Card Highlights
Citi Executive AAdvantage card is a Credit Card
You can carry a balance and accrue interest if necessary. Note this is not advised by me. The points game does not work well, if you are carrying a balance and accruing interest. See #4 in Let’s Get Started To Earning Free Travel.
Card Rewards
Earn American AAdvantage miles with the card. Learn about AAdvantage miles here.
Sign-up Bonus
Before you apply, make sure your ability to get the sign-up bonus is not limited by Citi restrictions on an additional sign-up bonus.
Annual Fee
$595 annual fee
No Additional Cardholder Fees
$175 for 3 cards and $175 for each additional card.
Earn Miles and Loyalty Points on Spending
1. Earn more 4x miles on all American Airlines purchases and after you spend $150,000 in purchases in a calendar year (who is really doing this?), earn 5 miles for every $1 spend on eligible American Airlines purchases for the remainder of the year.
2. Earn 10x per $1 spent on eligible car rentals booked through aa.com/cars and hotels booked through aa.com/hotels.
3. Earn 1X miles on all other purchases
4. Earn 1x Loyalty Point per $1 on all spending.
Loyalty Point Boost
Earn a 10,000 Loyalty Point bonus after reaching 50,000 Loyalty Points in a status qualification year. Earn another 10,000 Loyalty Point bonus after reaching 90,000 Loyalty Points in the same status qualification year.
Free First Bag For You Plus 4 Companions
You get your first bag checked free on eligible bags for you and up to 8 companions.
Admirals Club Membership
You get Admirals Club membership with the card (a value of up to $850) and partner lounge access for the primary cardmember.
And Admirals Club Membership For The Additional Users
An Authorized User of the Citi / AAdvantage Executive World Elite Mastercard who is eighteen (18) years of age or older will receive access privileges to American Airlines Admirals Club lounges. However, they will not receive full Admirals Club membership granting them access to other airline lounges or clubs with which American Airlines may have like reciprocal lounge or club access privileges. Note, boarding passes for same-day travel on American Airlines or partner airlines are required for entry.
No Foreign Transaction Fees
Pay no foreign transaction fees on purchases when you use your Citi® / AAdvantage Executive credit card abroad.
$120 Annual Rental Car With Avis and Budget
You are eligible to receive a statement credit of up to $120 every calendar year when purchases of up to $120 or more are made at Avis or Budget car rentals or both and charged to your card account. The credit will be awarded on car rental spend that is inclusive of time and mileage, taxes, purchases, and other fees.
$120 Annual Grubhub Statement Credit
You are eligible to receive a statement credit of up to $10 per monthly billing statement (for a total of up to $120 every 12 monthly billing statements) on eligible purchases made at Grubhub. There is no minimum purchase requirement to earn the statement credit(s).
Global Entry or TSA Pre√ Application Fee Credit
Receive a statement credit, up to $100 every 4 years, as reimbursement for your application fee for Global Entry or TSA Pre√.
Elite Qualifying Miles
Normally, you will earn 10,000 Loyalty Points after spending $40,000 in purchases that post to your January through December billing statements. Loyalty Points are earned are in addition to the AAdvantage miles earned for purchases made on the credit card.
Priority Check In
Bypass the regular check-in line at the airport with access to Priority Check-in. Also, up to 8 traveling companions get priority check-in if they are listed in the same reservation.
Priority Boarding
You as the cardmember get priority boarding privileges. Also up to 8 traveling companions get priority boarding privileges if they are listed in the same reservation.
Insurance Benefits
New to the card as of July 2023, get Trip Cancellation & Interruption Protection, Trip Delay Protection, Lost Baggage Protection and Worldwide Car Rental Insurance Coverage. You will get all the details about the insurance info in the guide that you get when you get your card.
$120 Annual Lyft Credit (but tough to get)
This would be beneficial to you if you use Lyft often. You are eligible for the Take 3 Get $10 program (“Program”), by using your card to pay for the full amount or partial amount of three (3) Eligible Rides in a calendar month. After taking 3 Eligible Rides in a calendar month, you will then receive a $10 Lyft credit (“Credit”). Limit one Credit per calendar month per Lyft account.
In Flight Discounts
You’ll receive 25% savings when you use your card for in-flight purchases of food, drinks and headset purchases.
More About The Card
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