The Offer
- Earn 80,000 American Airline miles after $3,500 in spend within the first four months.
Card Details
- Annual fee of $99 waived first year
- Earn a $125 American Airlines Flight Discount after you spend $20,000 or more in purchases during your cardmembership year and renew your card
- American Airlines AAdvantage® bonus miles are not available if you have received a new account bonus for a Citi® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® account in the past 48 months.
- No foreign transaction fees
- First checked bag free
Our Verdict
This is 5,000 more than the regular increased offer we see of 75,000 miles. Will add this to our list of the best credit card bonuses.
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P2 applied on 8/31, went into pending, got reference number in the mail. Logged on to verify mail receipt and instantly approved on 9/8.
3/24 with +1 AU on P1
Oddly, I *wasn't* prequalified, but I applied anyway and was instantly approved.
Adding an instant approval DP to the mixed results bag:
instant approval via pre approval link #2095131 (link showed "pre-qualified" with my info)
$6,300 limit, instant card number provided for immediate use.
1 open Citi Access checking account with very little balance, opened March 2024
1 Costco Citi Visa regularly used and open since ~2019, <1% utilized. CL $7,100
no other citi products
781 Experian
4/24 (6 hard inquiries in 24 months for all credit cards, most recent inquiry in July for CIP)
Overall utilization across all open CL is <10%
DP - applied and got this: "Hi, Rob. Thanks for your interest in opening a Citi® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® Card account. We're reviewing the application you submitted on and will get back to you within 7-10 days." Just under 24 hours later checked application status and it was approved.
This card offer is still active but not listed on the Best credit card bonus page - maybe an oversight?
One question to clarify - this card bonus 48-month timer is separate from the Citi business aadvantage card, right?
Should be.
Was pre-qualified, applied and received a 7-10 day message. After a 10 minute wait on recon line, approved for a measly $6000 CL. Citi being Citi.
When I applied for Citi Premier a few years back, they denied me for too much available credit. I thought they were done with me. I did close some unused and unneeded cards over the years.
I was approved for Citi SYW late last year and I do use that card pretty frequently.
I did end up getting approved for this card. It appears that I was at 5/24 when approved..
Denied instantly. 780 Experian. Opened a citi card in dec 2024. 4/24. 6 hard inquiries in 24 months
Anyone else get "We have received your application and further processing is required. We will contact you in approximately 7-10 days regarding our decision." upon application? I'm preparing for a denial, but maybe not?
Well, I got the approval email a few hours later, so don't assume that message is a denial.
Denied instantly, 818 TU score, 805 Experian, 775 FICO. I am at 3/24 new accounts, 3 hard inquiries in 24 months, only 1 hard inquiry in the last 12 months (4/2025, which is also the only new account in the last 12 months). My credit shows 2% utilization.
Is there anything I am missing here? I thought I would get approved right away reading up on how sensitive Citi is with inquiries, etc. Pretty annoyed by this because I use AA a lot. I do currently have the Barclays Aviator Red card so I was wanting to get the Citi AAdvantage card before Citi takes over Barclays' accounts next year.
I called the recon line just now and still no dice. They said it was because of "insufficient history" he said meaning .. if I have opened accounts over the years, not used them very long, and closed them this is insufficient history. Also he said I may have too many new accounts (I have 1 in 12 months, 3 in 24 months). He said maybe once the newest account ages a bit they would approve me at a later time. I feel like giving up on Citi, they suck in their banking and won't take someone with a great credit history as a customer. Just very frustrated, there is nothing I can do to improve my credit other than just never signing up for a credit card again and letting everything fall off for 2 years.