- The Citi AA Executive Mastercard has an increased sign-up bonus of 125,000 AAdvantage miles after $15,000 spend in five months. The card’s $695 annual fee is not waived for the first year.
The card includes access to Admirals Clubs for cheese cube connoisseurs, but Flagship lounges need another method. (Thanks to DoC) - The Citi Business AA Mastercard has an increased sign-up bonus of 75,000 AAdvantage miles after $5,000 spend in five months. The card’s $99, soon-to-be-$150, annual fee is waived for the first year.
- The resident schizophrenic churning classic, the Bilt card, decided to retool its reward program, generally for the worse. What are we at now, Bilt 3.0? The tl;dr: The Bilt Cash program as you know it is going away on January 1 and being replaced with 1.25x housing credit earn on spend and a few other minor card benefits, and Palladium hotel benefits are being nerfed.
You can opt-in to the old Bilt Cash earning and redemption method, but unless you explicitly do so you’ll be converted to the new method with no way to get back. Study away, but unless you put only a non-manufactured-spender amount of spend on the card, the new program is almost certainly worse. - The Citi Platinum Select and Business AA cards are changing on January 27, 2027:
– Both cards’ annual fees increase to $150, up from $95
– Both cards will have $100 annual credits for AA inflight purchases
– Business: 2x points in a once-per-quarter selectable category: shipping, office supplies, or advertising in addition to existing bonus categories
– Personal: Complimentary Walmart+ Membership and new 2x earning in EV charging and streaming, other bonus categories remain unchanged
Churners with more than one credit card in their wallet are probably just exchanging $55 in new fees for $100 in inflight credits, and they’ll soon discover that the new white whale is an AA flight with catering for purchase. - The Chase IHG Premier Visa has an increased 180,000 point sign-up bonus with $3,000 spend in three months, and an additional 10,000 points for adding an authorized user card. The $150 annual fee is not waived the first year.
- Smart & Final stores have a promotion for $25 off a future purchase with $100 in One4All gift cards through Tuesday.
- American Express Offers has a card linked offer for $350 off of $1,850+ with Air New Zealand through December 31.
- Alaska Airlines is adding:
– Anchorage, Alaska to Tokyo Narita, Japan
– Anchorage, Alaska to Austin, Texas
– Anchorage, Alaska to Dallas, Texas
– Anchorage, Alaska to Nashville, Tennessee
For avgeeks, inaugural paid flight prices are surprisingly reasonable.
Digging through reddit reveals Bilt’s origin story.