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I got an email last night from Citibank, announcing some changes to the Citibank American Airlines AAdvantage card
Citi AAdvantage benefit going away
The benefit that is going away is the $100 American Airlines flight discount that you get after spending $30,000 on the card. Talk about your obscure benefit! I can’t imagine that there are too many people that actually have used this! (Cue 100 people mentioning that they use it in the comments!)
I mean if I’ve got $30,000 in spend, I’m definitely putting it on other cards!
If you are planning on getting that $100 credit, you’ll need to do it before your next card anniversary date after November 15th.
Citi AAdvantage benefit being added
In better news, the Citi AAdvantage card is joining the long list of cards that are eliminating foreign transaction fees. Starting November 15, 2015, no more foreign transaction fees on the Citi AAdvantage card!
Finally, a credit card benefit change that is actually for the good!!!! 🙂
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When I did the math that discount effectively makes using this card one of the cheapest ways to manufacture spending. Assuming a liquidation of Visa cards, it can mean 30K miles for $197 or 0.65 c/m. Interestingly enough the United card is up there too with the 10k bonus points.
And using a $100 discount on a cash flight through AA is totally the same as a $100 statement credit. You go right ahead and put $30k on this card.