Citi American Airlines 40,000 Miles Business Offer + $250 Statement Credit (Match To 60,000 + $250 Statement Credit)

Increased to $250 again

Update 2/7/19: Statement credit reduced to $200.

Update 11/16/18: Statement credit increased from $200 to $250. It’s still not immediately clear how easy matching will be with the removal of secured messaging with Citi. Hat tip to reader Tony

The Offer

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• CitiBusiness American Airlines Platinum Select World Elite Mastercard is offering 40,000 American Airlines miles after you spend $2,000 within the first three months. Plus new card members also receive up to a $250 statement credit on eligible American Airlines purchases within the first 12 months of account opening.

Card Details

• Annual fee of $99 is waived the first year
• Contains one American Airlines bonus per 24 month language

Our Verdict

Same as the offer on the personal card. The real deal here is Citi lets you match to higher mile bonuses and keep the statement credit. You can get up to 20,000 mile matched, so by asking for a match you’d get 60,000 miles + $250 statement credit. Not as good as the previous 50,000 miles + $200 deal that could be matched to 70,000 miles + $200. Because of that we won’t be adding it to our list of the best credit card bonuses.

Before applying or asking basic questions in the comments make sure you read these things everybody should know about Citi cards here. Also keep in mind this offer contains the following language:

• This card is not available if the business already has a CitiBusiness^® / AAdvantage^® Platinum Select^® World Mastercard^® card. Statement credit and bonus miles are not available if you have had any CitiBusiness^® / AAdvantage^® card opened or closed in the past 24 months

We discuss this in more detail here.

Hat tip to reader Cody