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CitiBusiness AAdvantage Platinum Select World MasterCard  65K miles 65K after $4K spend in first 4 months Click here to learn how to apply No Annual Fee First Year, Then $99 Recent better offer: 75K after $5K in the first 5 months (Expired 1/16/20) FM Mini Review: This card usually has a great signup bonus, but if you're looking for a card to keep long term, you'll find better options. Card Type: Mastercard World Earning rate: ⚬ 2X AA ⚬ 2X certain telecommunications merchants ⚬ 2X car rental merchants ⚬ 2X gas Big spend bonus: Earn $99 plus taxes domestic companion certificate after $30K spend Noteworthy perks: ⚬ First checked bag free ⚬ Priority Boarding ⚬ Save 25% on inflight purchases |
Overview
The CitiBusiness AAdvantage Platinum Select World MasterCard is a decent choice for anyone who wants an AAdvantage card that offers free checked bags, but you may do even better with one of the three other similarly priced AAdvantage cards on the market. See the card comparison section of this post for details.
Perks
The CitiBusiness AAdvantage Platinum Select World MasterCard offers the following perks:
- No foreign transaction fee
- 25% inflight food and beverage discount
- Free first checked bag for you and up to 4 travel companions on the same reservation
- Preferred boarding for you and up to 4 travel companions on the same reservation
- $99 plus taxes domestic companion certificate after $30K membership year spend
Earn Miles and Loyalty Points
This card offers 2 redeemable miles per dollar at gas stations, telecom, car rental, and for American Airlines spend. Regardless of the category of spend, the card earns just 1 Loyalty Point per dollar.
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About AAdvantage Elite Status
This card earns both redeemable miles and Loyalty Points through spend. You’ll earn just one Loyalty Point per dollar spent even if the card offers extra redeemable miles. For example, if you spend $300 on an American Airlines flight where this card offers 2x miles, you’ll earn 600 redeemable miles and 300 Loyalty Points.
Below you’ll find a summary of the benefits you can earn from Loyalty Points. Loyalty Points are earned from March through February each year.
| AAdvantage elite status | Gold | Platinum | Platinum Pro | Executive Platinum |
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| Loyalty Points Required | 40K | 75K | 125K | 200K |
| Mileage Bonus | 40% | 60% | 80% | 120% |
| Preferred Seating | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Main Cabin Extra Seating | Upgrade at Check In | Y | Y | Y |
| Domestic First Class Upgrade | 24 hour window | 48 hour window | 72 hour window | 100 hour window |
| Upgrade on Alaska Airlines | N | N | Y | Y |
| Free checked bags | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| OneWorld Status | Ruby: Access to biz class check-in, preferred seating | Sapphire: Access to OneWorld Business Class lounges | Emerald: Access to OneWorld First and Business Class lounges | |
In addition to earning elite status from Loyalty Points, the following benefits can be earned at various spend-tiers:
| Loyalty Points Earned | Loyalty Point Rewards |
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| 15K | Automatic Benefit: Group 5 Boarding Choose 1: • Priority privileges & Group 4 boarding for a trip • 5 Preferred seat coupons |
| 40K | Automatic Benefit: AAdvantage Gold Status |
| 60K | Automatic Benefits: • 20% Loyalty Point Bonus (AA Vacations, SimplyMiles, AAdvantage eShopping, AAdvantage Dining, and AA Hotels) • Avis Preferred Plus |
| 75K | Automatic Benefit: AAdvantage Platinum Status |
| 100K | Automatic Benefits: • 30% Loyalty Point Bonus (AA Vacations, SimplyMiles, AAdvantage eShopping, AAdvantage Dining, and AA Hotels) • Avis President's Club |
| 125K | Automatic Benefit: AAdvantage Platinum Pro Status |
| 175K | Choose 1: • 2 systemwide upgrades • 20K bonus AA miles (25K w/ AA credit card) • 6 Admirals Club One-Day Passes • $200 Trip Credit ($250 w/ AA credit card) • Carbon offset • $250 donation to select nonprofit organization • 15% award rebate • 2 gifts of AAdvantage Gold status • 35K AA miles towards a Mastercard Priceless Experience |
| 200K | Automatic Benefit: AAdvantage Executive Platinum Status |
