long these offers will last. Citi has left other offers alive for over a year beyond the 'apply by' date in the past. These links could be here all year or gone tomorrow. If the application loads, it is good, based on past Citi applications that survived past the landing page expiration, regardless of any posted or advertised 'apply by' date.

MOST CURRENT LINKS:

As of 8/19/14, the 60K+ links are no longer working, and give the following error:
A system error has caused a delay in processing your application. Please try again later.

[This link stopped working for a few days in July but seems to be working again] Many thanks to LM225 - Citi AA Executive Personal Mastercard, 100,000 miles after $10,000 spend in 3 months, Admirals Club access for cardholder and family or cardholder and two guests, up to $200 in statement credits. $450 annual fee, not waived. Landing page no longer loads as of 6/24.


The landing page asks for a first and last name but the application loads with or without the landing page. This is a CHIP and Signature card. If you go through the landing page, please use any referral code given to you by an AC rep.

For alternate 100K links, see Post #6084. https://www.citicards.com/cards/acq/...&screenID=3001

Many thanks to lobo411 - Citi AA Executive Personal Mastercard, 75,000 miles after $7500 spend in 3 months, Admirals Club access for cardholder and family or cardholder and two guests, up to $100 in statement credits. $450 annual fee, not waived. No landing page. This is a CHIP and Signature card. Bonus confirmed in posts 136 and 142. Still working: There is also a public version of this offer Citi AA Mastercard, 75,000 miles, Landing page available here. HT Belllaaa.

Many thanks to cerealmarketer - Citi AA Executive Personal Mastercard, 60,000 miles after $5k spend in 3 months, Admirals Club access for cardholder and family or cardholder and two guests. $450 annual fee, not waived. Landing page available here. This is a CHIP and Signature card. Landing page for 60K for $5K, with $100 statement credit and application.

Current 50K public offer: (Be carefull this link is showing as 30k in citi system, use other link for 50k) Landing page for 50K for $5K spending, no statement credit and application.

New 50k offer:
Landing page for New 50K for $5K spending, no statement credit - Application Link WARNING: This landing page contains the following in the Footnotes: "American Airlines AAdvantage bonus miles are not available if you have had a Citi Executive / AAdvantage World EliteTM MasterCard opened or closed in the past 18 months." But the app link directly following it goes to a totally different app page, which is reported to be working as usual.


EXPEDITED SHIPPING
While reconsideration/application reps do not seem to be aware of this, these cards are expedited and usually arrive 1-2 days after approval.The CSR will not take a request to expedite the card.

Who is eligible for this card? Anyone as long as you can be approved for the minimum $5K credit line, subject to the standard Citi rules of 1 Citi app or card of any kind per 8 days and 2 Citi cards or apps of any kind per 65 days. It is always advisable to wait 65 days from any type of Citi denial before applying for another Citi card. Many have reported getting approved for this card in spite of having several open AA cards over the past year as well as having previously had this card.

Not sure about the 8 and 65 day rules? If your most recent application for any Citi card is less than click here - 8 days ago, you need to wait. Also, if your previous (second-to-last) Citi application is less than click here - 65 days ago, you need to wait. These are not rules published or known by Citi CSRs but rather based on thousands of Citi card applications and datapoints across several threads.

This card can be churned. Recent datapoints concerning multiple Executive cards include posts 917, 1059 and starting at 1365. For in-depth datapoints and advice on churning Citi cards, read and study the extensive wiki posts in the HH thread and the AA Plat/gold thread. Click the plus on the right hand side of the wiki if you do not see the wiki text. Datapoints for bonus points posting on multiple cards include post 2579.


Getting around the $450 annual fee: Some have been able to meet the spending requirement before the first statement posts and then cancel and have the fee refunded after the miles post. Details and datapoints include starting at post 74. T&C state that the card must be cancelled within 30 days of the fee posting to get it refunded. Potential problems with this plans include a very short (1 week or less) first "month" as well as delays in miles posting which have been reported by several FTers here http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/credi...ost-first.html. YMMV. If paying $250-$450 for a year's access to Admirals Clubs and the 60K-100K miles is a deal breaker, this card may not be for you.

Once you cancel the card (within the 37 day window of AF posting) the refund will post on the account between 1-3 business days.

Retention Bonus Offers: User have been offered the following retention bonus offers when calling to cancel the card:

- 5,000 points + $100 credit with $1,500 spend per month for 3 months 5333
- 2 additional club member passes 6862
- 1,000 bonus miles each month for 16 month, min $1k spend/month 6862

Already a member? If you already purchased an AC membership (for example, using the credit from Amex Plat) and apply and are approved for this card, AA will refund you the pro-rated AF from any time left on your membership.

