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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]
#7486
Join Date: May 2014
Location: SoCal
Posts: 2,164
in the package that came with your card there is "CARD AGREEMENT" PAGE 5/FEES/Annual Membership fees, if you read it will tell you if you cancel your card with 30 days from the statement date or the delivery date, (people here figured that this is 37 days), so cancel after the second statement when you see your miles posted, that should give you a couple days before day 37. on a different note $250 is a small price to pay for 110K miles.
#7488
Join Date: May 2014
Location: SoCal
Posts: 2,164
Not True. Your card agreement first Page tells you that you have an initial revolving credit limit and it came with your card, on the other hand you have NO Spending limits, so if you go over the limit they will "evaluate your charges" .. do you really want citi to evaluate your charges?!
#7489
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: OC/LAX
Posts: 376
I read mentions of this but not sure of what the result was:
For people denied for the 8/65 day rule, if you call back in a few days when the 65 days are definitely up, is there a chance for recon and approval? I applied on day 63 and I got the message saying your app requires further processing, I called in and she said that it was denied because it was within 60 days. I'm sure that it wasn't within 60 days though. When I called again, he said the same thing but he also said that they didn't pull my credit because of the automatic denial by the system, does that mean I can just reapply in like 2 days when the 65 days are up??
For people denied for the 8/65 day rule, if you call back in a few days when the 65 days are definitely up, is there a chance for recon and approval? I applied on day 63 and I got the message saying your app requires further processing, I called in and she said that it was denied because it was within 60 days. I'm sure that it wasn't within 60 days though. When I called again, he said the same thing but he also said that they didn't pull my credit because of the automatic denial by the system, does that mean I can just reapply in like 2 days when the 65 days are up??
Last edited by aceofcards; Jul 4, 2014 at 8:42 pm
#7490
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 1,269
I thought the point of freezing a credit report was to prevent new accounts being opened fraudulently under your name. Any accounts you actually opened should still show up on your credit report whether it was frozen or not, right?
#7491
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 1,273
I read mentions of this but not sure of what the result was:
For people denied for the 8/65 day rule, if you call back in a few days when the 65 days are definitely up, is there a chance for recon and approval? I applied on day 63 and I got the message saying your app requires further processing, I called in and she said that it was denied because it was within 60 days. I'm sure that it wasn't within 60 days though. When I called again, he said the same thing but he also said that they didn't pull my credit because of the automatic denial by the system, does that mean I can just reapply in like 2 days when the 65 days are up??
For people denied for the 8/65 day rule, if you call back in a few days when the 65 days are definitely up, is there a chance for recon and approval? I applied on day 63 and I got the message saying your app requires further processing, I called in and she said that it was denied because it was within 60 days. I'm sure that it wasn't within 60 days though. When I called again, he said the same thing but he also said that they didn't pull my credit because of the automatic denial by the system, does that mean I can just reapply in like 2 days when the 65 days are up??
#7492
Join Date: Jun 2013
Posts: 531
1. Freezing a credit report can be done for a variety of purposes, including managing the number of pulls with each bureau. http://rapidtravelchai.boardingarea....of-transunion/
2. New accounts will still be reported to and recorded by the bureau when frozen (though obviously not hard pulls as they are not possible)
3. If you try to pull your own credit while frozen, even through annualcreditreport.com, it will come back blank because of the freeze. To see it you will have to request a temporary or permanent unfreeze from the bureau. You may have to beg to get your "free" report back because you still used it, it just came back blank. I successfully got a credit for a paid blank report that I got from Credit Sesame when I forgot I was frozen (for reason #1)
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#7493
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 1,269
There are a few different things going on here in this series of posts, not everyone is talking about the same thing. I'll try to clarify.