| 250K | Choose 2: • 2 systemwide upgrades • 20K bonus AA miles (30K w/ AA credit card) • 6 Admirals Club One-Day Passes • $200 Trip Credit ($250 w/ AA credit card) • Carbon offset • $250 donation to select nonprofit organization • 2 gifts of AAdvantage Gold status • Bang & Olufsen product (requires 2 choices) • 1 Flagship lounge single visit pass (2 passes w/ AA credit card) • 35K AA miles towards a Mastercard Priceless Experience |
| 400K | Choose 2: • 1 systemwide upgrade • 25K bonus AA miles • Admirals Club membership (requires 2 choices) • $200 Trip Credit ($250 w/ AA credit card) • Carbon offset • Gift of AAdvantage Platinum status • Bang & Olufsen product (requires 2 choices) • 1 Flagship First Dining pass • 40K AA miles towards a Mastercard Priceless Experience |
| 550K | Choose 2: • 1 systemwide upgrade • 25K bonus AA miles • Admirals Club membership (requires 2 choices) • $200 Trip Credit ($250 w/ AA credit card) • Carbon offset • Gift of AAdvantage Platinum status • Bang & Olufsen product (requires 2 choices) • 2 Flagship lounge single visit passes • 1 Flagship First Dining pass • 40K AA miles towards a Mastercard Priceless Experience |
| 750K | Choose 2: • 1 systemwide upgrade • 25K bonus AA miles • Admirals Club membership (requires 2 choices) • $200 Trip Credit ($250 w/ AA credit card) • Carbon offset • Gift of AAdvantage Platinum status • Bang & Olufsen product (requires 2 choices) • 2 Flagship lounge single visit passes • 1 Flagship First Dining pass • 40K AA miles towards a Mastercard Priceless Experience |
| 1M | Choose 1: • 4 systemwide upgrades • Carbon offset • Gift of AAdvantage Platinum Pro status • Up to 100K miles back on award redemptions • 150K AA miles towards a Mastercard Priceless Experience |
| 3M | Choose 1: • 6 systemwide upgrades • Carbon offset • Gift of AAdvantage Executive Platinum status • Up to 300K miles back on award redemptions • 350K AA miles towards a Mastercard Priceless Experience |
| 5M | Choose 1: • 10 systemwide upgrades • Carbon offset • Gift of AAdvantage Executive Platinum status • Up to 500K miles back on award redemptions • 550K AA miles towards a Mastercard Priceless Experience |
AAdvantage Credit Card Comparison
There are seven different American Airlines AAdvantage credit cards available in the United States which are worth considering (there are also a few additional uninteresting options available only via product changes). All seven share some standard features and perks:
- Issued by Mastercard
- 25% inflight food and beverage discount (except the Silver card which offers $25 back per day)
- Earn 1 AA Loyalty Point per dollar spent (details about Loyalty Points can be found in the Elite Status section of our AA guide).
- No foreign transaction fees
- Free first checked bag and preferred boarding for you plus multiple companions on the same ticket
| Card | Annual Fee | Bonus Categories | Additional Perks |
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| Citi AAdvantage MileUp Card | $0 | 2X AA, Grocery | None |
| Citi AAdvantage Platinum Select | $99 | 2X AA, Gas, Dining | $125 AA Flight Discount with $20K membership year spend |
| Barclays AAdvantage Aviator Red | $99 | 2X AA | $99 + tax domestic companion certificate after $20K membership year spend; $25 annual inflight Wifi Credit; |
| Barclays AAdvantage Aviator Silver | $195 | 3X AA, 2X Hotel, Car rental | $25 per day inflight food and beverage credit; $50 annual inflight Wifi credit; Companion certificate good for 2 guests at $99 each (plus taxes and fees) after $20K membership year spend. Up to 15K bonus Loyalty Points: 5K at $20K spend, 5K at $40K spend, and 5K at $50K spend during the status qualification period; $100 Global Entry application fee credit |
| Citi® / AAdvantage® Executive | $450 | 2X AA | Admirals Club membership; 10K Loyalty Points after $40K spend during the status qualification period; $100 Global Entry application fee credit |
| CitiBusiness AAdvantage Platinum Select | $99 | 2X AA, Gas, Telecom, Car rental | $99 plus taxes domestic companion certificate after $30K membership year spend |
| Barclays AAdvantage Aviator Business | $95 | 2X AA, Office supply, Telecom, Car rental | $99 plus taxes domestic companion certificate after $30K membership year spend. Earn 5% AAdvantage mileage bonus each anniversary. |
I was trying to apply for this card but the application says that the business name and my name can’t be the same? I’ve been using my name as the business name for all my other business cards. Is there a way around this?
