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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

HT: FT

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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Author Topic: Citi AA Master Thread  (Read 3011240 times)

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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #1520 on: January 14, 2014, 05:05:10 PM »
On the chase united bizz how do I get Them to match?
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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #1521 on: January 14, 2014, 09:11:02 PM »
Yes they kept insisting they can only pull from Experian
I think its about time we take the suggestion out of the wiki to freeze Experian, as it hasn't been working lately.
At the very least it should be changed to 'some people have had luck freezing their Experian account' but the way it's written now sounds like it always works which is not the case.

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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #1522 on: January 15, 2014, 02:20:42 AM »
I think its about time we take the suggestion out of the wiki to freeze Experian, as it hasn't been working lately.
At the very least it should be changed to 'some people have had luck freezing their Experian account' but the way it's written now sounds like it always works which is not the case.
You may be right in general but if you scroll up a bit you'll see that Mr. Wonderlust was actually one of those who WAS successful getting them to pull a different bureau.

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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #1523 on: January 15, 2014, 02:31:45 AM »
You may be right in general but if you scroll up a bit you'll see that Mr. Wonderlust was actually one of those who WAS successful getting them to pull a different bureau.
I go an instant approval on 01/09 with my experian frozen.

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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #1524 on: January 15, 2014, 02:48:07 AM »
I go an instant approval on 01/09 with my experian frozen.
Personal or biz?

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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #1525 on: January 15, 2014, 02:58:13 AM »
You can't even move personal to personal, never mind biz to personal.
Where should I start?  :)
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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #1526 on: January 15, 2014, 03:27:30 AM »
According to the FT linky, some ppl don't have luck opening up another Biz card if you already have one open.
What are your experiences?

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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #1527 on: January 15, 2014, 03:32:53 AM »
Where should I start?  :)
Wherever you want. Go ahead.

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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #1528 on: January 15, 2014, 03:47:59 AM »
Wherever you want. Go ahead.
P>P can be done.
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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #1529 on: January 15, 2014, 03:59:34 AM »
P>P can be done.
I had no luck with B>B... do you have any info to the contrary?

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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #1530 on: January 15, 2014, 04:17:47 AM »
P>P can be done.
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When was the last time you did it? For the past few months their "system was down"... (i.e. they're reevaluating it)

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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #1531 on: January 15, 2014, 10:19:57 AM »
I go an instant approval on 01/09 with my experian frozen.
Personal or biz?
Personal AA executive.

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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #1532 on: January 15, 2014, 12:58:39 PM »
Has anyone had bonus miles post recently after applying for an AA cc?  I am still waiting for mine to post since last month - called Citi and was told there was some glitch...
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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #1533 on: January 15, 2014, 02:55:25 PM »
What's the most economical way to get AA miles into an empty AAdvantage account? Buy 1k miles for $66 through AA.com or transfer 1,500 points from Starwood? I know Starwood points are valuable and better used for hotel bookings, etc

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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #1534 on: January 15, 2014, 03:06:49 PM »
$66 is far more valuable then 1500 SPG

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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #1535 on: January 15, 2014, 03:28:56 PM »
What's the most economical way to get AA miles into an empty AAdvantage account? Buy 1k miles for $66 through AA.com or transfer 1,500 points from Starwood? I know Starwood points are valuable and better used for hotel bookings, etc

I'll sell you 1k AA miles for 66.   ;D
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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #1536 on: January 15, 2014, 09:09:36 PM »
Was not told how long the wait will be.  Another issue - my CC statement says 0 miles reported to AA.  That must be part of the glitch.  When I called they confirmed that my miles were there and would be transferred to my AA account.

I just noticed the same thing on my statement that 55k accumulated but 0 has been sent over. I don't mind if its just something that takes a few days,...

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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #1537 on: January 15, 2014, 10:17:44 PM »
??

Iv'e applied for personal and biz same time got both approved, never had any citi card before

i am wondering how long do i have to wait to apply for another one

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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #1538 on: January 15, 2014, 10:40:19 PM »
Don't mean to be ignorant but do I just contact customer service via "contact us," or is there a corporate email or should I just PUTPAC? And do you mean that they matched the 50k points for you?
Could I get help with this? ^^^ TIA

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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #1539 on: January 15, 2014, 10:44:10 PM »
Iv'e applied for personal and biz same time got both approved, never had any citi card before

i am wondering how long do i have to wait to apply for another one
Take a look at the FT Wiki.