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I was an Aviator Silver cardholder, so I was automatically converted to this card. It's definitely worth it for the initial period when Citi is honoring the legacy benefits. My hope is that I get the $99 companion certificate on my Aviator Silver card anniversary in few months, instead of having to wait for the 12-month conversion anniversary.
At $350 I'm not sure the card is worth it past year 1. But at $199 from the Aviator Silver transition the card is a definitely keeper. The LP flight segment boost is huge and so are the AA hotel benefits.
If you were an Aviator Silver member and converted to this card, do you get the mileage bonus after 5,000$ of spend?
I was an Aviator Silver cardholder, so I was automatically converted to this card. It's definitely worth it for the initial period when Citi is honoring the legacy benefits. My hope is that I get the $99 companion certificate on my Aviator Silver card anniversary in few months, instead of having to wait for the 12-month conversion anniversary.
At $350 I'm not sure the card is worth it past year 1. But at $199 from the Aviator Silver transition the card is a definitely keeper. The LP flight segment boost is huge and so are the AA hotel benefits.
If you were an Aviator Silver member and converted to this card, do you get the mileage bonus after 5,000$ of spend?
The legacy benefits from my Silver have been awesome, but for the price I wish they would have left the 2x Hotels and 2x rental cars. Or bring over the 2x gas from the platinum select.
If a hotel isn't a Hyatt, I usually book through AA Hotels with this card. The 6x miles are awesome. The $100 splurge credit gets used very quickly with AA.
The Flight Streak is nice to be rewarded for actually flying.
AA Hotels continues to be the unsung hero of the AA ecosystem. The question is whether you'd be better off with an Executive Card if you are a regular AA Hotels user to get 12x instead of 6x. If you run $5k a year through AA Hotels for instance, that's an extra 30k bonus miles which if you value AA miles at 1.5cpp is $450. Obviously circumstances vary, and much easier to get the value of your AF back with the Globe than with the Executive Card (the AA Vacations credit is only so compelling, unfortunately), and you may do better with the Globe's bonus categories... but worth mathing the math.
If I wasn't an authorized user of a friends Executive Card for $60/year then I would most likely have it. That's the deal of the century. Can't tell you how many times it's paid for itself with myself, traveling with a family of four, AC agents helping me out, ect. Which means the only thing I really waste with the Globe are the 4 AC passes
I maxed out the flight streak at 15,000. I use this card more than the other AA cobranded cards. Especially for gas and restaurants due to the bonus points.
I maxed out the flight streak at 15,000. I use this card more than the other AA cobranded cards. Especially for gas and restaurants due to the bonus points.
I actually have the Globe card AND the Executive.
I aim for Exec Plat each year so most of the Globe's benefits are worthless to me.
The exception is the Flight Streak bonus. I have no problem getting 12 segments each year, so earn the 15K LPs. The way I see it, those LPs cost me $350. That same amount spent on base airfare (as an Exec Plat) would only gain me 3850 LPs.
Of course that's all irrelevant if I end up with enough LPs to requal as Exec Plat w/o the Flight Streak bonus. But being "semi free agent" (I fly AA the most followed by AS credited to AA then DL as a 3rd choice), if I approach that scenario, I simply lean a little heavier towards flying Delta (where I aim for Silver).
Citi is advising there is a problem regarding the Splurge credit and they are working on it. I bought something from Live Nation (Ticketmaster) on 8.02.26 and I still have not received the credit...
Q: if you were a transitioned Barclaycard Silver, will the annual fee remain at $199?