Earning AAdvantage® Miles

You earn AAdvantage® miles for Net Purchases made by you and/or any authorized user(s) of your Card Account as follows:
• You earn 2 AAdvantage® miles (awarded as 1 base mile plus 1 bonus mile) for every $1 spent on eligible Net Purchases –made with your Card Account on eligible tickets, goods and services purchased directly from American Airlines (“American Purchases”). Eligible American Purchases are items billed by American Airlines as merchant of record and, as applicable, purchased or booked through American Airlines channels (aa.com, American Airlines reservations, American Airlines Vacations reservations, Admirals Club®, Google Flights and American Airlines airport and city ticket counters). Products or services that do not qualify as American Purchases are car rentals and hotel reservations, and/or purchases made through online third-party travel agencies.
• You earn 2 AAdvantage® miles (awarded as 1 base mile plus 1 bonus mile) for every $1 spent on eligible Net Purchases –made with your Card Account on office supply merchants, telecommunications merchants, and car rental merchants. Office supply merchants are defined as stand-alone merchants that primarily sell stationery and office supplies for business consumption. Telecommunications merchants are defined as merchants that sell telecommunications equipment such as telephones, fax machines, pagers, and cellular phones, along with providers of telecommunications services including local and long-distance telephone calls and fax services. Car rental merchants are defined as providers of short-term or long-term rentals of cars, trucks, or vans. This does not include merchants that rent motor homes or other recreational vehicles. Purchases made through travel agencies, Rocketmiles.com, tour operators and online third-party travel sites are not eligible. Purchases must be submitted by merchants using the merchant category codes for purchases in the office supply, telecommunications and car rental categories to qualify for the additional AAdvantage® miles.
• You earn 1 AAdvantage® mile (awarded as 1 base mile) for every $1 spent on all other Net Purchases -made with your Card Account.
• AAdvantage® miles earned on Net Purchases will be posted to the Primary Cardmember’s AAdvantage® Account typically within 4-6 weeks following earning activity but it could take as long as 8-10 weeks. Purchases must be submitted by merchants using the merchant category codes (and merchant identifiers) for purchases in the above-specified categories to qualify for the additional AAdvantage® miles. Barclays and American Airlines are not responsible for incorrectly coded purchases. Additional AAdvantage® miles may not be earned if the merchant submits the purchase using a mobile or wireless card reader or if you use a mobile or digital wallet to pay for the purchase. Additionally, purchases made through third parties, including online marketplaces and resellers, or using a third-party payment account will not earn additional AAdvantage® miles.
Balance transfers, cash advances (including cash equivalent transactions such as, but not limited to, the use of your Card Account to obtain money orders, traveler’s checks, foreign currency, peer to peer payment app transactions and lottery tickets), fees, interest charges and unauthorized/fraudulent purchases are not considered Net Purchases and do not earn AAdvantage® miles.

Free Checked Bag

• Primary Cardmembers may check one bag free of charge when traveling on domestic itineraries marketed and operated by American Airlines or on American Eagle® domestic itineraries marketed by American Airlines and operated by Envoy Air Inc., Piedmont Airlines, Inc., PSA Airlines, Inc., Republic Airline Inc., or SkyWest Airlines, Inc. This benefit is not available for travel on codeshare flights booked with an American Airlines flight number but operated by another airline.
• Up to 4 companions traveling with the eligible Primary Cardmember will also get their first checked bag free of charge if they are listed in the same reservation.
• For this benefit to apply, the Card Account must be open 7 days prior to air travel and the reservation must include the Primary Cardmember’s AAdvantage® Account number 7 days prior to air travel. If your Card Account is closed for any reason, these benefits will be canceled. This benefit cannot be combined with any existing AAdvantage® Program elite program benefits, or premium cabin benefits, including any waiver of baggage charges. The first checked bag benefit does not apply to overweight or oversized bags. Please see aa.com for baggage weight and size restrictions. Applicable terms and conditions are subject to change without notice

Preferred Boarding

Eligible cardmembers will board after priority boarding is complete, but before the rest of economy boarding. The boarding benefit will display on your American Airlines boarding pass as group 5. Up to 4 companions traveling with and listed in the same reservation as the Primary Cardmember are eligible to board at the same time as the Primary Cardmember. For this benefit to apply, the Card Account must be open 7 days prior to air travel and the reservation must include the Primary Cardmember’s AAdvantage® Account number 7 days prior to air travel. If your Card Account is closed for any reason, this benefit will be canceled. This benefit applies to flights marketed and operated by American Airlines or on flights marketed by American Airlines and operated by Envoy Air Inc., Republic Airline Inc., SkyWest Airlines, Inc., PSA Airlines, Inc., or Piedmont Airlines, Inc. This benefit will not be available for travel on codeshare flights booked with an American Airlines flight number but operated by another airline. Applicable terms and conditions are subject to change without notice. Please see aa.com/i18n/travel-info/boarding-process.jsp for more details.

