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AAdvantage® AviatorTM Business MasterCard®  Up to 75K Miles Up to 75K miles: 50K bonus miles after spending $4K in first 90 days + additional 25K miles after spend $10K in first 12 months. Click Here to Apply (this is NOT an affiliate link) $95 Annual Fee Recent better offer: Expired 2/6/23: 80K miles + a $95 statement credit after $2K spend in first 90 days. Card Type: Mastercard Earning rate: ⚬ 2X AA, office supply, telecommunications services, and at car rental agencies ⚬ 1X everywhere else 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 |
Overview
The AAdvantage Aviator Business 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 AAdvantage Aviator Business 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 5% AAdvantage mileage bonus each anniversary.
Earn Miles and Loyalty Points
This card offers 2 redeemable miles per dollar at office supply stores, telecom, car rental agencies, 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. |
FYI…The offer I get with this link doesn’t match the description above…
“Earn up to 75,000 AAdvantage® bonus milesEarn 50,000 bonus miles after spending $4,000 on purchases in the first 90 days, and earn 25,000 bonus miles after spending $10,000 in the first 12 months.“
Fixed! Thank you for bringing this to our attention.
Will using Plastiq to pay my mortgage count towards the $2k spend? It’s a Mastercard so it appears it should (as per Plastiq’s chart and FM) and I don’t see any specific Barclays card restrictions. Does anyone know? Thanks!
Does anyone have DP’s on the change of earning the bonus for a 2nd card under a different business? Both are legit small businesses (LLC’s)
I applied through this link today, and it is again offering 80k miles with a $95 credit!
I recently got this business card and received the bonus, but not Double Miles on one of the categories it claims to. My office telephone,TV and internet are with Comcast Infinity. They don’t give you double miles for Comcast, even though the Card rewards program says double miles on Telecommunication Services. I called and spoke to a representative who confirmed this. I always thought Comcast-Infinity would be considered a Telecommunications company because they provide Telephone-TV-Internet Service, but I guess not??
Barclays site no longer showing AA cards, oddly. Says this offer expired.
Applied and was rejected we even with recon bec I already had this card in the past for another “business”.
Same here. When I applied they didn’t have an option to list an EIN (for a different business), so presumably it looked like the same biz.
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DP – Looked everywhere for info on getting multiple of this card, and couldn’t find anything. I was able to get 2 of these business cards. First card approved instantly 11/7/19, received mileage bonus 12/7/19 after paying statement. Second card applied 12/8/19 through this page’s link, declined, called recon and explained I have two businesses. They asked for more details about businesses’ income, expenses, but did not ask for EINs. Approved second card by phone. I don’t know yet if the second card will receive bonus but hoping so since application was through this link.
Very interesting DP. They’ve been very tight on the personal Aviator, with many denied even after waiting more than a year since closing the previous card. Interesting to hear that the story may be different on the business card.
Hi Nick, yes, the question will be if the second card also gets the bonus…I didn’t want to press my luck by asking during the recon phone call. Any thoughts on if I should call back and dig deeper on this?
A little more info: I was 7/24 including biz, 4/24 without at time of first AAviator application/approval. Today first applied for Amex Biz Gold and instantly approved, then moved on to this second AAviator. Technically I was at 9/24 with biz, 5/24 without at time of recon phone call. However I don’t think Amex has been doing hard pulls for me, I’m a customer since 1995.
On call, CSR asked for permission to do another hard pull, which I agreed. Questions about spouses income, etc. We have rental properties so they would have been able to see those mortgages as confirmation of at least one business. Asked about another CU loan (solar). First card CL was 14k, she said the max for this one would be 5k. I said let’s have them both at 5k.
Used number above for recon, phone rep answered immediately when I called, didn’t have to press a single number to be directed through their system. Very pleasant and easy to deal with, not overseas.
Apart from Amex, I can’t think of an issuer that approves the card application and then denies the bonus. I think that if you got approved, you should be good to go on the bonus.
Barclay’s doesn’t have any hard and fast rules in terms of the number of cards you’ve opened, so your X/24 count shouldn’t matter much. Barclay’s tends to be a little bit on the conservative side, but no firm rule here.
Glad to hear the call went well and congrats on the approval!
Thank you, that’s good to hear! I’ll update with the results. Now need to get my P2 to be willing to recon a 2nd AAviator, and plus our two new Citi Biz AA’s we’ll have a tidy stash! Haven’t delved into personal AA cards yet because we’re working on SW CP and CIPs too.
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This is up to 60K bonus now, but with a $1K spend requirement.
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Looks like this offer is still alive as of August 10, 2018.
Just applied and was instantly approved for 5K.
I’m 9/24, closed Barclay Hawaiian in May’18, no other applications in 2018 except Chase Marriott Business.
Credit score in low 800.
it was 60,000 miles after first purchase back in February.
Are you sure it was Business version, not the personal one ?
Cause personal has 60K bonus.