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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:
[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.
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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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.
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
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
Citi Executive AA MasterCard [October 2013 - September 2014]
Jun 26, 2014, 8:38 am
#7231
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Washington D.C. via Sao Paulo via Houston via Washington D.C. via Boston via New York
Posts: 1,172
Loads for me - http://www.aa.com/i18n/disclaimers/BP-ACExec-75K.jsp
Jun 26, 2014, 8:46 am
#7232
Join Date: Feb 2014
Posts: 188
Wife applied for #4 on 6/25 (day 63 of 8/65 rule), got pending message. Called in morning of day 64 and was approved.
Jun 26, 2014, 9:14 am
#7233
Join Date: Jun 2012
Posts: 336
Quick question about credits. I know that the $200 credit will not affect the bonus miles once $10K is spent.
A couple weeks ago, I called the retention department and got a $95 statement credit after 5 purchases for my "fee free" companion-to-my-MC Citi/AAdvantage AmEx card. I took this bonus to off-set the fee for the Exec. After experiencing numerous issues with my mail delivery, I didn't want the check sent in the mail (as I won't be spending on that card again in the near future), so I requested the credit be moved over to the Exec.
I know when it's a credit for returned items, you have to take it into account when figuring your spending. Obviously, this is different.
I think I know the answer (and yes, I have asked Customer Service....but want to double-check here), but here's my question: the $95 credit to my Exec WON'T cause me to have to spend another $95 to meet the $10K spending requirement, correct?
THANKS!
A couple weeks ago, I called the retention department and got a $95 statement credit after 5 purchases for my "fee free" companion-to-my-MC Citi/AAdvantage AmEx card. I took this bonus to off-set the fee for the Exec. After experiencing numerous issues with my mail delivery, I didn't want the check sent in the mail (as I won't be spending on that card again in the near future), so I requested the credit be moved over to the Exec.
I know when it's a credit for returned items, you have to take it into account when figuring your spending. Obviously, this is different.
I think I know the answer (and yes, I have asked Customer Service....but want to double-check here), but here's my question: the $95 credit to my Exec WON'T cause me to have to spend another $95 to meet the $10K spending requirement, correct?
THANKS!
Jun 26, 2014, 9:25 am
#7234
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 8
I used the direct application link in the wiki and was approved online this morning. A little disconcerting since there's nothing on the application to indicate the offer... but I have faith in the wisdom of FT. I called in and CSR confirmed the offer is for 100k miles with $200 statement credit for any $200 in purchase. Now to figure out how to meet the spend requirement without screwing up my annual spend on my Chase card that still gives me PQMs on United, or figuring out if those PQMs will even matter. Happy Thursday!
Jun 26, 2014, 9:29 am
#7235
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: San Antonio
Programs: AS MVP
Posts: 2,276
miles4sheli - The application of a credit from another card (which is basically a payment) will not affect you need to make $10,000 in purchases. Although I like to go over by a hundred or so anyway.
Jun 26, 2014, 9:30 am
#7236
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: NYC
Posts: 365
Anybody knows if it's Approved or Processing?
Need to apply for an SPG card (AFAIK same day is better, no?) w/ 30K offer, don't know if it will affect the outcome of this application.
Rep told me my limit is 5K, when I asked if it's approval, he said that takes 48 hours..
Jun 26, 2014, 10:04 am
#7237
Join Date: Aug 2011
Programs: many
Posts: 1,437
Loads for me - http://www.aa.com/i18n/disclaimers/BP-ACExec-75K.jsp
Jun 26, 2014, 10:17 am
#7238
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 69
Got #3 today on Day 65. Confirmed 100k offer and $200 credit. Used the working link in the wiki.
Jun 26, 2014, 10:27 am
#7239
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 1,147
Just applied for #3, got pending, called in and was approved for $5K limit (given option to move credit around if so desired). Bonus was confirmed at 100K/$10K spend
Jun 26, 2014, 10:35 am
#7240
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 1,147
Also, a question:
My friend applied for Citi Exec #1 on 15 April and was approved. He then applied for Citi Exec #2 on 1 June and was declined as they told him the apps were "too recent." He was not in the 8/65 day rule, so that's really strange to me. He says they told him it was a "policy decline" and that they did not even pull his credit. I haven't heard of this situation. He thinks he should just submit another app while he can but I'm sort of hesitant because of this strange sequence of events.
