We all know about the 48-month rule for Citi cards but those that have been studying, sharing and networking have been able to continue to add to their AAdvantage miles stash through AA mailers. The saga goes something like this:
When a newbie joins the American Advantage program, in many cases a month to two months down the line they are offered the opportunity to apply for a Citi AAdvantage credit card. And in many of these offers, there is no 24 (or now 48) month language. And it seems that Citi has not done a very good job of policing the people that actually apply.
Citi AAdvantage card mailers without the 48-month language?
Suppose your neighbor, fellow apartment building dweller, gave you this mailer. Or you got a hold of one that had not been used, proceeded to enter the invitation code provided and then entered all your own personal information??
Do any of these details remind you of the recent Barclays AAdvantage offer with no minimum spend and no first-year fee that people get when flying American Airlines and have recently appeared in several of the deals blogs?
Citi does a lousy job of enforcing invitations is about all I’m gonna say on this one. I’m gonna take the “old line approach” and tell anybody interested to do the research. There is a thread you may find of interest in Flyertalk – Miles and Points-Credit Card Programs – Citi Thank You Points. It has over 1900 replies and 130 pages. Including a Wiki and the constant evolution of Citi trying to keep up with the ingenuity of like-minded hobbyists.
You may find interesting time frames of 1/8/65 days, business card guidelines, multiple approvals off the same mailer, emailers taking over snail mail, AAparties and a host more details of how people are constantly adding to their AAdvantage stash.
Reddit also has discussions. Although I find Reddit hard to follow and mailers are actually available in the marketplace as well. Fido has gotten mailers and Fluffy has as well. But all that is there for you to figure out if you are so inclined.
Is this avenue getting more difficult to use? Why yes of course. As we the hobbyists find loopholes, Citi tries to close them. But I am still planning on looking for mailer opportunities. In fact, if anybody is successful in finding a mailer and wants to add me to their AAparty, I’d love to join.
Enjoy the 130 page FT treasure hunt.
Had one e-mailer come through in the past few months that I was unable to take advantage of, but nothing since. Crossing my fingers…
A friend and I have multiple mailers. I just used one 2 weeks ago and another one today, as they expire in the next few days. Between the two of us (and his wife), we used 6 and sold 2 others in the past 3 months
My wife and I have had many Citi AAdvantage cards over the years, but haven’t received any mailers in a couple of years. Used to get them quite frequently. Any idea why they stopped?
They haven’t stopped. We just need to work harder to find them. Read that FT thread I suggested and the Wiki
Yaaaaawn!
Your blog too boring? Have to come here for the interesting stuff?
TBB your blog blows!
“Is this avenue getting more difficult to use? Why yes of course.”
Did you just make it much more difficult by posting about it? Why yes of course. But it’s too late to matter. I’ve been riding the mailer train for over 3 years now, but you’re just in time to witness its death. Mailers are over. Those of us who have been relying on it almost exclusively for the past few years are off in search of the next big thing.
Sorry to hear you can’t find anymore mailers. They still exist. Just lined up another one today. The information has been widely disseminated on FT and Reddit long before I did this post. Is it over? I don’t think so and if this post will have some people joining AA.com and getting mailers OR emailers 😉 I’m all for that
Ugh please leave this one be…
I have a couple 75K Citi Biz no 48 month mailers last day October 14th.
Email me at optionnotavailable at gmail.com for price.
David, I replaced the @ from your address with “at.” Don’t want bots picking up your address and spamming you.
Still want to join the AAparty?