American Airlines has announced that the business extra program will be discontinued and replaced with the AAdvantage Business program. The new program is simple, you earn 1 AAdvantage mile per $1 spent and 1 loyalty point per dollar spent. In order to redeem the miles and stay a member you must:
- Must have at least five unique travelers on account & maintain $5,000 in qualifying Business Extra flight activity during the previous 12-month period to redeem points
- Be a Citi AA business cardholder
The transition between the two programs will be as follows:
- On December 14, 2023 the Business Extra program will be discontinued
- Points must be redeemed by January 31, 2024.
- You can transfer points across at a rate of 1:6
New program isn’t as good as the old one, but with the requirements to stay a member and redeem the miles it’s much harder/impossible to game than it was before so most readers won’t be eligible anyway.
American is committed to making the AAdvantage Business™ program the best business travel rewards program. We value your feedback as we work to make it happen. Please take a few minutes to share your experience as a Travel Manager.
As a thank you for your time, you’ll have the choice of 1,000 AAdvantage® bonus miles to redeem on future travel, hotel stays and more, or 1,000 Loyalty Points toward status and Loyalty Point Rewards.
Thank you for being a valued member of the AAdvantage Business™ program.
Warning: If you signup for any of the Citi AA Biz cards, your miles no longer post to your personal account. Many of us are waiting on our SUB as well.
I just realized that until I found they set up a business account for me and post my miles over there
How did you get your password? I’m trying to gain access to the account they set up but resetting using my first and last name isn’t working!
What about the Barclays Biz card?
Unfortunately, this is one of the most useless rewards programs out there, in my personal opinion / experience. I have spent thousands of dollars and used my business number (for several years) and still have not accrued enough miles / credit for a single one-way flight.
Holding the Citi business card waives the 5 travelers/$5,000 requirement.
Points can’t be transferred to the new program, they just get turned into personal AAdvantage miles if you actively redeem for that. If you don’t they are forfeited on 2/1
There are scores of mom/pop/single operators that don’t have 5 traveling employees. Is Citi a special kind of stupid or are they just gunning to larger businesses?
does this mean i can fly on american airlines with AA again or am i still banned from earning / using miles. asking for a friend or two
I wonder if this applies to my dog as well.