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10,000 American Miles for Free Citibank Accounts

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Nov 11 2006

There’s been a Flyertalk thread over the past two months on how to earn 10,000 American miles at more or less no cost by opening a Citibank checking and e-savings account and linking an American Airlines Mastercard to those accounts. Even though I have an AA Mastercard! (After all, you can get 20,000 miles or more with first purchase or $250 in purchases with fee waived the first year — and you can cancel before the fee is due, and they’ll give you signup bonuses many times).But the Free Frequent Flyer Miles website has done a writeup on the offer, and now I have no excuse not to participate. Cribbed from their latest update: Super offer through December 31, 2006: Get 10,000 American Airlines miles for linking your existing American Airlines credit card to a…

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25,000 American Mile Signup Bonus for New Mastercard

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May 18 2006

Citibank is offering 25,000 American Airlines miles for purchases of $250 or more on a new American Mastercard. It’s today’s (day 18) American AAdvantage 25th Anniversary offer, though I owe the heads up to the indispensable free MilesLink newsletter. I still like the 20,000 mile offer better because it comes with fee waived the first year, and a simple $1 gas purchase will trigger the bonus. The 25,000 mile offer’s $85 fee comes immediately, so you’re paying 1.7 cents a mile for the incremental 5000 miles. Update: the offer mentioned in MilesLink and today’s AAdvantage25 offer are different. The former is 25,000 miles for $250 in spend and an $85 annual fee. The latter is 25,000 miles for $250 in spend and fee waived the first year. In theory you have to apply today to…

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