Citi Executive / AAdvantage Card Adds $100 Credit For Global Entry/TSA PreCheck (Prestige Also Adds PreCheck)

Reposting this because people are finally reporting receiving e-mails about this benefit. Travel with Grant provided me with the picture now in this post. Originally Published on: Apr 21, 2015 @ 18:09

Citi are continuing to improve their credit card offerings. They have just added the following benefits:

  • Citi Executive / AAdvantage card can now receive a statement credit of up to $100 once every five years as a reimbursement for Global Entry or TSA PreCheck
  • Citi Prestige already offers a statement credit of up to $100 once every five years for Global Entry, they have now added TSA PreCheck as an option as well

These benefits can only be used for the primary cardholder (e.g no using them for a spouse or secondary card holder). Recently Citi increased the sign up bonus to 50,000 ThankYou on the Prestige card (and there is a 60,000 in branch offer as well).

It’s always good to see benefits added to cards, unfortunately Global Entry/TSA PreCheck is an extremely common benefit already so a lot of cardholders will already have these. I would’ve preferred to see something like an inflight WiFi benefit or something a bit different from the norm. That being said I’m definitely not complaining when they add a benefit without taking anything way.

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RS_WI
RS_WI (@guest_118244)
May 12, 2015 08:10

SO and I both applied for GE about 2 weeks ago. I paid with my Prestige and she paid with her Citi Executive.

Her statement arrived by mail last night (she’s somewhat of a luddite) and the GE reimbursement credit was on there, plain as day. I was surprised it turned around so quickly.

Very pleased Citi has upped their offerings and their game. 🙂

RL
RL (@guest_110340)
April 28, 2015 16:05

Agreement on the logic but not in practice. I can apply for Pre Check on Monday, go to the processing to pay the fee and and prints and have my KTN by Friday of the same week. This actually happeneed for me and my spuose. Can you say the same for GE? Granted, I don’t travel international much so Pre Check is much easier for domestic travelers.

Sam Beckett
Sam Beckett (@guest_109311)
April 26, 2015 09:31

Global Entry: $100.00 includes TSA Precheck (good for 5 years)
TSA Precheck; $85.00 (good for 5 years)

Since AA is giving a $100 statement credit every 5 years, it seems obvious to go for the Global Entry.

Ethan
Ethan (@guest_107775)
April 22, 2015 11:00

Love this website William. Keep up the good work.

You say above that Global Entry/TSA Precheck is an ‘extremely common’ benefit already. What other cards give this benefit? (I’m aware of Ameriprise Amex Platinum)

Thanks!

Jason
Jason (@guest_107539)
April 21, 2015 21:45

How is the benefit limited to the primary cardholder in practice? If the card is used to pay a fee to PreCheck or to Global Entry, I don’t think the name of the applicant to the program will appear :/ any way. So, could the card just be used to pay the application fee for a spouse without Citi ever knowing the difference?

Shane
Shane (@guest_107516)
April 21, 2015 18:20

What is your source for the $100 Global Entry benefit on the Citi Executive Card? You and TPG have mentioned it the past 30 hours, but I can’t find anything else on it…