njvandy

Jon reporting on the changes for the Citi AAdvantage Exec card and they are brutal, as expected.

sdix

Hmmm. This pretty much takes away the main reason I have the card. Lounge access. What's now $450 for 5 of us becomes $945. Thanks but no thanks. Possibly would be ok if my AU's used the lounges a lot but they don't. It's just a convenient benefit.

josephstern

Similar calc here. And I'm sure that's just fine with Citi and AA since we charge almost nothing on this card.

Frankly, though, we also used the lounge very little, so we weren't really causing AA to incur many costs.

happychic

Will probably cancel when the fee is due next year. Thanks for the heads up.

nall

Press release:

https://news.aa.com/news/news-detail...7/default.aspx

I wonder if this kicks in immediately?

ChurnieEls

That's a bit opaque, is it an automatic 10k boost just for having the card and hitting 50k/90k in whatever manner it takes (flights, BAAH, SimplyMiles etc) or is it requiring $50k spend on the card, that being = 50k LPs.

TWA884

Loyalty Points.

From the linked announcement:

Martellus

Would the the 4x/5x on loyalty points and 10x on aa hotels/aa rentals be loyalty points earning?

dw

Likely will not count as LPs. Right now the card gives 2x points on AA purchases, but only 1x in LP on those purchases

Pinned

I've been considering this card, and to be honest it is actually more appealing with the additional statement credits and LPs. The changes in lounge access are a big negative for a lot of people, that's a bummer.

lkar

Yeah, it's a really good question. Like if you have 90,000 loyalty points, will you suddenly get 20,000 more? Or, if you can wait, should you wait to cross the 50,000 threshold or the 90,000 threshold after these changes take effect?

And do the 10,000 you get for getting to 50,000 count toward the 90,000 you need for the next 10,000? Like, you hit 50,000, your 10,000 gets you to 60,000, now you need 30,000 more to get to 100,000. That' a pretty nice perk.

abk

Do we know when this takes effect. My card renews end of July with a charge last year on my August 17 statement.

TWA884

According to the announcement, July 23, 2023.

cova

Agree - stated clearly - but will it happen. Will those of us with the Card and currently have over 90K LP - get an instant 20K boost on July 23rd? What if you have 50K LP from Barclay now?

I do like the Avis $120 credit - I assume it kicks in also on July 23. This almost pays the increase for me.

Will be cancelling the authorized user, since my authorized users always travels when I am traveling. So no need for the card.

Wonder what Barclay will do - as my AA tickets will switch from Barclay to Citi. I know most here charge all tickets to AmEx - so they likely will continue with AmEx for 5x.

More likely to spend the $175 for authorized AmEx Plat user - so they can get in AmEx lounge. AA will still allows guests.

econometrics

I think this will thin the crowds at the AC lounges. Good move. This card was underpriced for along time for all of the maximized benefits you could squeeze out of it.

I still think the Barclary Silver card adds up more reward per annual fee. 15K LP after spending $50K on the card. So you get 5K less LP bonus with Barclay vs. Citi.

$50 Wifi credit and $25 food credit per day are also big winners with the Barclay card.

And with the AC costs going up for the card, it really evens the playing field.