When do miles post? Usually a few days after your statement closes. In some cases your statement will show the correct miles earned but will show 0 miles reported to AA. In this case see this thread.

Please post more experiences about cancelling to avoid the $450 fee


Helpful points from post #3794 and others, especially for those new to Citi:
1) Citi CSRs are clueless, so disregard everything they say that seems to contradict anything you have read on F/T. And take everything else with a big grain of salt. I was told 3 times VERY CLEARLY "You will not got your annual fee refunded" while I was cancelling, but I did get it.

2a) With Citi, if you are approved for a card, and meet the minimum spend requirement, you will get the bonus listed for the offer you applied for. Every time ! Unlike Chase or AMEX, who will send you a card, wait for you to pay the fee and spend, and then say "sorry, you don't qualify for a bonus". If Citi doesn't intend to give you the bonus, they will just deny your app. They won't even do a pull, they will just instantly deny your app. If they send you the card, and you meet the spend on time, you will get the bonus. My attorney insists I add "that could change tomorrow", but from the Big Bang thru today, that has always been true.

2b) Another helpful post discussing timeframe for meeting min spend: 6279

3) Any expectation that Citi will do things that make sense is just plain silly. They won't.

Citibank Contacts/Resources
  • Application status: https://www.accountonline.com/cards/...?screenID=3187
  • (800) 695-5171 Personal Application Status and Reconsideration Line with live rep
  • (800) 763-9795 General Personal Application Inquiries with live rep
  • (866) 606-2787 General Application and Account Questions with live rep
  • (888) 201-4523 Application status
  • (866) 606-2961 Reconsideration Line.
  • Twitter : @AskCiti. Very powerful tool.
  • Executive Office - useful for getting a more empowered agent for reconsideration purposes: CitiBank Executive Review Department, P.O. Box 6000, Sioux Falls, SD 57117
Admiral Club Access: You do not need to be flying AA that particular day of travel. (Ex: you're flying DL on the day of travel...you could still enter the AC lounge, even though you're not on an AA flight that day.) Beware, though, that individual lounges have individual rules (see the link below). Alternate rules usually come w/ Qantas lounges, not AA lounges. Furthermore, AC access "comes with" US Air access (19 locations). An authorized user does not have AC access unless they are with the primary card holder. The authorized user's card will have the "Admiral Club" language omitted from the back of their card.

For reference, an AC lounge list: http://www.aa.com/i18n/travelInforma...#admirals-club
For questions and discussions on lounge access: Help Desk: Lounge Access and Lounge Access Rules

$200 Statement Credit on any purchase:

Multiple datapoints within this thread as well as multiple confirmations from CSRs say that the $200 statement credit is for any purchase.

Also, please note that these cards do not include the 10% miles rebate offered by some other Citi AA products.

What about the EQM? AA tracks your miles earned on Executive card(s) and adds 10K Elite Qualifying Miles to your EQM balance once you earn 40,000 miles during a calendar year on Executive card(s). Any number of Executive cards can add up to the 40K, and you cannot earn more than 10K EQM each year. No redeemable miles are added, and this is of no consequence or value unless you will also earn at least 15K additional EQM in a given year by flying and 10K will bump you up to the next status level.

Direct phone number to Citi Fraud Prevention department: +18664705331

Concierge service enrollment (allows for electronic requests). Concierge number is +18778812668

Here are the minimum credit limit required amounts in order to keep an account open (for purposes of new card applications and reconsiderations)
Citi Amex 1k (likely citi gold as well)
Citi Visa signature/world MasterCard 3k
Citi World elite Mastercards (including exec) 5k


Advice to those new to citi American Airlines cards,

If you are just starting out please apply and use the lower level citi AA card for a while before moving on to this thread and card. This will help you in the long run in more ways than one. Most of us here have opened and used lower level AA cards before moving on to this thread and card
Also,
Check out this thread
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/citi-...ost-first.html
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Citi Executive AA MasterCard [October 2013 - September 2014]

Old Feb 12, 2014, 8:23 am
  #1816  
 
Join Date: Jul 2011
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Originally Posted by fckzzz
Does anyone know if AUs get access to the Admiral's too?
Nope.
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Old Feb 12, 2014, 8:26 am
  #1817  
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Originally Posted by bobby21
Did anyone get the 100k miles yet? Everyone is reporting the 100k miles never went to AA. Do we care?
Those who care are those that don't plan to keep the card past the first 30 days.

Datapoint: Just received UPS My Choice verification that my card is en route today!

