@BronzeTrader wrote:That Fidelity kinda p's'd me off. I had a lot $$ there, but it won't give me any free trades and I had to ask for them. And they were giving away 50k miles to new $$. Better way to treat customer??
Still searching for better ways to make a few Ks miles.
I have gotten a couple of spend bonus offers on my Second Citi AA card. The most recent is during Oct, Nov, Dec, spend at least $300 in the month on Dining, groceries, and a vague “other purchases” category and get 1,000 AA miles for that month. So 3,000 additional AA miles for the three months.
There was a slightly different promo mid-year this year, on the same card, I think it worked out to 3 miles for some category set like that, up to 2,500 bonus miles if I recall correctly.
Each of these was a mailed paper paper letter promo, and has a similar basis as about four 5% Bonus promos I have gotten on my Diamond Preferred Card over the years. It is one of the fun surprises with Citi.
Edit to add my Citi philosophy: For the the record I have two Citi AA cards, got 50k bonus on each, in 2015 and early 2016 when that was still a thing. My understanding is it is no longer available. I keep paying the AF on both, my logic being the first card gets me a $14k BT Card, so the $95 is part of the BT fees I pay, while the second card of $13k is for regular spend when building AA miles. The little promos they send me for the second card help defray the cost of the second AF. Each Citi card has also been getting low APR spend offers, 1.99% to 6.99% over 6 to 8 months, and I always sign up / take advantage of these, even if it is to carry a $300 Balance for two months on a 6.99% rate. I believe by taking these offers over the years, it has seeded more offers from them.
