Last year, I was able to take advantage of not one but three 100,000 mile offers from the Citi Executive AAdvantage Card. Those bonuses enabled us to fly First Class on Cathay Pacific back from Hong Kong and to Hong Kong with my brother in June. I'm finding a ton of value in AA miles so will continue to rack them up whenever possible.
While two of the three cards are cancelled, I have kept one card for Admirals club access. Yesterday, I received an email from Citi offering 3x AA miles during Q2 in a handful of categories:
- Restaurants
- Gas Stations
- Department Stores
- Grocery Stores
I certainly won't put any restaurant spend on this card (I'd rather earn 5x Ultimate Rewards points) but will for sure put gas and grocery spend on the card for 3x AA miles...which I value at around $.02. That's a 6% rebate on everyday purchases - not bad!
You could also use this bonus to triple dip with a shopping portal at department stores. For example, Macy's is offering 6x miles through the American Airlines Advantage Shopping Mall. In addition, they are offering a tiered bonus for spend through the mall which would earn you another 2x miles on $125 in spend.
Add it all up and you're looking at 11x when shopping through the mall and leveraging your Citi Executive card. It took about seven seconds to register - just click the link in the email if you received. The bonus is limited to 2,500 bonus miles ($1,250 in spend) so should be pretty easy to max out during the quarter.
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