1. Freezing a credit report can be done for a variety of purposes, including managing the number of pulls with each bureau. http://rapidtravelchai.boardingarea....of-transunion/
2. New accounts will still be reported to and recorded by the bureau when frozen (though obviously not hard pulls as they are not possible)
3. If you try to pull your own credit while frozen, even through annualcreditreport.com, it will come back blank because of the freeze. To see it you will have to request a temporary or permanent unfreeze from the bureau. You may have to beg to get your "free" report back because you still used it, it just came back blank. I successfully got a credit for a paid blank report that I got from Credit Sesame when I forgot I was frozen (for reason #1)
1. Freezing a credit report can be done for a variety of purposes, including managing the number of pulls with each bureau. http://rapidtravelchai.boardingarea....of-transunion/
2. New accounts will still be reported to and recorded by the bureau when frozen (though obviously not hard pulls as they are not possible)
3. If you try to pull your own credit while frozen, even through annualcreditreport.com, it will come back blank because of the freeze. To see it you will have to request a temporary or permanent unfreeze from the bureau. You may have to beg to get your "free" report back because you still used it, it just came back blank. I successfully got a credit for a paid blank report that I got from Credit Sesame when I forgot I was frozen (for reason #1)
#7494
Moderator: Travel Buzz
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Sunny San Diego
Posts: 3,099
Does anyone know if there is a way (short of calling) to check your app history? I applied for one in mid May, but I do not recall the exact date. Tried searching my email, but I got nothing for that app (which is weird since the Apr and June app I had received emails).
#7495
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Miami
Programs: AA Executive Platinum, Iberia Plus Plata, SPG Gold
Posts: 23
Does anyone have any experience trying to get up to a $40,000 spend to trigger the 10K EQMs within time to cancel the card? Thanks.
#7496
Join Date: Jan 2014
Programs: SPG Platinum, Marriott LT Platinum, Hilton Diamond, Hyatt Globalist, AA Platinum Pro, AS MVP Gold
Posts: 215
I want to chime in a bit regarding 10K EQMs, I apologize if this has already been mentioned. I actually received 10k EQM after meeting another 10k spending (only spent the required ~10k on all cards) on my 4th card - which means the 10k EQM is account based instead of individual card based.
I'm on my 5th AA Executive Card (already has a AA Plat card for 12k limit), had to call in on all of my Citi applications.
#1 - 16k limit
#2 - 5k limit
#3 - 5k limit
#4 - 5k limit
#5 - back to 16k limit
I'm on my 5th AA Executive Card (already has a AA Plat card for 12k limit), had to call in on all of my Citi applications.
#1 - 16k limit
#2 - 5k limit
#3 - 5k limit
#4 - 5k limit
#5 - back to 16k limit
#7497
Formerly known as FTRox87
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: TX
Programs: AA/US 1M, AS, BA, CX, EK, EY, JL, KE, LH, NH, OS, QF, QR, TG, UA/CO | *$G
Posts: 1,428
so tempted to apply on day 60/61 haha but think I'm gonna hold off till atleast day 63/64 and hope for that auto approval instead of calling it in.
#7498
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Miami
Programs: AA Executive Platinum, Iberia Plus Plata, SPG Gold
Posts: 23
I want to chime in a bit regarding 10K EQMs, I apologize if this has already been mentioned. I actually received 10k EQM after meeting another 10k spending (only spent the required ~10k on all cards) on my 4th card - which means the 10k EQM is account based instead of individual card based.
I'm on my 5th AA Executive Card (already has a AA Plat card for 12k limit), had to call in on all of my Citi applications.
#1 - 16k limit
#2 - 5k limit
#3 - 5k limit
#4 - 5k limit
#5 - back to 16k limit
I'm on my 5th AA Executive Card (already has a AA Plat card for 12k limit), had to call in on all of my Citi applications.
#1 - 16k limit
#2 - 5k limit
#3 - 5k limit
#4 - 5k limit
#5 - back to 16k limit
#7499
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: SFO
Programs: AC SE, AA EXP MM, UA Gold MM, Hyatt Glob, Marriott Titanium, HH Dia, IHG Plat
Posts: 4,777
Has anyone exceeded the credit limit ever? The exec card says there is no limit. I have only a 5k CL and need to meet the spend of 10k, preferably without pre-paying if possible. I do have 50k of unused CL with other citi cards. Should I call in advance and tell citi before attempting a big charge?
#7500
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 1,570
I want to chime in a bit regarding 10K EQMs, I apologize if this has already been mentioned. I actually received 10k EQM after meeting another 10k spending (only spent the required ~10k on all cards) on my 4th card - which means the 10k EQM is account based instead of individual card based.
From the Wiki:
"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..."