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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

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 2801673 times)

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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #2560 on: February 03, 2014, 11:36:41 AM »
Submitted app this AM, had to call in as everyone did with App ID.  Was approved.  Asked rep if AF was refundable if I chose to cancel - he indicated that should I cancel the card, the AF would be refunded on a pro-rata basis - doesn't seem to be consistent with everyone else...

And second, my wife's app was approved online with no need to call in (and with a higher CL that mine...) go figure...

That seems like a dumb thing to ask in the middle of an approval call lol

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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #2561 on: February 03, 2014, 11:38:33 AM »
Is the $200 statement credit counted as a spend or I need an extra $200?

I don't understand what you're asking here

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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #2562 on: February 03, 2014, 12:00:52 PM »
I don't understand what you're asking here
He's asking if he needs to spend $10,200 in order to receive the bonus points, since $200 will be a statement credit.

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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #2563 on: February 03, 2014, 12:02:14 PM »
Does the AA Executive card come with any AA status?
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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #2564 on: February 03, 2014, 12:03:46 PM »
No.
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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #2565 on: February 03, 2014, 12:06:25 PM »
No.
rude they dont include it. Thanks
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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #2566 on: February 03, 2014, 12:07:17 PM »
Yes, very, very rude.

I mean for $250, they should probably include 8 SWUs, too.

That's it, I'm cancelling.
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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #2567 on: February 03, 2014, 12:09:22 PM »
Yes, very, very rude.

I mean for $250, they should probably include 8 SWUs, too.

That's it, I'm cancelling.
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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #2568 on: February 03, 2014, 12:14:24 PM »
If I pay & re-charge to ink cards in sane cycle will chase care?
Please stick to the thread's topic.

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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #2569 on: February 03, 2014, 12:32:29 PM »
This was a Citi-specific question.

IME citi is one of the many banks I referred to

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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #2570 on: February 03, 2014, 12:41:10 PM »
On the Executive card: Do authorized users have access to the admirals club, priority check-in, and free baggage?
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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #2571 on: February 03, 2014, 12:42:05 PM »

On the Executive card: Do authorized users have access to the admirals club, priority check-in, and free baggage?

No

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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #2572 on: February 03, 2014, 12:44:31 PM »
He's asking if he needs to spend $10,200 in order to receive the bonus points, since $200 will be a statement credit.
No but why does everyone cut it so close?
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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #2573 on: February 03, 2014, 12:46:16 PM »
is the $200 credit only for AA or any kind of purchase's ? I spend allot on my new cards I don't see it yet ?

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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #2574 on: February 03, 2014, 12:46:54 PM »
Citi credits come on the statement.

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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #2575 on: February 03, 2014, 01:08:35 PM »
No
based on customer service rep today, she told me that if the authorized user is flying with the primary cardholder, then they can get free baggage and access to lounges etc...

but not if theyre flying alone

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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #2576 on: February 03, 2014, 01:10:11 PM »
based on customer service rep today, she told me that if the authorized user is flying with the primary cardholder, then they can get free baggage and access to lounges etc...

but not if theyre flying alone
Doesn't that happen regardless of being an AU, when traveling with an executive card holder?
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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #2577 on: February 03, 2014, 01:10:29 PM »
based on customer service rep today, she told me that if the authorized user is flying with the primary cardholder, then they can get free baggage and access to lounges etc...

but not if theyre flying alone

CMIIW but anyone flying with primary gets those benefits (not just AU)

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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #2578 on: February 03, 2014, 01:14:21 PM »
Yes, very, very rude.

I mean for $250, they should probably include 8 SWUs, too.

That's it, I'm cancelling.
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Re: Citi AA Master Thread
« Reply #2579 on: February 03, 2014, 01:15:16 PM »
No but why does everyone cut it so close?
Can't speak for everyone, but my CL is only 10.5K.