The Offer
- Citi has increased the sign up bonus on the Citi AAdvantage Executive Card to 75,000 miles after $7,500 spend (previously 50,000 miles after $5,000 spend)
Card Features
- Annual fee of $450
- Admirals club membership
- Global Entry or TSA PreCheck application fee credit
- No foreign transaction fees
- Card earns at the following rates:
- 2x miles on all AA purchases
- 1x miles on all other purchases
- Free first checked bag
- 25% savings on eligible in-flight purchases on American Airlines and US Airways flight
- Contains the language: “not available if you have had a Citi® / AAdvantage® Executive World EliteTM Card opened or closed in the past 18 months”
Our Verdict
This bonus has gone as high as 100,000 miles in the past, I don’t expect that offer to come back in the near to medium term, so if you’re interested in this card I’d recommend applying for it now. I don’t think the annual fee justifies the benefits, so I’ll be giving this offer a miss (although I’m not eligible for it anyway).
Hat tip to reader George
Man, AAdvantage is giving points away like candy! I just hope I’ll be able to ride this gravy train as long as possible!
the 18 m language stopping me from getting #15
Hmmm. I have to agree, the annual fee does not justify the benefits, specially if you already have the other benefits it offer by having the Citi Prestige or Amex Platinum. It would be basically be $450 annual fee (plus any expenses on MS if you do MS) for $75,000 miles.
Re: I don’t think the annual fee justifies the benefits, so I’ll be giving this offer a miss.
How about manufactured spending the $7,500 and cancelling the card before the AF hits? Even if the AF hits, I believe you have a couple of months before which you can cancel the card and get the AF refunded back.
Bah. Was just about to get interested until I saw the limiting criteria is the having the card in the last 18 months…
Go for it!
You have 30 days to cancel. Some suggest 37 days, but I would be very nervous pushing it that far.
I don’t know. $7,500 is peanuts for some MS’ers. It is also 25% less compared to the previous offer (100,000 miles on $10,000 spend). It is also much less than what some folks receive for their targetted Platinum cards (often times targetted Platinum offers require you to spend $10k to $20k).