Two days is a great turnaround.
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Old Feb 12, 2014, 8:27 am
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Originally Posted by compddd
Did anyone try for card #2 today? Someone on DDF got denied for duplicate app when they tried for #2 this morning.
I'm praying this isn't the case...
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Old Feb 12, 2014, 8:30 am
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No one else has tried for #2 today yet? I can try right now, but do they even pull your CR if they consider it a duplicate app?
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Old Feb 12, 2014, 8:31 am
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Originally Posted by compddd
No one else has tried for #2 today yet? I can try right now, but do they even pull your CR if they consider it a duplicate app?
I don't believe they do, at least it hasnt been that way in the past when that occured to me. Doesn't even reach the level of a pull.
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Old Feb 12, 2014, 8:35 am
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Join Date: Jan 2014
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Originally Posted by kwbtraveler
Update: Mrs Traveler called back yesterday. She really tried to get them to reconsider her application; even suggesting that they move some credit around. The CSR said, "Sorry Mrs Traveler but you have had an application with Citi for another card in mid December; and you must wait 60 days between applications".

Now I thought the rule for Citi was no two (2) applications can be submitted within a 60 day (65 day to be safe) period. She applied for Citi HH Card on Nov 27 (approved) and Citi AA Card on Dec 18 (approved).

Has Citi recently changed its policy or was the CSR simply mistaken?
this just happened to me. I called 3 times before I was approved. Just keep calling. I had applied for the premier card on January 1st and was approved. After receiving my card in the mail, I received a letter saying my app for the same card was denied. Thought it was weird, didn't think anything of it. Called to see if I could get this card approved and they told me I had too many apps. After continuing to call, they finally approved me.

My advice would be to keep calling! The second person who called me told me that an app on January 1st and now was too frequent, but they just didn't know what they were talking about.
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Old Feb 12, 2014, 8:36 am
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I'm one of the two on this thread who was told by a CSR they wouldn't get the bonus for app #2....

Anyways, as you know, I told them to go ahead w/ the app anyway, hoping the CSR was a dope...

Got the TCs today overnighted via UPS.

"Make the most of your card: Earn 100,000 Americal Airlines AAdvantage miles after spending $10,000..."

Step in the right direction
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Old Feb 12, 2014, 8:43 am
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Originally Posted by compddd
Did anyone try for card #2 today? Someone on DDF got denied for duplicate app when they tried for #2 this morning.
Could be less than 8 days after the 1st app. "Duplicate" usually means that.
I hope as I need to wait a few more days to lose a couple of inquires
from my previous Citi run in Aug
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Old Feb 12, 2014, 8:43 am
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Join Date: Sep 2013
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Originally Posted by leftpinky
probably not, I would bet 100k miles you won't be getting all the miles mentioned in your post. But you might get 200k if you can do that spend in 90 days.
Yes, clearly she misspoke.
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Old Feb 12, 2014, 8:48 am
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Can anyone explain this me when I can apply again.
Biz Application was on Dec 8th and this was on jan 29.
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Old Feb 12, 2014, 8:48 am
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Join Date: Jul 2004
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Originally Posted by joykid
Is it okay if I pay half first (pay $5000 first from $10,000 total balance) for the 1st card since my BB is maxed out for this month ($5000 max/month)....will it affect the recon line rep to approve my app when I apply for 2nd card?
You clearly have no idea how credit cards work. At all!!
YES, IF YOU NEED TO MOVE CREDIT, IT WILL HAVE TO BE AVAILABLE ON THE CARD. If you are so worried about needing card #1 paid in order to have an available line for card #2, then sorry, but you are in way over your head already. No one knows what will affect recon's decision to approve you or not, and available credit is just one of many things they consider. Just pay off your card & then apply. Period. If you can't, then you really should have a better exit strategy before going forward.
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Old Feb 12, 2014, 8:51 am
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Join Date: Feb 2014
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Originally Posted by compddd
Did anyone try for card #2 today? Someone on DDF got denied for duplicate app when they tried for #2 this morning.
I just applied for card #2. got approved after call. The rep. did mention to me that is the same product as I applied on 1/29. But I didn't confirm bonus stuff with her.
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Old Feb 12, 2014, 8:54 am
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Originally Posted by compddd
Did anyone try for card #2 today? Someone on DDF got denied for duplicate app when they tried for #2 this morning.
Applied for #2 this morning, approved after calling and moving credit lines.
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Old Feb 12, 2014, 8:54 am
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Originally Posted by ascg
Can anyone explain this me when I can apply again.
Biz Application was on Dec 8th and this was on jan 29.
Today or tomorrow to play safe.
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Old Feb 12, 2014, 8:55 am
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I have spend $10,000 already and $200 statement credit showed up before the end of the billing cycle. Miles haven't posted yet. So, the total balance in the statement is now below $10,000 due to the $200 statement credit. Will the $200 statement credit count against the $10,000 spend requirement?
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