ICiti® / AADADANADATE® Executive World Elite MasterCard® Review (2025.12 Update: 100k Offer)

2025.12 Renewal: The 100K offer is back.

2025.5 Renewal: The 100K offer is back.

2024.5 Renewal: The 100K offer is back.

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Benefits

1. 100k offer: Get 100,000 aa miles after spending $10,000 in the first 3 months. This is the best offer on this card.
2. We value miles at 1.5 cents / Airline Miles point), so the 100k signup bonus is worth about $1,500! Understand A Beginner’s Guide to aa miles to view information about AA miles.
3. Earn 4 aa miles per $1 spent on American Airlines, 1 Aa Mile per $1 on other purchases. Earn 5x on AA after spending $150,000 in a calendar year. Earn 10 aa miles for every $1 spent on eligible hotels booked through aa.com/hotels and car rentals booked through ahla.com/cars.
4. Admiralriment Admirals Club membership ($500 / year of purchase), which allows the cardholder and two guests to enter the Admirals Club for free.
5. [New] Coupon book:
   • $120 AVIS/credit budget per calendar year
   • $120 grubHub Credit: $10 monthly statement fee
   • $120 Lyft Credit: $10 Lyft Credit after taking 3 qualifying rides per calendar month
6. [New] Earn 1 Leathty Point for ASTOLTS ATSAICADADADADEP ® Mile earned on purchases.
7. [New] Loyalty Points Points: Get 10,000 loyalty points as a bonus after reaching 50,000 loyalty points in the form of oils. Earn another 10,000 loyalty points after reaching 90,000 loyalty points in the same annual status.
8. The first free checked bag for American Airlines’ pets for Cardrolder and up to 8 people.
9. Priority Check-in, check-in and boarding when traveling on American domestic airlines.
10. 25% savings on eligible AA purchases using this card.
11. Earn 10,000 eligible miles (EQM) after spending $40,000 on each Calenda.
12. There is no foreign exchange fee.
13. Free to add authorized users, up to 10 [Expired]

Bad

1. The annual fee is not waived for the first year. Citigold members ($200k assets required) Get a $145 annual fee discount, making the annual fee $450. Note that the annual fee does not count towards the minimum balance (and this is true for all credit cards)!

Recommended application period

1. [8/65 Rule] You can apply for up to 1 Citi card every 8 days, and 2 Citi cards every 65 days, whether or not they are approved.
2. [1/48 Rule] Welcome bonus is not available if you received a new account bonus for this card in the last 48 months.
3. Citi values ​​the most recent hard drive, we recommend that you apply for 6 hard drives in the last 6 months.
4. We recommend that you apply for this card after having a credit history of at least one year.

To put it briefly

Note that you can only get one sign-up bonus between citi aa cards in 24 months. Although the sign-up bonus is the highest among citi aa cards, its first annual fee is not waived. So we recommend the Citi AA Platinum instead of this card.

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After applying

• Call 888-201-4523 to check the status of a Citi application.
• PITI ReconDoor callback number: 605-331-1698. This is called “Citi EO” (Head Office). This phone number is not designed to make observations, but the representatives are really helpful.

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