The Offer
Direct link to offer (if that doesn’t work, try a dummy booking)
- Citi / AAdvantage Platinum Select World Elite MasterCard is offering 50,000 miles after $3,000 in spend within the first three months.
- You can also earn up to $100 in statement credits on eligible American Airlines purchases in the first 12 months
The Fine Print
- Annual fee of $95 is waived the first year
- Contains one American Airlines bonus per 24-month language
- Eligible American Airlines purchases are items billed by American Airlines as merchant of record booked through American Airlines channels (AA.com, American Airlines reservations, and American Airlines airport and city ticket counters). Products or services that do not qualify are car rentals, hotel reservations, American Airlines Vacations packages, purchase of elite status boost or renewal and AA CargoSM products and services
Our Verdict
There is another offer for 60,000 miles after $3,000 in purchases. So it’s basically 10,000 miles vs $100 in statement credit (from American Airline purchases). I think American Airlines gift cards will code as an AA purchase so they should work for this purpose. Normally I’d say the miles are better but it has been very difficult to find American Airlines saver space recently making the miles significantly less valuable.
If it was just a straight up $100 statement credit I’d probably prefer that offer, but I don’t typically redeem for premium cabin space so that reduces the ‘value’ of miles (plus I have way too many miles). There is also a 60,000 mile bonus on the business card. You can get that bonus even if you’ve had a personal card before (and vice versa).
Keep in mind this card contains the following language:
- Statement credit and American Airlines AAdvantage® bonus miles are not available if you have had any Citi®/AAdvantage® card (other than a CitiBusiness®/AAdvantage® card) opened or closed in the past 24 months.
You can read about this rule in depth here.
Hat tip to @bhuynh08
