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http://www.aa.com/i18n/AAdvantage/earnMiles/beyondTravel/creditDebit/citi-business.jsp
Earn 50,000 American Airlines AAdvantage® bonus miles after making $3,000 in purchases within the first 3 months of account opening
The new 18 month language isn't on this application

50k WMC Plat level offer page
Earn 50,000 American Airlines AAdvantage® bonus miles after making $3,000 in purchases within the first 3 months of account opening. American Airlines AAdvantage®
bonus miles are not available if you have had a Citi® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® Card opened or closed (meaning opened a new card no matter it's current statues) in the past 18 months.

From FlyerTalk Old Citi Executive AA 50k after $5k spend link. The new 18 month language isn't on this application.[/url]


35K WMC consumer and business offer page
$1.5k spending in 3 months

Citibank Contacts:
Application status – https://www.accountonline.com/cards/acq/CardApplicationStatus.do?screenID=3187
(800) 695-5171 – Personal Application Status and Reconsideration Line with live rep
(888) 201-4523 – Application status
(866) 606-2961 – Reconsideration Line
(800) 763-9795 – General Personal Application Inquiries with live rep
(800) 645-7240 – Business Application Status and Reconsideration Line, dial option 3 then option 1 for application status
(800) 288-4653 – Business Application Status and Reconsideration Line, dial option 3 then option 1 for application status
(866) 606-2787 – General Application and Account Questions with live rep

Many people have also had better luck writing to the office of the President for reconsideration on Citi cards:
Mr. Ken Stork
Office of the President
PO Box 6000
Sioux Falls, SD 57117

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Citi in NY pulls from either Equifax or Experian or both. YMMV even by the same person.

If you live in NJ or NY, you should freeze your Experian. They will only pull Equifax then. Otherwise, YMMV.

FOR MORE INFO, READ FT'S WIKI - IT IS PHENOMENAL, FT WIKI

Quote from the above mentioned FT WIKI:
For the most part, freezing Experian, or another bureau, will not cause Citi to pull a different bureau. They will almost certainly require you to unfreeze the bureau they wish to pull or deny your application. Some people have been successful providing the PIN but others have not. Mostly, freezing a credit bureau in an attempt to force Citi to pull a different one seems to waste time, money, and effort for little result. But YMMV.

DDF data points (As of 10/2015)
NY- pulls both EQ/EX, can still get instant approval with EX frozen
CA, OH, PA, TX- ONLY EX. Citi will refuse to pull other bureau

Benefits:..
New no forex fees starting Nov.'15

From FT Wiki:"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.
There are a few reports that some Gold World MC are being converted to Gold World Elite MC and that will no longer count for purposes of the 18-month rule."
UPDATE: As of 02/18/2016 (for applications after 02/09/2016), the W>WE loophole may be dead.
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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #8500 on: July 31, 2015, 10:18:34 AM »
Hint- it does not say once per lifetime.

Sorry, confused.

 "This offer is valid only for first time CitiBusiness® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® cardmembers"

Am I not understanding the wording?

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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #8501 on: July 31, 2015, 07:36:30 PM »
Sorry, confused.

 "This offer is valid only for first time CitiBusiness® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® cardmembers"

Am I not understanding the wording?
Clearly.
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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #8502 on: July 31, 2015, 08:08:08 PM »
I just applied for Exec 75k and was approved after calling recon line late morning. I want to hit spending requirement by the first statement so I can cancel and get $450 AF back. I know sometimes the statement comes really early, sometimes much later.  I'll have 37 days from date of APPLICATION, not date of card arrival, correct? Today is Friday. When can I expect the card?

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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #8503 on: August 01, 2015, 08:43:31 AM »
I just applied for Exec 75k and was approved after calling recon line late morning. I want to hit spending requirement by the first statement so I can cancel and get $450 AF back. I know sometimes the statement comes really early, sometimes much later.  I'll have 37 days from date of APPLICATION, not date of card arrival, correct? Today is Friday. When can I expect the card?
Wrong. 37 days from when the AF was billed.

