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Question ? Citi AAdvantage on different miles promos?

Anonymous — Sun, 10 Jul 2016 19:35:52 GMT

Forgive me if this is on the right or wrong board.

I was approved at the end of May for Citi AAdvantage card. It was based on an invite.

I had received more than one invite from them. This is where I am confused.

They had earn the 30,000 miles after spending $1000 in first 3 months and that is what I thought I had gotten.

But a few weeks ago I noticed on my online account that I have the 50,000 miles after spending $3000 in the first 3 months.

So I sent an email inquiring about this .. and I never received a response back.

I apped on 5/20 and approved .. but my 3 month period is June/July/August and end Sept 1st.

I really thought I did the 30000 mile application...

I am not sure I will meet the $3000 to receive the 50,000 miles .. I've done apx $1500 in my short time.

My Question is ...

Has this happened to anyone else?

Will they give me the lesser promo automatically if I meet it when the 90 days are up?

If Not can I switch to the promo I thought?

Am I insane? LOL Just checking to see if you are paying attention ...

I really love everything about Citi site etc...

I intend to do some big trips in the next few years and also some small ones and I really wanted this card.

Also another strange thing was a week ago I get this email that I am getting a replacement card.

I called and asked why? They said just a new design... the only thing I see as different is that my initial card had World and the replacement has World Elite... nothing really changed. I thought when they did this that I may be getting the other promo ..

Anway.. experts are welcome to respond.

Re: Question ? Citi AAdvantage on different miles promos?

Anonymous — Sun, 10 Jul 2016 19:40:35 GMT

Send a SM after you meet the requirement and they'll likely make a courtesy adjustment for the difference.

Re: Question ? Citi AAdvantage on different miles promos?

Anonymous — Sun, 10 Jul 2016 19:45:51 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
Send a SM after you meet the requirement and they'll likely make a courtesy adjustment for the difference.

First thank you for responding ...

Do you mean after my 90 days are up I should ask for the tweaking ..?

Or do you mean when I meet the $1000 point I should ask for the tweaking - courtesy adjustment?

(PS I already am at $1500 give or take)

Oh and SM? Does that mean Separate Message or ?

Im very good at the acronyms but this one not so much.

Re: Question ? Citi AAdvantage on different miles promos?

Anonymous — Sun, 10 Jul 2016 19:52:44 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:
Send a SM after you meet the requirement and they'll likely make a courtesy adjustment for the difference.
First thank you for responding ...

Do you mean after my 90 days are up I should ask for the tweaking ..?
Or do you mean when I meet the $1000 point I should ask for the tweaking - courtesy adjustment?
(PS I already am at $1500 give or take)

Oh and SM? Does that mean Separate Message or ?
Im very good at the acronyms but this one not so much.

SM = secured message (the messaging system when you login to your credit card accounts)

Once you reach 3k, whether that's next week or before your deadline to meet the 3k, mention that you applied for the 30k and just met the minimum spend, but are seeing the 50k offer. Wait for their response and they'll usually know that you'll want an adjustment without you asking for it.

Re: Question ? Citi AAdvantage on different miles promos?

Anonymous — Sun, 10 Jul 2016 20:01:17 GMT

I met the $1000 ... I do not think I will meet the 3k .. I will see if I do first.

But I will follow your advise and call at the 90 days and say "Oh I thought I had the 100 for 30000 ?

But maybe I will meet the 3k for 50000 so I will wait.

Thank you for the acronym deninition of SM!

@Anonymous wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:
Send a SM after you meet the requirement and they'll likely make a courtesy adjustment for the difference.
First thank you for responding ...

Do you mean after my 90 days are up I should ask for the tweaking ..?
Or do you mean when I meet the $1000 point I should ask for the tweaking - courtesy adjustment?
(PS I already am at $1500 give or take)

Oh and SM? Does that mean Separate Message or ?
Im very good at the acronyms but this one not so much.
SM = secured message (the messaging system when you login to your credit card accounts)

Once you reach 3k, whether that's next week or before your deadline to meet the 3k, mention that you applied for the 30k and just met the minimum spend, but are seeing the 50k offer. Wait for their response and they'll usually know that you'll want an adjustment without you asking for it.

