Balance transfers, cash advances, checks that access your credit card account, items and services returned for credit, unauthorized charges, interest and account fees, traveler’s checks, purchases of foreign currency, money orders, wire transfers (and similar cash-like transactions), lottery tickets, and gaming chips (and similar betting transactions) do not earn miles. Miles may be earned on purchases made by primary credit cardmembers and authorized users. Please also note – purchases made through mobile/wireless technology may not earn additional miles depending on how the technology is set up to process the purchase.Ĭiti® reserves the right to determine which purchases qualify for this offer.
Sometimes you may expect a purchase to fit within a rewards category, but if the code assigned to the merchant wasn’t grouped into that category as recognized by Citi, your purchase will not qualify for additional miles. Citi groups similar merchant codes into categories for purposes of making rewards offers.
When you use your card to make a purchase, Citi is provided an MCC for that purchase. Citi does not control the assignment of these codes and are not responsible for the codes used by merchants. Merchant classification for rewards categories: Merchants are assigned a merchant category code (“MCC”), which is determined in accordance with Visa/Mastercard/American Express procedures based on the kinds of products and services the merchants primarily sell. Grocery stores are classified as supermarkets, freezer/meat locker provisioners, dairy product stores, miscellaneous food/convenience stores, markets, specialty vendors, and bakeries.Ĭertain non-qualifying purchases: You won’t earn double miles for purchases at general merchandise/discount superstores, wholesale/warehouse clubs, candy/confectionery stores, cafes, bars, lounges, and fast food restaurants. Double miles on grocery store purchasesĮarn 2 AAdvantage miles for each $1 spent on purchases at grocery stores.
Miles earned will be posted to the primary credit cardmember’s AAdvantage® account. Many merchants will wait for a purchase to ship before they post the purchase to your account. Purchases must post to your account during the promotional period. American Airlines AAdvantage® bonus miles typically will appear as a bonus in your AAdvantage® account 8-10 weeks after you have met the purchase requirements. Bonus milesīalance transfers, cash advances, checks that access your credit card account, items and services returned for credit, unauthorized charges, interest and account fees, traveler’s checks, purchases of foreign currency, money orders, wire transfers (and similar cash-like transactions), lottery tickets, and gaming chips (and similar betting transactions) are not purchases. The card offer referenced in this communication is only available to individuals who reside in the United States and its territories, excluding Puerto Rico and U.S. Statement credit and American Airlines AAdvantage® bonus miles are not available if you have received a statement credit or American Airlines AAdvantage® bonus miles for a new AAdvantage MileUp℠ account in the past 48 months.