Citi® / AAdvantage® Executive World Elite Mastercard® (Citi AA Exe) Review 2023.9 Update: The 100k offer is expired. The current offer is 75k. 2023.7 Update: The new offer is 100k. There are also a lot of changes: Annual fee is increased from $450 to $595. Earn 4x AA Miles on AA (2x before). Earn 5x on AA after spending $150,000 in…
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AAdvantage® Aviator® Red World Elite Mastercard® Review 2023.7 Update: The official application link is no longer showing 70k offer, but DoC reader found a working link still showing 70k. 2023.6 Update: The new offer is 70k+first year annual fee NOT waived. 2023.5 Update: The new offer is 50k+first year annual fee waived. Application Link Barclays AAdvantage Aviator Red Benefits 70k offer: earn…
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Citi® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® World Elite™ Mastercard® (Citi AA) Review 2023.6 Update: The 75k offer is expired. The current offer is 60k. 2023.5 Update: Although most 75k offer links are expired, there is one that’s still working. HT: DoC. 2023.4 Update: The 75k offer is back now! You can get 75,000 AA miles after spending $3500 in 4 months. This is…
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AAdvantage® Aviator® Business Mastercard® Review 2023.5 Update: The offer is lowered to 75k now. 2022.10 Update: The 80k+$95 offer is back. 2022.8 Update: The offer is lowered 70k now. Application Link Barclays AAdvantage Aviator Business Benefits 75k offer: earn 50,000 AAdvantage Miles after spending $4,000 within the first 90 days, and earn additional 25,000 AAdvantage Miles after spending $10,000 in total in…
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CitiBusiness® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® World Mastercard® Review 2020.6 Update: The 70k offer is expired. The current offer is 65k. 2020.4 Update: The new offer is 70k. Application Link CitiBusiness® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® World Mastercard® Benefits 65k Offer: earn 65,000 AAdvantage Miles after spending $4,000 in first 4 months. The recent best offer is 75k. We value AA Miles at…
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In early December American Airlines extended its “Web Special” pricing from Economy to Business and First Class. We have seen reports of some marginally discounted domestic first class award, but wonder if similar discounts will ever apply to international premium cabins—the crown jewel of mileage redemption—until now. This morning we spotted that AA has released a substantial amount of saver…
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Starting from today, you can redeem your AAdvantage Miles towards flights operated by China Southern (CZ). At the same time, you could also earn redeemable miles on all CZ-operated and -coded flight, with an earning rate outlined below. Understandably, the accrual rate is pretty bad on some heavily discounted cabin, and you should also be aware that it will NOT…
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Today it was announced that American Airlines is going to raise the revenue requirements for Executive Platinum. At American, it used to be the case that you need to spend $12,000 Elite Qualifying Dollars (EQD) to earn the Executive Platinum status. Now the EQD threshold has increased to $15,000, representing a 25% hike. This move actually mirrored what United has done…
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Since American Airlines decided go revenue-based and introduced Elite Qualifying Miles last year, many AA loyalists feel betrayed and don’t bother re-qualifying anymore (well, unless your corporate contract forces you to fly AA). As an half academic flyer/half leisure traveler, I don’t necessarily feel betrayed. Nonetheless, AA no longer appears appealing to me. In addition to changes in Elite Qualification,…
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This is an introduction to how to retroactively request mileage credit on the major U.S. airlines. There are a variety of reasons one might want to retroactively request mileage credit. For instance: The miles from a flight you took do not appear in your frequent flyer account after a certain period of time (varies by airline, as described below). You…
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Citi AAdvantage Gold MasterCard Review 2018.7 Update: It seems this card is discontinued. Application Link This card no longer accepts new applications. If you are lucky to have this legacy credit card, you can still enjoy its original benefits. Benefits Earn 25,000 AAdvantage Miles after spending $750 in first 3 months. We value AA Miles at 1.6 cents/point (Airline Miles Value),…
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Introduction American Airlines (AA) miles used to be one of the most sought after currencies for frequent fliers looking for outsized value when traveling on AA metal, both domestically and abroad. When AA completed their merger with US Airways in 2015, Saver award availability suddenly became scarce. With a few exceptions (flights to/from Asia), award availability remains relatively dismal. We recently told you about a 25%…
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This post is a collection of hotel points -> AA miles promotions. Similar hotel points -> UA miles promotions are collected here.
We have posted an article before: A Beginner’s Guide to American Airline (AA) Miles, to give you a brief introduction to American Airline Miles, including how to earn AA miles and how to use miles for free air ticket (mainly focus on using miles for Sino-US air ticket). In this post, we will elaborate the specific rules of the AA…
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Yesterday I wrote a post about my business class flight from Chengdu to New York redeemed with AA miles. Many friends showed great interest in my post. So today let’s talk about how to use AA miles redemption. We would be more than glad if this post could be of any help. And we are going to talk more in…
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