25% Statement Credit for Inflight Purchases

Primary Cardmembers whose Card Accounts are in Good Standing will qualify for a 25% savings as a statement credit on eligible inflight food and beverage purchases when purchased using the Card Account. Savings does not apply to any other inflight purchases, such as wireless internet access or inflight entertainment. This offer is available on eligible flights as long as supplies last. This benefit applies to flights marketed and operated by American Airlines and operated by Envoy Air Inc., Republic Airline Inc., SkyWest Airlines, Inc., PSA Airlines, Inc., or Piedmont Airlines, Inc., where credit card transactions are accepted. This benefit will not be available for travel on codeshare flights booked with an American Airlines flight number but operated by another airline. This savings will appear as a statement credit on your Card Account Billing statement up to 4 weeks after the purchase and corresponding inflight statement credit are posted to your Card Account. Additional terms, conditions and restrictions may apply. Applicable terms and conditions are subject to change without notice. Please see aa.com/i18n/travel-info/experience/dining/main-cabin-food.jsp for more details

American Airlines Companion Certificate

• At each card anniversary, you will be eligible to earn 1 domestic economy fare companion certificate redeemable for 1 companion ticket at $99 (plus taxes and fees) if you spend $30,000 or more on eligible Net Purchases with your Card Account that have a transaction date within your cardmembership year (each 12-month period through and including your Card Account anniversary month) and your Card Account remains open for at least 45 days after your anniversary date. After the companion certificate is earned, please allow 1-2 weeks for it to be deposited to the Primary Cardmember’s AAdvantage® account.
• When the companion certificate is used according to its terms, you will pay a $99 companion ticket fee plus government taxes and fees, the amount of which will depend on the itinerary (as of the date of these Card Account Reward Rules government taxes and fees range between $37.23 and $55.83), for a round-trip qualifying domestic economy fare ticket for a companion when an individual round-trip qualifying domestic economy fare ticket is purchased and redeemed through American Airlines Meeting Services. Companion certificate eligible travel must be booked and purchased from select economy inventory. The Companion certificate will be valid one year from the issue date. Companion certificate eligible travel is defined as travel on flights within the 48 contiguous United States, on flights marketed and operated by American Airlines, or on flights marketed by American Airlines and operated by Envoy Air Inc., Republic Airline Inc., SkyWest Airlines, Inc., PSA Airlines, Inc., or Piedmont Airlines, Inc. This is not available for travel on codeshare flights booked with an American Airlines flight number but operated by another airline. For residents of Alaska and Hawaii, companion certificate eligible travel is defined as round-trip travel originating in either of those two states and continuing to the 48 contiguous United States. For residents of Puerto Rico only, valid for round trip travel originating in Puerto Rico and continuing to the 48 contiguous United States. For residents of the U.S. Virgin Islands only, valid for round trip travel originating in the U.S. Virgin Islands and continuing to the 48 contiguous United States. Applicable terms and conditions are subject to change without notice. Details, terms and conditions, certain restrictions, and restricted dates apply and will be disclosed on the companion certificate.
• This benefit may not be achievable based on the assigned credit line and ability to maintain that credit line.

5% AAdvantage® Mileage Bonus

Each cardmembership year, the Primary Cardmember will earn a 5% American Airlines AAdvantage® mileage bonus on eligible purchases provided that the following conditions are met: (1) the Primary Cardmember renews the annual cardmembership, and (2) the Card Account remains open for at least 45 days after the anniversary date. Balance transfers, fees, cash advances, items returned for credit and finance charges are not purchases. The 5% AAdvantage® mileage bonus will be calculated as a percentage of the eligible purchases made on the Card Account during the cardmembership year  and will post to the Primary Cardmember’s AAdvantage® account 6-8 weeks after the above requirements are met.

* 1 Loyalty Point per eligible AAdvantage® mile

1 Loyalty Point accrues for every eligible AAdvantage® mile earned on purchases, excluding 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). Eligible AAdvantage® miles include the base miles earned on purchases, and do not include any bonus miles or accelerators. Loyalty Points may be earned on miles on purchases made by primary credit cardmembers and authorized users. Loyalty Points earned will be posted to the primary credit cardmember’s AAdvantage® account in 8-10 weeks.

**Please refer to your Cardmember Agreement as amended from time to time for pricing, rates, fees and other terms of your account.

Customer Service

If you have any questions about your Card Account, please contact the Customer Service phone number on the back of your card.

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