(EXPIRED) 80k + $95 AAdvantage Aviator Business MasterCard Welcome Offer

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Earlier this year the AAdvantage Aviator Business MasterCard disappeared from the Barclays website. That initially didn’t bode well for the future of the card, but it returned with a solid welcome offer a couple of months ago giving up to 70,000 miles.

That offer has now not only been bumped up in terms of how many miles you can earn, but you get a $95 statement credit too.

AAdvantage Aviator Business MasterCard 80,000 miles welcome offer

The Offer & Key Card Details

Card Offer and Details
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$95 Annual Fee
Recent better offer: Expired 2/6/23: 80K miles + a $95 statement credit after $2K spend in first 90 days.
Earning rate: ✦ 2X AA, office supply, telecommunications services, and at car rental agencies ✦ 1X everywhere else
Base: 1X (1.3%)
Travel: 2X (2.6%)
Phone: 2X (2.6%)
Office: 2X (2.6%)
Card Info: Mastercard issued by Barclays. This card has no foreign currency conversion fees.
Big spend bonus: $99 companion certificate with $30K account year spend
Noteworthy perks: ✦ First checked bag free ✦ Preferred boarding ✦ 5% bonus on miles earned the previous year after AF is paid ✦ 25% statement credit on in-flight purchases

Quick Thoughts

The most recent welcome offer on this card gave up to 70,000 bonus AAdvantage miles – 60,000 when spending $1,000 within the first 90 days and an additional 10,000 miles by adding an employee card and making a purchase on it.

This new offer is better on a few counts. Not only does it award more bonus miles overall, but it doesn’t require that you add an employee card and make a purchase on it. This new offer also comes with a $95 statement credit which effectively waives the annual fee for the first year.

A key difference with this new offer is that you have to spend $2,000 within 90 days rather than only $1,000 with the previous offer. $2,000 is still a fairly low minimum spend requirement compared to other welcome offers though.

Another benefit of this card is that it’s a business card which means it won’t add to your 5/24 count with Chase. I’m currently 4/24, so it’s tempting to pick up one of these to earn some easy AAdvantage miles as I recently redeemed a bunch of them for a trip early next year.

Be aware that the bonus miles you earn don’t earn a corresponding number of Loyalty Points, so meeting the minimum spend requirement sadly won’t also earn you 80,000 Loyalty Points which would otherwise be more than enough to get you Platinum status with American Airlines. However, your base spend on the card does earn you 1 Loyalty Point per dollar and so cards like these can still help you earn AAdvantage status.

h/t Miles Earn & Burn

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