Would anyone happen to have any advice?
My friend applied for Citi Exec #1 on 15 April and was approved. He then applied for Citi Exec #2 on 1 June and was declined as they told him the apps were "too recent." He was not in the 8/65 day rule, so that's really strange to me. He says they told him it was a "policy decline" and that they did not even pull his credit. I haven't heard of this situation. He thinks he should just submit another app while he can but I'm sort of hesitant because of this strange sequence of events.
Would anyone happen to have any advice?
Jun 26, 2014, 10:50 am
#7241
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 731
Just applied via the link in the wiki. Had to call the number and a rep approved me over the phone after verifying my birth date and phone number.
Thanks FT!
Thanks FT!
Jun 26, 2014, 10:53 am
#7242
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: SFO
Programs: OZ *G; HH Diamond;
Posts: 1,644
Also, a question:
My friend applied for Citi Exec #1 on 15 April and was approved. He then applied for Citi Exec #2 on 1 June and was declined as they told him the apps were "too recent." He was not in the 8/65 day rule, so that's really strange to me. He says they told him it was a "policy decline" and that they did not even pull his credit. I haven't heard of this situation. He thinks he should just submit another app while he can but I'm sort of hesitant because of this strange sequence of events.
Would anyone happen to have any advice?
My friend applied for Citi Exec #1 on 15 April and was approved. He then applied for Citi Exec #2 on 1 June and was declined as they told him the apps were "too recent." He was not in the 8/65 day rule, so that's really strange to me. He says they told him it was a "policy decline" and that they did not even pull his credit. I haven't heard of this situation. He thinks he should just submit another app while he can but I'm sort of hesitant because of this strange sequence of events.
Would anyone happen to have any advice?
Jun 26, 2014, 11:20 am
#7243
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Maui, HI
Posts: 170
When I did my app for #4, Citi told me the same thing - too many apps in a short time. All apps were within the 65/8 rule. (2/8, 3/21, 5/5, #4 denied on 5/25 with a couple of calls to recon over the following week. They said it was the system and they couldn't over ride it, but I should try again "in a while". They had the right dates. I tried to resurrect the app yesterday, but had to reapply instead. #4 approved after the ordinary call in (6/25).
There's no hp when they deny for too many apps, but they do have a record of it in their system.
There's no hp when they deny for too many apps, but they do have a record of it in their system.
Jun 26, 2014, 11:23 am
#7244
Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 1,263
Also, a question:
My friend applied for Citi Exec #1 on 15 April and was approved. He then applied for Citi Exec #2 on 1 June and was declined as they told him the apps were "too recent." He was not in the 8/65 day rule, so that's really strange to me. He says they told him it was a "policy decline" and that they did not even pull his credit. I haven't heard of this situation. He thinks he should just submit another app while he can but I'm sort of hesitant because of this strange sequence of events.
Would anyone happen to have any advice?
My friend applied for Citi Exec #1 on 15 April and was approved. He then applied for Citi Exec #2 on 1 June and was declined as they told him the apps were "too recent." He was not in the 8/65 day rule, so that's really strange to me. He says they told him it was a "policy decline" and that they did not even pull his credit. I haven't heard of this situation. He thinks he should just submit another app while he can but I'm sort of hesitant because of this strange sequence of events.
Would anyone happen to have any advice?
Jun 26, 2014, 11:29 am
#7245
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: NYC
Programs: United 1P
Posts: 688
As mentioned upthread, my sister experienced the same thing and her #1 and #2 apps were almost 2 weeks apart. It was quickly dismissed by other members as either I didn't know what I was talking about and to not believe Citi reps. My sister has since called back and was given the same explanation by another rep. #1 and #2 apps too close together. I know the dates she applied as I sent her the links on 6/8 and 6/22.