Citi and American Airlines have made some announcements regarding their co-branded credit cards. Details are as follows:
- New Citi American Airlines MileUp card will be launched on July 22nd.
- No annual fee
- Card will earn at the following rates:
- 2x miles per $1 spent on American Airline purchases and at grocery stores
- 1x mile per $1 spent on all other purchases
- Sign up bonus of 10,000 American Airlines miles and a $50 statement credit after $500 in spend within the first three months
- This card will replace the current Bronze card offered (previously this only earned 1 mile per $2 spent)
- Citi American Airlines Platinum Select personal card:
- Addition of 2x miles per $1 spent at gas stations and restaurants
- $100 American Airlines flight discount after spending $20,0000
- Citi American Airlines Platinum Select business card:
- Addition of 2x per $1 spent at gas stations, certain telecom and cable spending, car rentals
- 25% off American Airlines in flight WiFi
- Annual fee will increase from $95 to $99
Our Verdict
These changes aren’t really significant, addition of 2x categories isn’t that useful as other cards earn at much higher rates on gas & restaurant purchases. Some people had kept their bronze AA cards open to prevent miles from expiring, so I guess it’s better that those earning rates are increasing but those cardholders wouldn’t be doing much spend anyway. Overall the changes are all positive, so we can’t really complain too much it’s just not a lot of value being added.
