Strategy to obtain US Amex

[blacksultan]

Very odd. No email confirmation either?

No

 

[nthd_nthd]

Im not aware of.its my first Interaction with them . If I find out I’ll let you’ll know.

Following your journey with Barclay. I did not have great outcome with them a few months ago.

 

[nthd_nthd]

Data Point for Citi Strata Elite

P2 and I did not have great outcome with Citi up to last week. Then the new citi card came I thought it may be a great time to try with Citi again - applied for P2 as existing Citi Customer by calling the banker that we established relationship with in April when we opened Citi checking account. He helped with 100K in branch offer. Application went into review. Called and was asked to send ITIN letter. Called again after 4 days to check status and got approved for 24K limit.

Received this immediately in Email. Asked for card to be sent to oversea but got rejected.

So far happy with P2 performance and cooperation.

 

[_TheTraveller_]

Data Point for Citi Strata Elite

P2 and I did not have great outcome with Citi up to last week. Then the new citi card came I thought it may be a great time to try with Citi again - applied for P2 as existing Citi Customer by calling the banker that we established relationship with in April when we opened Citi checking account. He helped with 100K in branch offer. Application went into review. Called and was asked to send ITIN letter. Called again after 4 days to check status and got approved for 24K limit.

Received this immediately in Email. Asked for card to be sent to oversea but got rejected.

So far happy with P2 performance and cooperation.

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Nice! Did you have an existing relationship with Citi as well?

 

[nthd_nthd]

applied for P2 as existing Citi Customer by calling the banker that we established relationship with in April when we opened Citi checking account

 

[_TheTraveller_]

applied for P2 as existing Citi Customer by calling the banker that we established relationship with in April when we opened Citi checking account

Ah right. I thought that you also applied as well given you mention you and P2 both had a bad time.

Based on your statement I guess your previous experiences weren't successful? And P2 seemed to be the exception?

 

[blacksultan]

No

After another call today and a bit of searching they found my account .approved with a $1k limit .

 

[Tiki]

After a long wait and transfer to security with a call to my Tello no I have been approved for the Barclays aviator .
Will be sent to my PE address .
Any tips for having it sent to Oz etc directly ?

Following. I had the AAviator back in May 23, cancelled it in May 24 and it's now well past 2 years. I was in the US when I applied and at the time I was using a well-trusted friend's address. It was sent to him in FL. He read out the number, I used it for an online purchase and got the miles pretty quickly. I was a previous Barclay's customer, it had been an instant approval while I was sitting in a hotel in FL. I may go for one last time if it works out with PE and Tello. Sadly my friend passed away last year.

 

[blacksultan]

Following. I had the AAviator back in May 23, cancelled it in May 24 and it's now well past 2 years. I was in the US when I applied and at the time I was using a well-trusted friend's address. It was sent to him in FL. He read out the number, I used it for an online purchase and got the miles pretty quickly. I was a previous Barclay's customer, it had been an instant approval while I was sitting in a hotel in FL. I may go for one last time if it works out with PE and Tello. Sadly my friend passed away last year.

I believe the link on Aa advantage website is free first year as opposed to one on Barclays Website .
Sadly PE do not share image of cards .

 

[Tiki]

I believe the link on Aa advantage website is free first year as opposed to one on Barclays Website .
Sadly PE do not share image of cards .

Hopefully yours will be received at PE (Torrance?) and sent promptly. I have yet to even receive a mail at PE, let alone forward something.

I can't find a link to Barclay's AAviator on AA.com. Only Citi AAdvantage card for 80k. Barclay's has an offer for 50k miles with $95 fee not waived.

 

[Tiki]

Barclays also has Hawaiian card 60k miles, $2000 spend in 90 days, $99 annual fee not waived.
B of A has Alaskan cards but SUB seems low, I am sure I have seen better offers. 50k $99 fee, spend $3000 in 90 days. The appeal of the AAviator was no minimum spend. LOL I am still paying off the car I put on the Ink Unlimited, have to clear it by Nov to avoid interest.

 

[blacksultan]

Hopefully yours will be received at PE (Torrance?) and sent promptly. I have yet to even receive a mail at PE, let alone forward something.

I can't find a link to Barclay's AAviator on AA.com. Only Citi AAdvantage card for 80k. Barclay's has an offer for 50k miles with $95 fee not waived.

Here :Apply For the AAdvantage® Aviator® Red World Elite Mastercard®

Not had too many issues with Torrance apart from recent theft and fraudulent use of my Citi advantage card .

 

[nthd_nthd]

Ah right. I thought that you also applied as well given you mention you and P2 both had a bad time.

Based on your statement I guess your previous experiences weren't successful? And P2 seemed to be the exception?

Im drooling on those cards but at 4/24 and havent got all Chase cards that I want so keeping my behavour for a bit longer, aiming for 2 more Inks.

Will try Citi AABiz again - but this is where I got rejected multiple times. Havent tried again since I got my Citi Checking setup.

 

[Tiki]

Here :Apply For the AAdvantage® Aviator® Red World Elite Mastercard®

Not had too many issues with Torrance apart from recent theft and fraudulent use of my Citi advantage card .

Thanks.

Wow how would they get a card out of the Torrance facility? That's a worry, especially since Citi is already overzealous with fraud alerts. Citi would be much more on my radar, so would C1 but I can't deal with the stress of having cards locked for suspected fraud. I'm at 0/24 so open to new cards if the annual fee/minimum spend is doable. Have you done Alaska or Hawaiian cards yet? Alaska has QF routes to Pacific Islands for 7.5k points.

 

[blacksultan]

Thanks.

Wow how would they get a card out of the Torrance facility? That's a worry, especially since Citi is already overzealous with fraud alerts. Citi would be much more on my radar, so would C1 but I can't deal with the stress of having cards locked for suspected fraud. I'm at 0/24 so open to new cards if the annual fee/minimum spend is doable. Have you done Alaska or Hawaiian cards yet? Alaska has QF routes to Pacific Islands for 7.5k points.

No Alaska cards . Alaska is good for partner J flights out of Asia .
The PE job must have been an inside job .