Sometimes the stars align and you end up with a ton of points or miles in a specific program without too much work or stress. That’s what has happened to me with the American AAdvantage program lately. With several different credit cards that earn AAdvantage miles on the table, and a little bit of luck, we have managed to accrue over 400,000 American AAdvantage miles over the last twelve months.
Some of the miles we have earned through flying. After all, I have had quite a few paid fares with American for both personal travel and work. I flew to St. Maarten via American on my way to Anguilla and to Barbados and Key West, for example. And we flew American and partner airline Air Tahiti Nui all the way to Tahiti on our way to Bora Bora.
Our Strategy to Earn American AAdvantage Miles
Since then we have been able to sign up for a ton of American AAdvantage credit cards to earn lucrative signup bonuses. It all started with a Citi Business AAdvantage MasterCard my husband signed up for last year. At the time, he was able to earn 60,000 miles after using his card for $4,000 in purchases in 90 days.
From there, we both signed up for the AAdvantage Aviator Red World MasterCard to earn an additional 50,000 miles after paying the annual fee and making a single purchase.
In the meantime, we have both received targeted offers via the mail for the Citi AAdvantage Gold card. Each of our offers allowed us to earn an additional 65,000 miles after spending $6,000 on our cards within six months (with $4,000 of that spending required within four months). The best part is, each of these offers came without the 24-month language that would otherwise block my husband from getting a card of his own.
Recently, my husband and I both signed up for the AAdvantage Aviator Business MasterCard. This card is currently offering 50,000 miles after you pay the $95 annual fee and use it for a single purchase within the first 90 days.
How to Create an American Airlines Bonanza of Your Own
If you hope to rack up a ton of miles with any airline program, it’s smart to look for a program that offers multiple avenues to get there. While American AAdvantage is one program that’s hard to transfer miles to unless you earn points in the Starwood Preferred Guest program, it does have one thing working in its advantage. Not only can you sign up for co-branded American Airlines credit cards offered through Citi, but you can also sign up for cards and earn signup bonuses via the co-branded cards they offer through Barclays
Aviator cards are especially easy to work with since they don’t have a minimum spending requirement. All you have to do is pay the annual fee and make a single purchase within the first 90 days of account opening, which should be an easy feat for anyone in this hobby.
Have you signed up for any of the co-branded American Airlines credit cards? Why or why not?
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