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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #8504 on: August 01, 2015, 05:56:06 PM »
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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #8505 on: August 01, 2015, 09:58:05 PM »

They seem to send those out every few months.
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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #8506 on: August 02, 2015, 01:13:53 PM »

Wife has FICO score of 647, is it easier to get approved for the 50K cards or should I go for the 75K Exec.?
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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #8507 on: August 03, 2015, 10:37:16 AM »
Bump. Anyone?
There are other factors besides credit score alone that determine approvability
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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #8508 on: August 06, 2015, 12:34:51 PM »
I received my AA Exec card a couple days ago and haven't had a chance to use it yet. I want to cancel the card in time for Citi to refund AF after I get the miles. I know AF usually posts on first statement. My online account doesn't tell me when that is, but due date is 8/9 so I'm assuming statement date will be the 8/12 or 8/13. I think that's a little tight for me to spend $7500; will I be able to call Citi to change statement date to, say, 20th of month, thus delaying the AF date?

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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #8509 on: August 06, 2015, 12:39:38 PM »
I received my AA Exec card a couple days ago and haven't had a chance to use it yet. I want to cancel the card in time for Citi to refund AF after I get the miles. I know AF usually posts on first statement. My online account doesn't tell me when that is, but due date is 8/9 so I'm assuming statement date will be the 8/12 or 8/13. I think that's a little tight for me to spend $7500; will I be able to call Citi to change statement date to, say, 20th of month, thus delaying the AF date?
(I believe you meant due date is 9/8)

Officially, statement date changes take one billing cycle to process.

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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #8510 on: August 06, 2015, 12:43:20 PM »
I received my AA Exec card a couple days ago and haven't had a chance to use it yet. I want to cancel the card in time for Citi to refund AF after I get the miles. I know AF usually posts on first statement. My online account doesn't tell me when that is, but due date is 8/9 so I'm assuming statement date will be the 8/12 or 8/13. I think that's a little tight for me to spend $7500; will I be able to call Citi to change statement date to, say, 20th of month, thus delaying the AF date?
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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #8511 on: August 06, 2015, 06:57:41 PM »
(I believe you meant due date is 9/8)

Officially, statement date changes take one billing cycle to process.
New cards show a due date even when nothing is due until the first statement closes.
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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #8512 on: August 06, 2015, 08:54:41 PM »
I received my AA Exec card a couple days ago and haven't had a chance to use it yet. I want to cancel the card in time for Citi to refund AF after I get the miles. I know AF usually posts on first statement. My online account doesn't tell me when that is, but due date is 8/9 so I'm assuming statement date will be the 8/12 or 8/13. I think that's a little tight for me to spend $7500; will I be able to call Citi to change statement date to, say, 20th of month, thus delaying the AF date?
If you don't put any spend on the card until your first statement closes, the AF will probably NOT post on your first statement.
You can't change the due date until the AF has posted.

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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #8513 on: August 06, 2015, 09:54:18 PM »

If you don't put any spend on the card until your first statement closes, the AF will probably NOT post on your first statement.
You can't change the due date until the AF has posted.

That sounds like great advice!

Can anybody else provide datapoints regarding this?

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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #8514 on: August 06, 2015, 10:42:09 PM »
That sounds like great advice!

Can anybody else provide datapoints regarding this?
The entire FT thread.

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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #8515 on: August 08, 2015, 02:09:42 PM »
   

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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #8516 on: August 12, 2015, 01:00:39 PM »
i have the aa personal card. i got an offer to sign up for business card. will it be another pull?
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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #8517 on: August 12, 2015, 01:02:20 PM »
i have the aa personal card. i got an offer to sign up for business card. will it be another pull?
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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #8518 on: August 12, 2015, 01:10:51 PM »
whats the standard business aa offer?
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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #8519 on: August 12, 2015, 01:12:40 PM »
whats the standard business aa offer?

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