Update 7/3/25: Sites with affiliate links are saying this is ending soon, but haven’t provided a date.
Update 5/22/25: 100k offer is back
Update 5/20/24: Deal is set to end on 07/11
Update 5/10/24: Offer is back at this link (ht uscreditcardguide)
The Offer
- Citi is offering 100,000 miles after spending $10,000 within three months on the AAdvantage Executive card.
Card Details
- $595 annual fee
- $175 authorized user fee for the first three authorized users and a $175 fee for each authorized user thereafter
- Annual credits:
- Up to $120 back on eligible Avis® or Budget car rentals every calendar year.
Up to $120 back on eligible Grubhub purchases (up to $10 statement credit on each monthly billing statement).
Up to $120 in Lyft credits ($10 credit each month after taking three eligible rides)
- Up to $120 back on eligible Avis® or Budget car rentals every calendar year.
- Admiral club access (includes authorized users)
- Card earns at the following rates:
- 4X AAdvantage miles on eligible American Airlines purchases. After spending $150,000 in a calendar year, cardmembers can earn a total of 5X AAdvantage miles on eligible American Airlines purchases for the remainder of the calendar year.
- 10X AAdvantage miles on eligible car rentals booked through aa.com/cars and eligible hotels booked through aa.com/hotels.
- 1X on all other purchases
- Loyalty point bonuses:
- Loyalty point bonuses:
- A 10,000 Loyalty Point bonus after reaching 50,000 Loyalty Points in a status qualification year.
- An additional 10,000 Loyalty Point bonus after reaching 90,000 Loyalty Points in the same status qualification year
- Loyalty point bonuses:
- No foreign purchase fees
- Enhanced Airport Experience
- First Checked Bag Free
- $100 Credit For Global Entry/TSA PreCheck
- 48 month rule does apply
Our Verdict
Citi recently made some major changes to this card including the annual fee increase and authorized fee increased along with some additional credits. I don’t think this card is worth holding long term, but if you can use the benefits and miles then this is a good bonus on this card and I don’t see it going higher in the future. We will add it to the best credit card bonuses.
If I took out the Citi Strata card one year ago, does this keep me from getting the bonus on the Citi AAdvantage credit cards? Thanks!
No, you’re eligible for this one if approved
It is now showing 70k only.
Still seeing it at this link
Link is working but when you click apply, its not working. Anyone else had any success or any other idea to secure 100k bonus?
I would jump on this deal, but Citi stopped allowing AA credit cards to product change to the no annual fee cards like Custom Cash/Double Cash that earn Thank You points. I am hoping this is only a temporary policy, but as of today, AA cards can not be PC’ed to cards that generate Thank You points.
But you could just cancel the card after one year?
They used to allow PC outside product family?
Yes, they did. Not sure if they still do, but I PC’d a Citi AA to Citi Prestige and still have it
Does anyone with the card know how easy it is to get a complimentary upgrade seat from say economy to business/first? I had this card a long time ago and the only perk I got was priority boarding.
I have the card and fly a lot on AA. This card hasn’t helped much with upgraded seats, certainly no upgrades to first. You have to have 50,000 loyalty points (not AAdvantage miles) before you really begin to get seat upgrades, and that takes a lot of flying on paid flights (as opposed to rewards flights). Would welcome tips from anyone as to how to get more loyalty points/seat upgrades.
Outside of seat upgrades, the card has been valuable for me. I have been pleased with the value of the miles, and get a lot of benefit from the Admirals Club lounges. Plus the free luggage and preferred seating.
LIMITED-TIME OFFER | 5 DAYS LEFT
From the top of the linked page. Note, today is 7/3
Anyone know if citi allows convertion of the card to something else?
They might, when I wanted to close my Platinum Select account last year, the lady was pushing very hard to convert it to the $0 AF MIleUp card; you can only close anything at city via phone, so they may offer something to you as well.
Called citi and requested for custom cash rewards or other generic citi convertion, but was told that only to the milesup ($0 AF) card the system is allowing. So proceeded with that. Autopay already deducted 99$ AF but the rep said it will be reversed (and it did in few days).
Yeah, I guess we gotta stay within the family. 🙂
It varies. Two years ago I converted an AAdvantage card to a Custom Cash. Now Citi only converts AA to the MileUp card.
can you “cashout” the aveis/budget credits by booking and cancelling? thatd make a huge duifference in the effective AF (considering a triple dip, that an extra 240 less (475 vs 235 since i dont value any other useless credits)
From the mailer I received with this offer, it looks like the offer is scheduled to end on 7/15/2025:
“Respond by 7/15/2025 with your invitation number”
P2 and myself were both just denied. Have to wait 7-10 days for a letter. We both have credit scores over 800. We both last had this card back in 2014. First credit card denial for either of us in a long time.
Hi, what was the outcome of the denial? I have just applied for the personal card (not this one), and both my wife and I were denied right away. This is news to us as we don’t usually get denied by Citi. Thanks for the feedback
Is there a business version of this card with club access?