Wonder if this happened to anyone else... ?

Re: Question ? Citi AAdvantage on different miles promos?

Anonymous — Sun, 10 Jul 2016 20:09:45 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:

I met the $1000 ... I do not think I will meet the 3k .. I will see if I do first.
But I will follow your advise and call at the 90 days and say "Oh I thought I had the 100 for 30000 ?
But maybe I will meet the 3k for 50000 so I will wait.

Thank you for the acronym deninition of SM!
@Anonymous wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:
Send a SM after you meet the requirement and they'll likely make a courtesy adjustment for the difference.
First thank you for responding ...

Do you mean after my 90 days are up I should ask for the tweaking ..?
Or do you mean when I meet the $1000 point I should ask for the tweaking - courtesy adjustment?
(PS I already am at $1500 give or take)

Oh and SM? Does that mean Separate Message or ?
Im very good at the acronyms but this one not so much.
SM = secured message (the messaging system when you login to your credit card accounts)

Once you reach 3k, whether that's next week or before your deadline to meet the 3k, mention that you applied for the 30k and just met the minimum spend, but are seeing the 50k offer. Wait for their response and they'll usually know that you'll want an adjustment without you asking for it.

Wonder if this happened to anyone else... ?

No problem.

You could also prepay bills months in advance to meet the spend if this works for you.

Re: Question ? Citi AAdvantage on different miles promos?

Anonymous — Sun, 10 Jul 2016 20:10:48 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:

Wonder if this happened to anyone else... ?

There have been quite a few cases, from lots of different issuers, where people applied under conditions X and were either enrolled in a different offer, or none at all. It can be very hard to get it corrected, because the CSRs stick by what they see in the backend system and tend to disbelieve if you say "No, I used a link with this offer" Some people recommend always taking screenshots of the application screen, although I'm not sure that will make a huge difference.

But if you really think you won't make $3K, I would start calling now

Re: Question ? Citi AAdvantage on different miles promos?

Anonymous — Sun, 10 Jul 2016 20:13:20 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:

I met the $1000 ... I do not think I will meet the 3k .. I will see if I do first.
But I will follow your advise and call at the 90 days and say "Oh I thought I had the 100 for 30000 ?
But maybe I will meet the 3k for 50000 so I will wait.

Thank you for the acronym deninition of SM!
@Anonymous wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:
Send a SM after you meet the requirement and they'll likely make a courtesy adjustment for the difference.
First thank you for responding ...

Do you mean after my 90 days are up I should ask for the tweaking ..?
Or do you mean when I meet the $1000 point I should ask for the tweaking - courtesy adjustment?
(PS I already am at $1500 give or take)

Oh and SM? Does that mean Separate Message or ?
Im very good at the acronyms but this one not so much.
SM = secured message (the messaging system when you login to your credit card accounts)

Once you reach 3k, whether that's next week or before your deadline to meet the 3k, mention that you applied for the 30k and just met the minimum spend, but are seeing the 50k offer. Wait for their response and they'll usually know that you'll want an adjustment without you asking for it.

Wonder if this happened to anyone else... ?

No problem.

You could also prepay bills months in advance to meet the spend if this works for you.

I added up what I have put on the card thus far and that is $1550.00

I had to purchase a new pool filter etc.

I throw cash to my roomate for rent and some utilities while I pay other utilities.

If there is a will there is a way...I may make the $3000 and if not I will go with the OH MY could you technique.

Re: Question ? Citi AAdvantage on different miles promos?

Anonymous — Sun, 10 Jul 2016 20:20:29 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:

Wonder if this happened to anyone else... ?

There have been quite a few cases, from lots of different issuers, where people applied under conditions X and were either enrolled in a different offer, or none at all. It can be very hard to get it corrected, because the CSRs stick by what they see in the backend system and tend to disbelieve if you say "No, I used a link with this offer" Some people recommend always taking screenshots of the application screen, although I'm not sure that will make a huge difference.

But if you really think you won't make $3K, I would start calling now

Im thinking around the first week in August I will start calling and sending an SM ..

Right now I have 53 days left.

I should taken a picture of if I had known

I actually did not know there was more than 1 promo offering.

