The , from our partner Citi, is the new no annual fee co-branded American Airlines credit card. It replaces the former (little-publicized) Citi/AAdvantage Bronze card and adds a few new features. Here are the card highlights:
- NEW: Earn 10,000 American Airlines AAdvantage® bonus miles and receive a $50 statement credit after making $500 in purchases within the first 3 months of account opening*
- No Annual Fee*
- Earn 2 AAdvantage® miles for each $1 spent at grocery stores, including grocery delivery services*
- Earn 2 AAdvantage® miles for every $1 spent on eligible American Airlines purchases*
- Earn 1 AAdvantage® mile for every $1 spent on other purchases*
- Save 25% on inflight food and beverage purchases when you use your card on American Airlines flights*
I view this is a niche card for those that want to earn American Airlines, but don’t fly or spend enough to justify the annual fee of the other cards. Some folks just aren’t willing to pay an annual fee, no matter how good the perks are.
Bonus details. If you find the spending requirement too high on many cards, note that this one only requires $500 in purchases to earn the account opening bonus. Note the following language:
Statement credit and American Airlines AAdvantage® bonus miles are not available if you have had an AAdvantage MileUp? card opened or closed in the past 24 months.
This means that yes, you can still get the bonus on this card if you’ve had another co-branded American Airlines card from Citi in the last 24 months like the or the .
No waived baggage fees. As you might expect, being the no annual fee version also means less perks. Notably, this card does not include any baggage fee waivers, which was a big potential source of savings from the other cards mentioned above (with annual fees). Also missing are priority boarding and the ability to book discounted award tickets (“Reduced Mileage Awards”).
Redemption tips. American Airlines MileSAAver awards are still 25,000 miles for a round-trip ticket within the contiguous 48 states. Their online system is pretty good for looking for domestic AA awards. If the trip is less than 500 miles, then it is only 15,000 miles round-trip within the contiguous 48 states. Under-500 miles routes include Las Vegas to/from Los Angeles, Charleston to/from Miami, New York to/from Washington DC, Philadelphia to Boston, and many others.
Bottom-line. The American Airlines AAdvantage MileUp℠ Card is the new no annual fee credit card from Citi and American Airlines. This card is a good fit for folks that don’t want to pay an annual fee for extra features, but still want to earn American miles on purchases (and keep their miles from expiring from inactivity). As such, you may consider “downgrading” your other Citi/American cards to this card if you stop wanting to pay the annual fee. Note that if you downgrade you don’t get the sign-up bonus, and getting the bonus from this card is independent of the bonuses from other Citi/American cards anyway.
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