Citi and American Airlines boosted the welcome offer on the Citi AAdvantage Platinum Select World Elite Mastercard yesterday to 80,000 bonus miles when spending $3,500 in the first four months. I believe that’s the highest ever welcome bonus on this card and it also comes with a waived annual fee the first year.
The Offer & Key Card Details
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 ⓘ $1061 1st Yr Value EstimateClick to learn about first year value estimates 80K Miles Non-AffiliateThis is NOT an affiliate offer. 80K miles after $3,500 spend in first 4 months $0 introductory annual fee for the first year, then $99 Alternate Offer: There may be an alternative offer of 30K + $400 AA credit that can be found when doing a dummy booking on aa.com. Information about this card has been collected independently by Frequent Miler. The issuer did not provide the details, nor is it responsible for their accuracy. Recent better offer: None FM Mini Review: Excellent choice for a great intro bonus. Plus it offers the usual collection of perks for flying AA (free checked bag, priority boarding, etc.) Earning rate: 2X restaurants ✦ 2X gas ✦ 2X AA Card Info: Mastercard World Elite issued by Citi. This card has no foreign currency conversion fees. Big spend bonus: $125 AA Flight Discount with $20K membership year spend Noteworthy perks: ✦ First checked bag free ✦ Priority Boarding ✦ Save 25% on inflight food and beverage purchases |
Quick Thoughts
The previous highest welcome offer on this card was 75,000 bonus miles when spending $3,500 in the first three months. This offer provides an additional 5,000 miles on top of that previous high offer, gives you an extra month in which to complete the spending requirement and also waives the annual fee for the first year.
That’s an excellent deal if you’re eligible for the card. A key reason you might not be approved for the card is if you’ve earned a welcome offer for this specific card in the past 48 months. If you earned the welcome bonus for the CitiBusiness AAdvantage Platinum Select card or the Barclays Aviator Red card in the past 48 months, that’s fine; it’s only if you got the offer on this specific card that you’ll be affected.
That said, Citi can sometimes be a little finicky with approvals. That’s often particularly the case for the Citi Strata Premier card, but that finickiness does extend to other cards in Citi’s portfolio. 80,000 miles is a very tempting offer though if you’re eligible, especially with no annual fee the first year.
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If I applied just 2 weeks ago, does you know how I can match to this increased offer?
If I cancelled this card less than a month ago but earned the bonus more than 48 months ago, am I eligible for it again?
I got the exec card a few years ago. Am I eligible?
Yes, that’s an entirely different card and so doesn’t affect the 48 month rule on this card
can you have more then 1 Citi Plat AA card?
P2 currently has one, b/c she got offered a fee free upgrade from the noAF version last fall, and if my worksheet is correct, she got her last citi AA bonus in 2019 which would make her elidable for this offer, if she can have 2 of the same card
Thanks for the heads up. Haven’t dipped a toe in the AA pool in a very long time so this seems to make sense to grab 80k points.
which Credit Agencies does Citi do a hard pull from?
They always pull from Equifax for me. I’d check DoC threads on it as some of the banks vary pulls by state of residence.
Should we expect to get warning before this offer expires? If not, any guesses on how long it’ll stick around?
I’m not sure if Citi normally lists an end date closer to the time; it’s not listing an end date as of right now.
cant remember if i got this bonus recently – can i apply again to find out?
You can apply again and get accepted, however, they may not give you the bonus miles. In other words, they don’t tell you upfront if you are eligible for the bonus. I went through the whole spend and then never got the bonus.
Try searching your inbox for the approval email from them. If you know when you were approved for the card, you can at least approximate when you get the bonus. For my last approval for this card, the subject line was “You’ve Been Approved!”. You can also try searching for “Platinum Select” (keep the quotes so your email only searches for that phrase and not each word separately).