Don’t Settle for 30,000 AA Miles

The Citibank AAdvantage deal you’ll see most widely around the internet (like the one below) is for 30,000 American Airlines miles. But the little secret that Citi and AA don’t want you to know is that if your credit is good enough, you can do a lot better and score up to 75,000 AA miles with a single credit card. Some have even had success applying for both the Amex and the Visa, and getting 150,000 miles total.

There used to be an actual link you could use to apply online, but they quickly shut that down after we broke the news. Now the only way to apply is by calling the 800 number you’ll find by clicking here.

Citi® Platinum Select® / AAdvantage® Visa Signature® Card
	Earn 30,000 American Airlines AAdvantage® bonus miles after $1000 in purchases within the first 3 months of cardmembership* Your first eligible checked bag is free* Priority Boarding* and 25% savings on eligible in-flight purchases* Earn a $100 American Airlines Flight Discount every cardmembership year with qualifying purchases and cardmembership renewal* Double AAdvantage(R) miles on eligible American Airlines purchases* Earn 10% of your redeemed AAdvantage(R) miles back - up to 10,000 AAdvantage(R) miles each calendar year* No mileage cap* and your miles may never expire*
Annual Fee Signing Promo APR, variable* Intro APR Promotions $0 the first year, then $95 30,000 American Airlines Miles Bonus after spending $1,000 - within the first 3 months of cardmembership APR: 15.24% Default APR: 29.99% Cash Adv: 25.24% Purchase: None Bal Trans: None

Why stop at 75,000 AA Miles?

No need to stop there. You can get a Capital One Venture Rewards “Match My Miles” card after you earn your 30k – 75k miles, and get matched on this huge sign up bonus.

We called in and confirmed that this match applies to sign up bonuses as well as miles earned. Simply submit a statement with your application that proves how many miles you earned on your other airline card, and Capital One will match up to 100,000 miles, until they reach a total of 1 billion miles matched. Plus they’re giving 10,000 No Hassle Mile bonus on top of it.

This means you’ll want to act fast – the deal only runs until mid-May. The 75k AA mile deal requires you to spend $4,000 to earn the bonus, and CapOne will require an additional $1,000, so you’ll need to find a way to spend $5,000 fast. If you do so, you’ll get those American Airlines miles with your first statement, and you can forward that right along to Capital One.

Beyond just the matching deal, this is an awesome credit card with a 2% rewards rate and no foreign transaction fee. The miles you earn can be redeemed against statement travel expenses – for example you can use 21,000 no hassle miles to offset a $210 plane ticket you purchase with your Venture Rewards card.

Capital One® Venture℠ Rewards Credit Card
	Money(R) Magazine's "Most Rewarding Card if you crave free airline flights" 2 miles per dollar on every purchase, every day Earn 10,000 bonus miles, equal to $100 in travel Redeem your miles for any travel expense No limit on the miles you can earn and miles won't expire Fly free on any airline, any time with no blackout dates No foreign transaction fees $0 intro annual fee for the first year; $59 after that
Annual Fee Signing Promo APR, variable* Intro APR Promotions $0 intro for first year; $59 after that 10,000 Capital One No Hassle Miles Bonus after spending $1,000 - in the first 90 days Min APR: 13.9%(V) Max APR: 20.9%(V) Default APR: 29.4%(V) Cash Adv: 24.9%(V) Purchase: None Bal Trans: None