Citi AA Platinum, Gold and Business cards (2015)
#3301
Join Date: May 2011
Programs: Spg Gold, Hilton Diamond, Hyatt Diamond
Posts: 1,578
I was responding to someone's
question, not asking one if I would get the bonus .
Am quite certain I will get the bonus and if you read my prior
posts you will see , not back to get my mail till mid December.
#3302
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 1,857
For now, it seems none. But since the W->WE factor is a "loophole", we don't know how all that will work if/once that "loophole" is closed.
So I would recommend that it would be safer to cancel a previous card right after you get approved for a new card of the same type. Then, if the W->WE "loophole" goes away, looking backwards, the 18 months from your last close will be about the same as the 18 months from your last open.
So I would recommend that it would be safer to cancel a previous card right after you get approved for a new card of the same type. Then, if the W->WE "loophole" goes away, looking backwards, the 18 months from your last close will be about the same as the 18 months from your last open.
Of course, with the almost effortless AF credit they give on the platinum cards, there's not really any reason to need to cancel one. I'm just closing this one because I had 4 of the same card open (and was managing an additional 4 more), and it was annoying me. /firstworldproblems
#3303
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 714
I just applied for the Business card and the app's pending . Is that a bad sign? I received the first one in April.
#3304
Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 76
Bowtie just posted this on his blog. I'd say we are in the last days of this loophole. Anyone that wants to get in on this should do it imminently.
#3305
Join Date: Jun 2012
Posts: 119
Wonderful. Now this has been posted by MMS. Put a fork in it. This will not last much longer.
#3306
Suspended
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 3,072
Any links to the above stories? Not sure who you're talking about. Thanks.
#3307
Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Miami, Mpls & London
Programs: AA & Marriott Perpetual Platinum; DL & HH Gold
Posts: 48,955
#3308
Suspended
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 3,072
Thanks. I'm kind of amazed these loopholes last as long as they do. You'd think the big banks would have some intern monitoring sites like this, Reddit, etc.
#3309
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: home = LAX
Posts: 25,933
I've found that most bloggers think that 50k is a "limited time" offer. Few of them want to say that you to go to FlyerTalk to find better offers than the Citi / AA sites show (and they usually show just 30k or so).
Most bloggers don't even know (or at least don't publicize) the awayN/travelN/milesN trick of finding them without going to FlyerTalk, because they get commissions on promoting the "official" link.
So the bloggers will probably shut up once the 50k offer goes away from the main Citi page and from AA's main page. I don't think they can get commissions on awayN/travelN/milesN offers!
Most bloggers don't even know (or at least don't publicize) the awayN/travelN/milesN trick of finding them without going to FlyerTalk, because they get commissions on promoting the "official" link.
So the bloggers will probably shut up once the 50k offer goes away from the main Citi page and from AA's main page. I don't think they can get commissions on awayN/travelN/milesN offers!
#3310
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: home = LAX
Posts: 25,933
Banks are more concerned with people scamming them for actual money (getting loans and then walking way), by comparison giving out bonus more frequently than they intended is not the highest priority (especially at a bank that has intended, for whatever reason, to give out bonuses frequently on many occasions in the past, as is fairly new to these 18 month restrictions).
Furthermore, we don't know how complex a fix it is. They may have to recode how their systems classify cards to really fix it? (Or they could do a sweep once a month or whatever, and send out letters saying "you didn't qualify for the 50k after all, no matter what we told you in the welcome letter", but retroactive removal of bonuses has not been the Citi way up to now.)
#3311
Suspended
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 3,072
These are huge, huge companies with billions of dollars at their disposal. It's borderline absurd that they're being outsmarted by a bunch of bloggers, let alone outsmarted for months or even years at a time.
#3312
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Melbourne, Florida, USA
Posts: 2,983
Is there any way to know which card I had (W or WE) if I closed the card and discarded it? I still have online access to the closed account and its statements, but there is nowhere where it says W or WE.
Lesson learnt not to discard any closed cards: they can be useful for loopholes and award tickets where they want to see your credit card at check-in.
Lesson learnt not to discard any closed cards: they can be useful for loopholes and award tickets where they want to see your credit card at check-in.
#3313
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: ATL
Programs: DL, Marriott
Posts: 728
Dang it! And I just opened up a Plat card! Hopefully it converts before Citi shuts this loophole down.
#3314
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 141
Is there any way to know which card I had (W or WE) if I closed the card and discarded it? I still have online access to the closed account and its statements, but there is nowhere where it says W or WE.
Lesson learnt not to discard any closed cards: they can be useful for loopholes and award tickets where they want to see your credit card at check-in.
Lesson learnt not to discard any closed cards: they can be useful for loopholes and award tickets where they want to see your credit card at check-in.
#3315
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Melbourne, Florida, USA
Posts: 2,983
Thanks, all of my cards are Platinum Select, even those older ones which were closed as a Visa.