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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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Old Jul 11, 2014, 12:43 pm
  #7756  
 
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: New York City
Posts: 186
Originally Posted by TravelPhotographer

If offer is dead, do we treat apply as "rejection" wrt 8-day & 65-day "rules"????


I'll second that question!

I applied for the 100,000 offer, and the CR said it will take 7-10 days for a decision. If I find that Citi has refused me because the offer is no longer valid, do I need to wait before applying again for one of the Executive cards still available? I hope not, because I'm about to go on a trip, and could really use it.
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Old Jul 11, 2014, 12:52 pm
  #7757  
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Join Date: Sep 2012
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well first you need to figure out your apps tatus. cause a rejected app is diff from a cancelled app. so it depends on what actually happened. at the fringe with such zombie links, its possible the system will process your app and do a HP only to end up cancelling the app citing it as invalid.

on the other hand, there may not be a HP and app goes thru manually as has been indicated by CSR only to be rejected for countless reasons.


if your app is rejected it counts the same as an approval. so you gotta stick to the 8/65 day rule.
if your app is cancelled, thats a bit of a gray area cause technically CSR and the computer can still see it but should ignore it due to its status as it never exited.


only way to know for sure is when you make that 'second' app attempt for an on-going offer and see how its processed. so if you're not worried about piling up HPs, go for it, whats the worse that can happen? if you applied too soon, due to the prev app counting, you can always wait out the T+8 days to get them to reconsider.

this would obv not work if it was your 3rd app as it would expire long before 65 days were up.
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Old Jul 11, 2014, 12:53 pm
  #7758  
 
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 31
Some reminders about the 75K offer:

1. There is no $200 credit statement after first purchase like with the 100K deal.

2. When you are moving credit limits from other cards, remember that the minimum spend for this one is only $7500. I wasn't thinking this morning and moved $5K CL from another card to the new one to give me $10K CL total, which was of course $2,500 more than was necessary.
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Old Jul 11, 2014, 1:04 pm
  #7759  
 
Join Date: May 2009
Location: SEA
Programs: AA EXP (2.5MM), Hilton Gold, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 4,859
We currently have standard Citi AA card but with some wedding spend coming up we're considering going for this card to get the 75 or 100k bonus miles. Couple questions:

Is there still any 100k bonus with 10k spend available today? I see mixed information on this.

Is it possible to apply & get bonus if this is the first application for Citi Executive card even if we leave regular Citi AA card open?

Anyone know the fee to add a spouse for the AAdmirals Club membership? We wont' be getting two separate card acccount (just 2 cards on one account) but would like to both have AAdmirals club access.

Thanks!
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Old Jul 11, 2014, 1:12 pm
  #7760  
 
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: MDT
Programs: DL, AA
Posts: 390
Originally Posted by mikelat
We currently have standard Citi AA card but with some wedding spend coming up we're considering going for this card to get the 75 or 100k bonus miles. Couple questions:

Is there still any 100k bonus with 10k spend available today? I see mixed information on this.
No, the link is unavailable. Slight chance it could come back, but from what others have said, it's probably done for.

Originally Posted by mikelat
Is it possible to apply & get bonus if this is the first application for Citi Executive card even if we leave regular Citi AA card open?
Yes. Most people do this.

Originally Posted by mikelat
Anyone know the fee to add a spouse for the AAdmirals Club membership? We wont' be getting two separate card acccount (just 2 cards on one account) but would like to both have AAdmirals club access.

Thanks!
No fee, you're allowed to bring 2 guests with you when you enter the club.
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Old Jul 11, 2014, 1:18 pm
  #7761  
 
Join Date: May 2009
Location: SEA
Programs: AA EXP (2.5MM), Hilton Gold, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 4,859
Originally Posted by mh1361
No fee, you're allowed to bring 2 guests with you when you enter the club.
The catch here is that we don't always travel together. We want to be able to access when we're flying separately though. I know that when together the primary card holder can allow a guest, but in our case the secondary card holder will want AAdmirals club access when travelling on their own. I'm wondering what the spouse membership fee is since this card supposedly includes a full AAdmirals Club membership for the primary cardholder.
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Old Jul 11, 2014, 1:52 pm
  #7762  
 
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 174
Wife also applied yesterday via the now dead Flyertalk link. Such a dummy for not getting her to do it last week, but I digress...

