The credit card signup bonus varies over time and the offers are time-sensitive. I will list the time for reference. These credit cards are best for booking the Japan airline award as 4/8/2019.
We can use American airline miles to book the Japan airline award flight. I had a post to teach you how to book the Japan airline business award for less than $100.
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Why 75,000 and 65,000 American Airline miles are good offers?
The current affiliate offers are 70,000 for business and 60,000 for personal. Below is the comparison of the public offer and the affiliate offer.
For the business:
| public offer | affiliate offer | |
| signup bonus | 75,000 miles | 70,000 miles |
| spending requirement | $5,000 in 5 months | $4,000 in 4 months |
| annual fee | $99, waived for the first 1yr | $99, waived for the first 1yr |
For the personal:
| public offer | affiliate offer | |
| signup bonus | 65,000 miles | 60,000 miles |
| spending requirement | $4,000 in 4 months | $3,000 in 3 months |
| annual fee | $99, waived for the first 1yr | $99, waived for the first 1yr |
Application rules
For the business:
This card is not available if the business already has a CitiBusiness® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® World Mastercard® card. Bonus miles are not available if you have had any CitiBusiness® / AAdvantage® card opened or closed in the past 24 months.
For the personal:
American Airlines AAdvantage® bonus miles are not available if you have had any Citi® / AAdvantage® card (other than an AAdvantage MileUp℠ or CitiBusiness® / AAdvantage® card) opened or closed in the past 24 months.
The last thing you need to know about the current public offers
- For both credit card, the public offers are to get 5000 miles more by spending $1000 more in one more month.
- Keep in mind about your eligibility for the signup bonus. The application rule is that you don’t have the same product for the past 24 months.
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