Citi AA Platinum, Gold and Business cards (2015)
Oct 17, 2015, 4:09 pm
#2881
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 5
I recently got my parents to each apply for the Citi / AAdvantage Platinum Select MasterCard. They both were able to get cards and both have completed the $3K min spend.
My dad already had an AAdvantage account from frequent business travel. When he applied for the new Citi card, he entered his AAdvantage number on the application. Everything worked great. He did his min spend in the first month and paid off in the month. The day after the first CC statement was generated, his AAdvantage account got credited with the ~53000 miles.
Now, my mother is a different story. She applied a month later and had no existing AAdvantage account. I had her apply using my dad's AAdvantage number. I had not read the Wiki at the time and did not know the AAdvantage account holder's name had to match the CC account holders name. She also did the min spend and was awarded the ~53000.
However, my mom's 53000 miles never were posted to my dad's AAdvantage account and it has been 1 week since the first statement was generated. My mom's card still has the $3K balance on it though.
What should I do next? Any chance I can get my mom's miles into my dad's AAdvantage account? Thanks
My dad already had an AAdvantage account from frequent business travel. When he applied for the new Citi card, he entered his AAdvantage number on the application. Everything worked great. He did his min spend in the first month and paid off in the month. The day after the first CC statement was generated, his AAdvantage account got credited with the ~53000 miles.
Now, my mother is a different story. She applied a month later and had no existing AAdvantage account. I had her apply using my dad's AAdvantage number. I had not read the Wiki at the time and did not know the AAdvantage account holder's name had to match the CC account holders name. She also did the min spend and was awarded the ~53000.
However, my mom's 53000 miles never were posted to my dad's AAdvantage account and it has been 1 week since the first statement was generated. My mom's card still has the $3K balance on it though.
What should I do next? Any chance I can get my mom's miles into my dad's AAdvantage account? Thanks
Oct 17, 2015, 5:21 pm
#2883
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: IAD
Posts: 735
Have your mother call Citi and explain to them about the "mistake" and provide them with her AAdvantage account number. No guarantees but I think that would be the best option. They may need to coordinate with AA on the backend and even if they agree to help it may take some time. Under no circumstances should she ask them to post miles to your father's or anyone's account.
Oct 17, 2015, 5:34 pm
#2884
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 5
Have your mother call Citi and explain to them about the "mistake" and provide them with her AAdvantage account number. No guarantees but I think that would be the best option. They may need to coordinate with AA on the backend and even if they agree to help it may take some time. Under no circumstances should she ask them to post miles to your father's or anyone's account.
The only reason I though this would would work is that it worked three times with the old US Air World Mastercard. My mom, my dad, and I all got those US Air World Mastercards. We each got the 30K bonus miles after first purchase and they were all deposited into my dads account. When I did the apps, I just used his own dividend miles number.
Oct 17, 2015, 6:42 pm
#2885
Join Date: Jan 2005
Programs: UA GOLD MM,WN CP A+list, HH Gold,MR LT Titanium
Posts: 2,184
Have your mother call Citi and explain to them about the "mistake" and provide them with her AAdvantage account number. No guarantees but I think that would be the best option. They may need to coordinate with AA on the backend and even if they agree to help it may take some time. Under no circumstances should she ask them to post miles to your father's or anyone's account.
Oct 17, 2015, 7:06 pm
#2886
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: IAD
Posts: 735
The only reason I though this would would work is that it worked three times with the old US Air World Mastercard. My mom, my dad, and I all got those US Air World Mastercards. We each got the 30K bonus miles after first purchase and they were all deposited into my dads account. When I did the apps, I just used his own dividend miles number.
Oct 17, 2015, 7:38 pm
#2887
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 5
That was a violation of Dividend Miles rules too, or for that matter any other FF program, as far as I know. The difference was that US Airways's IT systems were poorly designed, so it never detected the name mismatch. If any of these accounts are still open you may want to make sure that they are now linked to the primarily account holder's AAdvantage account number. Throughout you may want to ask on the thread in the Barclay's forum for that product to get expert advice. As I am not sure if there are any pitfalls to AA\Barclay's finding out that miles have been posting to an account under someone else's name.
