This article is Part 3 in our 3-part series on Middle Age Miles about our credit card applications in mid-March 2019. This mini App-O-Rama resulted in 2 denials and 1 approval. Our 3 articles in this series are: * Article…
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New Benefits on AA Co-Branded Credit Cards as of May 2019
As of yesterday (May 1), several new benefits went into effect on American Airlines co-branded personal cards issued by Barclays and Citi. We wanted to provide a quick post to summarize and remind you of the new benefits. Barclays AA…
Last Day to Make AA Award Bookings with 10% Mileage Refund
Quick reminder here – today is the last day to make AA award redemptions and receive the 10% mileage refund that has been available on several AA co-branded credit cards. As you probably know, the following cards have had the…
Changes to Citi & Barclays AA Co-Branded Cards – Details and Our Take
We received emails from the American Airlines AAdvantage Program today officially announcing changes to the AA co-branded credit cards issued by Citi and Barclays. The changes are almost uniformly negative for us – valuable benefits have been removed, and new…
Citi AA Platinum Product Change Options – We Chose ThankYou Rewards+
Introduction The annual fee posted recently on one of our 3 Citi AA Platinum cards, so it was time to decide whether to keep the card, cancel, or product change. We didn’t put any spend on the card beyond meeting…
Big-Spend Credit Card Bonuses & Benefits for 2019 – Yes, No or Maybe?
With 2019 kicking off, I thought it would be useful to review the big-spend bonuses and benefits available on our credit cards and give you our thoughts on each of them. We’ll break them down into: Yes, Definitely; On the…
A Case Study and Success Story of Strategic Card Applications – Approved for Chase World of Hyatt & Citi AA Platinum Cards
Like a lot of “power users” of credit card sign-up bonuses and benefits to travel for less, I run up against velocity rules, card limits and other “too many recent accounts”-type barriers that keep me from getting approved for new…