Citi AAdvantage Card 5,000 Bonus Loyalty Points Offer

Mar 18, 2023

I assume this promotion is targeted, but it's still worth calling out, since I imagine many people may be eligible but not otherwise see this offer (if you’re eligible, you’ll find it in the promotions tab in your AAdvantage account)…

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Nowadays Loyalty Points are the metric by which you earn elite status in the American AAdvantage program. Since you can earn Loyalty Points for credit card spending, it's possible to earn elite status exclusively through credit card spending, if you’d like to.

A new promotion seems to have been pushed to some AAdvantage accounts of those who have a Citi AAdvantage credit card, like the Citi® / AAdvantage® Executive World Elite Mastercard® (review), Citi® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® World Elite Mastercard® (review), American Airlines AAdvantage® MileUp® (review), or CitiBusiness® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® Mastercard® (review).

Specifically, there's a promotion to earn 5,000 bonus Loyalty Points for using your Citi AAdvantage card:

As you can tell, this is an easy(ish) way to earn 5,000 bonus Loyalty Points for making three purchases of any amount. You just need to register by June 15, 2023, and the purchases need to post to your billing statement by August 31, 2023. The key is that the three purchases are across three different billing periods.

I see this offer on my account, and I have some friends who also see the offer on their accounts, though I’m not sure just how widespread this promotion is. I suspect it's probably targeted at people who have Citi AAdvantage credit cards, but don't frequently use the cards for spending.

I plan to take advantage of this offer, and I’ll have to mark my calendar to make sure I don't screw this up. I don't ordinarily use an American Airlines credit card for my everyday spending, so I have to remember to take the card out once per billing cycle for a purchase. Three small purchases netting 5,000 Loyalty Points is a pretty good offer, in my mind.

There's a new targeted offer whereby you can earn 5,000 bonus Loyalty Points when you use your Citi AAdvantage card to make at least one purchase per billing cycle for three consecutive billing cycles. This has the potential to be a good deal for helping you earn elite status, so it's definitely worth being aware of.

Were you targeted for this promotion, and if so, do you plan on taking advantage of it?

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It doesn't show on my site either. I spoke with an agent, he said I was automatically added to the promotion....only I don't know that, so its unfortunate that Citi will not have to pay, if the rules are unknown to me so I loose. One of those don't tell subjects.

What are the eligible purchases? Can you just buy a cup of joe each statement and satisfy the requirements?

Wasn't listed as one of my promotions. I use the card to buy plane tickets and have been doing a lot of travel lately, so I guess they didn't think I needed an incentive. Bummer.

Got it on my Platinum with the LP verbiage. However, I got a similar offer last year but never got credit, so we'll see if it actually works this time.

I have both the Platinum & Executive Cards and spend pretty heavily on them both. No offer as of yet. Kinda stinks, because CITI & AA are both stingy with LP's.

No and No. i use my Citi Aadvantage cards and don't use Barclays currently. I downgraded to Barclays grey $0 AF back in January to save $99 on Aviator red then this year has ended up being good business wide so I’m at a stalemate with Barclays. No way I’m earning 1/2 an LP per $1 on everyday spending.

My offer is for the Barclays Aviator for 5,000 Loyalty Points.

I got this, but for the Barclays card I never use, and for miles instead of Loyalty Points

Citi and Barclays card holder. No offers.

Me too

Mine is for regular RDM instead of LP - which I prefer, actually. 5K RDM for the same plan of three charges over three billing periods.

Nothing in my account:(

My offer was for 5000 bonus miles with the aviator card. The terms explicitedly said only bonus miles and no LP. I have two citi AA related cards but no offers there... My offer was on the aa website under promotions.

Same question, where would this be located if it was targeted? Email? Citibank login? etc

Read the article. It clearly says and even shows the answer.

Can't seem to find it. Any idea where it's located?

It's on your AA promotions page. AA.Com. Clearly says and show it in the article. So that probably means your not eligible.

Well that is certainly sad for me. Mine specifically calls out "bonus miles" and not loyalty points.

With my $99 AF posting, it will not be worth it to keep for bonus miles. Loyalty points would've been a different story.

BAM, registered! This will be a key piece of my quest to requalify for Platinum!

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Same question, where would this be located if it was targeted? Email? Citibank login? etc

It doesn't show on my site either. I spoke with an agent, he said I was automatically added to the promotion....only I don't know that, so its unfortunate that Citi will not have to pay, if the rules are unknown to me so I loose. One of those don't tell subjects.

What are the eligible purchases? Can you just buy a cup of joe each statement and satisfy the requirements?