Oct 17, 2015, 9:34 pm
#2888
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 78
And here I am five days later to report success. I got an email from Citi noting that they've adjusted my Aadvantage account by 20K miles, just as I'd asked. Hasn't posted yet, but neither have the 30K miles from the card, as it's only been active a week. So that's 50K down and now on to the next one...
Actually just yesterday I got an offer in the mail from from Citi: 50K AA miles for opening an actual bank account with them and satisfying a few requirements, two monthly bills paid from it and $1K in spending on a debit card. I may just do that!
Actually just yesterday I got an offer in the mail from from Citi: 50K AA miles for opening an actual bank account with them and satisfying a few requirements, two monthly bills paid from it and $1K in spending on a debit card. I may just do that!
Grrrr...
I goofed. (...)
So I signed up for an AA Platinum Select card, a step up from the Gold that we've had for years. Here is the goof: I signed up for the $1K spend/30K Miles offer!
I belatedly realized my mistake when the cards arrived. I called Citi and the rep said that she'd put in a request to change it to the $3K spend/50K miles offer for me. She said that such requests were routine and usually accepted.
(...)
Will report back here when I get an answer from Citi. Wish me luck!
I goofed. (...)
So I signed up for an AA Platinum Select card, a step up from the Gold that we've had for years. Here is the goof: I signed up for the $1K spend/30K Miles offer!
I belatedly realized my mistake when the cards arrived. I called Citi and the rep said that she'd put in a request to change it to the $3K spend/50K miles offer for me. She said that such requests were routine and usually accepted.
(...)
Will report back here when I get an answer from Citi. Wish me luck!
Oct 18, 2015, 9:20 am
#2889
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 176
Important exception: If you receive a Platinum World MC which is later converted to a World Elite MC (as indicated on the back of the card), the opening of that card will no longer count for purposes of the 18-month rule. This is true not only for conversions in early 2015, but also for those in more recent months.
Note: It makes no difference when (or whether) you activate the World Elite card. If you have the WE card in hand, then the conversion on Citi's books is already complete. There is nothing magical about activating it.
Note: It makes no difference when (or whether) you activate the World Elite card. If you have the WE card in hand, then the conversion on Citi's books is already complete. There is nothing magical about activating it.
Oct 18, 2015, 9:42 am
#2890
Join Date: Jun 2013
Posts: 26
My Aadvantage Citi Gold was just converted to a World Elite. Any data points on reapplying for it and getting the 25,000 miles? thanks
Oct 18, 2015, 9:54 am
#2891
Join Date: Jun 2014
Programs: 747 Upper Deck QF J LAX-BNE; A380 SQ SuiteC+D SYD-SIN & SIN-HKG; 777 CX F HKG-JFK; Park Hyatt Sydney
Posts: 513
AFAIK this is brand new information. Thank you! I don't think we have any data points on the conversion of a Gold card from W to WE. This may turn out to be very good news.
Oct 18, 2015, 10:10 am
#2892
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Wine Country, Finger Lakes
Programs: LFFRS BOD
Posts: 1,355
Oct 18, 2015, 10:10 am
#2893
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: On strike
Posts: 8,135
Oct 18, 2015, 10:23 am
#2894
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: The place where it gets so hot in the summer some planes can't take off.
Programs: Marriott LT Titanium, WoH Globalist, National EE, United Platinum
Posts: 1,446
Oct 18, 2015, 10:40 am
#2895
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: The place where it gets so hot in the summer some planes can't take off.
Programs: Marriott LT Titanium, WoH Globalist, National EE, United Platinum
Posts: 1,446
Instant approval for $15.5k (guess lowering all the limits last week worked) and will see if I get the bonus or not. If I don't I guess I still get 3024 miles for ~$24.