25% off inflight purchases may only be for in-flight Wifi.
Targeted mailer for 70k on $5k spend within 5 months.
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According to some other sources (FT eg) Citi AA cards now deny sign up bonus for 48 months from previous bonus. I do see that in application terms, is that the current situation? thanks
Can you apply both personal and business aa and get miles?
Yes, absolutely.
Thx. What if you had these cards before? How long between when u had and closed to get miles? I
Applied for personal and biz on Saturday. Approved for personal on Sunday after calling reconsideration line. Approved biz Monday after calling reconsideration line. Last time I had been approved for citi aa personal select card 1/2013 and biz 1/2015. Both cards cancelled over 24 months ago.
Good to hear. Congrats.
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DW got a Citi Business AAdvantage card and now it is showing on her Equifax report on CreditKarma (but not on Transunion).
Why? I thought maybe it would go away but it is still there 2 months later.
She will be under 5/24 otherwise, so what will happen? Any Ideas?
Just to be sure: you mean that it shows as a new account not as an inquiry, right?
Assuming that’s so, I don’t know! Maybe CitiBusiness reports to Equifax but not to the other bureaus. If that’s true, then your 5/24 count may be dependent upon which bureaus Chase pulls for your applications. Have you tracked that?
Not sure what you mean by track it. But it still shows up on CreditKarma as an open account now on the Equifax side, which is where all the Chase cards show. .
How do I “track” it?
I meant: have you watched to see which bureaus Chase issues hard inquires to when you apply for a Chase card?
No.
Is there a way to get this removed from the personal account?
I doubt it, but I don’t know for sure
Thanks.
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Small adjustment: looks like the annual fee on this has gone up from $95 to $99.
The CitiBusiness AAdvantage Platinum application is not working!!!!!
You can find it as follows: click the link on this page which takes you to another website. From there:
1. Click the menu: Card Issuer… Citi
2. Scroll down, click “show more cards”. You should then be able to find what you want.
Sorry about this. We can’t do anything about where the cards show up in the list and this one is particularly well hidden!
[…] cards coming with 50K miles after first purchase and the Citi AAdvantage Platinum Select and Citibusiness AAdvantage cards offering 60K after $3K spend in 3 months, it’s pretty easy to accumulate the miles […]
Doesn’t work. Link on Best Offers page comes here, this page links to itself.
That’s correct – then you’d have to click through from this page and then you can sort by issuer and you should find what you’re looking for.
Is this offer dead now?
Anyone know if this offer is available if you have the personal version of the Platinum Select AAdvantage card?
The application states the following, but I can’t tell for sure if it only means other business cards, or personal as well:
“This card is not available if the business already has a CitiBusiness® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® World Mastercard® card. Bonus miles are not available if you have had any CitiBusiness® / AAdvantage® card opened or closed in the past 24 months.”
Yes, that’s fine. Business and personal cards are handled separately.
Thanks guys.
Just went there, the link there does say 60k, but when you hit apply now it sends you to an error page saying they can’t process your application right now try again later….
Ugh. Sorry about that — saw the landing page worked and made the assumption that the application page did, too. I have updated the Best Offers page with a new 60K link.
And I fixed the link on this page so this one works too.
Hey nick. The link brings you directly to the personal card with the $450 AF. Searching around you can find the business version but it’s still only showing 30k. Not sure if it’s the link or the offer is gone. Thanks.
Huh – you’re right. I’ll fix this. In the meantime, go to our Best Offers page and try the link there — it should be direct to the 60K offer.
https://frequentmiler.com/best-credit-card-sign-up-offers/
I will get this page fixed as well, but I believe when you click the link there it should take you directly to the 60K offer (it’s working from there on my end).
I fixed this. The link is for 60K. Thanks!
Is there a live link for the 60k offer? Link isn’t working and Citi site only has 30k…
experiencing the same – maybe an update is needed?
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