I mean if it was in tiers .. like if you reach this you get this .. but if you reach this you will get this etc.

That would of been cool.

I will not charge more than I can afford just to chase some miles.

But if I am in a mere few hundered away I could pay some things ahead.

Thank you all so much of your wisdom.

I tried scouring for something similar to my question.

But today when I seen people apping and approved for the same very card ..

I thought I would pose the question ... and awesome advice.

Re: Question ? Citi AAdvantage on different miles promos?

NRB525 — Sun, 10 Jul 2016 21:37:05 GMT

OP, here is the situation:

You applied for the 30k miles for $1k spend offer. That is the offer you are working on.

You met the $1k spend already.

Citi has automatically upgraded your AA card from World to World Elite. This has changed the card you have in your wallet.

Since you finished the $1k spend, you should, if not already, very soon, see an additional 30k miles in your AAdvantage miles account.

Since this is no longer the "AAdvantage World Master Card" which you originally applied for, and which is the application for the 50k miles, you are now free to apply for the 50k miles offer, and then if you are approved, start working on the $3k spend for that card.

Once you reach the $3k spend on card number 2, presuming you get approved, they will bump that one up from World to World Elite.

That's wny I have two AAdvantage World Elite cards in my siggy.

Said another way, anyone who has met the Citi AAdvantage Platinum World MasterCard spend requirement in the last year or so, no longer has a World MasterCard, they all have a World Elite Master Card.

Re: Question ? Citi AAdvantage on different miles promos?

Anonymous — Sun, 10 Jul 2016 21:43:55 GMT

@NRB525 wrote:
OP, here is the situation:

You applied for the 30k miles for $1k spend offer. That is the offer you are working on.
You met the $1k spend already.
Citi has automatically upgraded your AA card from World to World Elite. This has changed the card you have in your wallet.
Since you finished the $1k spend, you should, if not already, very soon, see an additional 30k miles in your AAdvantage miles account.

Since this is no longer the "AAdvantage World Master Card" which you originally applied for, and which is the application for the 50k miles, you are now free to apply for the 50k miles offer, and then if you are approved, start working on the $3k spend for that card.
Once you reach the $3k spend on card number 2, presuming you get approved, they will bump that one up from World to World Elite.

That's wny I have two AAdvantage World Elite cards in my siggy.

Said another way, anyone who has met the Citi AAdvantage Platinum World MasterCard spend requirement in the last year or so, no longer has a World MasterCard, they all have a World Elite Master Card.

Ahhhh, Okay then that makes sense.

However, they automatically upgraded me to the Citi AAdvantage World Elite Master Card...because the new card they sent me states that now on the back... because my initial card that I was approved for was just the World.

Statement end is coming soon. So I am guessing time will tell.

I don't read much on this quagmire.. so all this information I am getting is definitely helpful.

Re: Question ? Citi AAdvantage on different miles promos?

Closingracer99 — Mon, 11 Jul 2016 02:00:21 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:

I met the $1000 ... I do not think I will meet the 3k .. I will see if I do first.
But I will follow your advise and call at the 90 days and say "Oh I thought I had the 100 for 30000 ?
But maybe I will meet the 3k for 50000 so I will wait.

Thank you for the acronym deninition of SM!
@Anonymous wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:
Send a SM after you meet the requirement and they'll likely make a courtesy adjustment for the difference.
First thank you for responding ...

Do you mean after my 90 days are up I should ask for the tweaking ..?
Or do you mean when I meet the $1000 point I should ask for the tweaking - courtesy adjustment?
(PS I already am at $1500 give or take)

Oh and SM? Does that mean Separate Message or ?
Im very good at the acronyms but this one not so much.
SM = secured message (the messaging system when you login to your credit card accounts)

Once you reach 3k, whether that's next week or before your deadline to meet the 3k, mention that you applied for the 30k and just met the minimum spend, but are seeing the 50k offer. Wait for their response and they'll usually know that you'll want an adjustment without you asking for it.

Wonder if this happened to anyone else... ?

I would of waited on the card then.... Outside of the bonus and the free bags the card isn't that useful. Basically a 1X point card with 2X on any purchases on the plane or something i believe?