Deal has expired and is no longer available.
The Offer
- Citi American Airlines Platinum Select World Elite Mastercard is offering 50,000 American Airlines miles after you spend $2,500 within the first three months. Plus new card members also receive up to a $200 statement credit on eligible American Airlines purchases within the first 12 months of account opening.
Card Details
- Annual fee of $95 is waived the first year
- Contains one American Airlines bonus per 24 month language
Our Verdict
The current best deal is 60,000 miles after $3,000 in spend, but the beauty of that offer is that you can request a match to 75,000 miles and they seemingly match everybody. In general it seems that Citi has matched to higher American Airlines bonuses as long as the match is no more than 20,000 additional miles (e.g they won’t match 50,000 to 75,000). I had assumed that because this offer contained a statement credit component they wouldn’t match, but there is at least one person that has been matched. Personally I don’t see them continuing to match people that have signed up for the statement credit offer, but if you can get matched then 70,000 miles + $200 in statement credits towards American Airlines purchases is significantly better than 75,000 miles. The 75,000 mile offer is better than 50,000 miles + $200 though. Feel free to share your own matching datapoints in the comments below.
Before applying or asking basic questions in the comments make sure you read these things everybody should know about Citi cards here. Also keep in mind this offer contains the following language:
- 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.
We discuss this in more detail here.