Also got the "we'll let you know via email in 7-10 days" screen with no Application ID #. Called Citi last night and got the App ID, but CSR said could not tell what the sign up bonus the app was submitted under. Same story today. CSR said check back in another day or two.

Of course best case scenario is the 100K + 200 SC, but if not I'm hoping they'll put the app on 75K as opposed to rejecting.

We'll see what happens.
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Old Jul 11, 2014, 2:00 pm
  #7763  
 
Join Date: May 2014
Location: SoCal
Posts: 2,164
Originally Posted by MikeOWave
Some reminders about the 75K offer:

1. There is no $200 credit statement after first purchase like with the 100K deal.

2. When you are moving credit limits from other cards, remember that the minimum spend for this one is only $7500. I wasn't thinking this morning and moved $5K CL from another card to the new one to give me $10K CL total, which was of course $2,500 more than was necessary.
while there is NO $200 Statement credit, there is $100 Statement credit instead.
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Old Jul 11, 2014, 2:26 pm
  #7764  
 
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: LAX
Programs: AA, AS, DL, VX, HH, Marriott, SPG
Posts: 20
Just got another call from Citi. I applied yesterday (7/10) morning and like others was given 7-10 days and no app ID. The CSR ended up getting an approval for $10k limit. This is my 2nd Executive card (first was in January 2014), I had to hold off because of the 6/6 inquiry rule. Anyways they did confirm 100k miles and $200 statement credit today. Looks like they'll honor it for folks that got apps in under the wire.
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Old Jul 11, 2014, 3:22 pm
  #7765  
 
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Menlo Park, CA, USA
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For those of you who have received confirmations and approvals in the past few days, did you get an email that confirmed the offer, or was that only in the offer letter?

I got a confirmation on the application I think monday night, but the card went to my home address. In the email it only confirmed some nonsense about 10K miles after 40K$ spend, which would NOT be anywhere near the expected off.

anyway, I didn't call in Tuesday or Wednesday since I didn't have the contact info. Figuring I'd get the package tomorrow when I am home.
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Old Jul 11, 2014, 3:55 pm
  #7766  
 
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 16
Originally Posted by nmenaker
For those of you who have received confirmations and approvals in the past few days, did you get an email that confirmed the offer, or was that only in the offer letter?

I got a confirmation on the application I think monday night, but the card went to my home address. In the email it only confirmed some nonsense about 10K miles after 40K$ spend, which would NOT be anywhere near the expected off.

anyway, I didn't call in Tuesday or Wednesday since I didn't have the contact info. Figuring I'd get the package tomorrow when I am home.
I got approved 7/7, and received both letter and package yesterday. Got the approval email this morning (they seem to come in a reversed order)

I completely ignored the mail since I already confirmed the bonus on the phone.
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Old Jul 11, 2014, 4:15 pm
  #7767  
 
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: SC USA
Programs: Delta, AA, Hilton, Priority Club, USAir, American Express Membership Rewards, Ultimate Rew, United
Posts: 503
Could kick myself for not getting my husband to apply while it was 100K. I applied about 10 days ago and already have the card. Would love for them to offer this again. It really was a good deal.
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Old Jul 11, 2014, 4:26 pm
  #7768  
 
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Programs: Hotels.com Gold
Posts: 168
Originally Posted by geclub1
Then you should go for the Citi AA Platinum cards, which has a bonus of 50K currently.
ooooooooo good call! Thanks!
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Old Jul 11, 2014, 5:04 pm
  #7769  
 
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: SC USA
Programs: Delta, AA, Hilton, Priority Club, USAir, American Express Membership Rewards, Ultimate Rew, United
Posts: 503
You mention the 50K Citi Platinum AA Card-- If we both have these cards presently, are we able to get these cards again? If I am correct this is a 1st year annual free card, right? Thanks in advance.
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Old Jul 11, 2014, 5:10 pm
  #7770  
 
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 142
My annual fee for the second Citi Executive card was posted on June 11. I spent $10K before the second statement closed. My second statement was closed on July 10 and I saw 100K bonus miles were stated on the Citi statement. However, the 100K miles have not yet posted to my AA account. I think, on my first Citi Executive, the miles were posted to my AA account the same day as the closing statement. I didn't pay attention much on the first card because I plan to keep the card. However, on the second card, I plan to cancel it.

How long does it take for the miles to show up on the AA account after the statement is closed? I want to have enough time to cancel the card within 37 days. Thanks!
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