AAdvantage program reservation of rights

These reservations of rights apply to all aspects of the AAdvantage program, including without limitation, all elite status programs such as AAdvantage Gold, Platinum, Executive Platinum, ConciergeKey and the AAdvantage Million Miler program. American Airlines may, in its discretion, change the AAdvantage program rules, regulations, travel awards and special offers at any time with or without notice. This means that the accumulation of mileage credit does not entitle members to any vested rights with respect to such mileage credits, awards or program benefits. In accumulating mileage or awards, members may not rely upon the continued availability of any award or award level, and members may not be able to obtain all offered awards for all destinations or on all flights. Any award may be withdrawn or subject to increased mileage requirements or new restrictions at any time. American Airlines may, among other things, (i) withdraw, limit, modify, or cancel any award; (ii) change program benefits, mileage levels, participant affiliations, conditions of participation, rules for earning, redeeming, retaining or forfeiting mileage credit, or rules for the use of travel awards; (iii) rename or redefine program elements or benefits; (iv) add travel embargo dates, limit the number of seats available for award travel (including, but not limited to, allocating no seats on certain flights) or otherwise restrict the continued availability of travel awards or special offers; or (v) end any of its elite status programs. American Airlines may make any one or more of these changes at any time even though such changes may affect your ability to use the mileage credit or awards that you have already accumulated. Program services and benefits available through the oneworld^® alliance or other participating partners in connection with the AAdvantage program are subject to change without notice. American Airlines reserves the right to end the AAdvantage program with six months' notice. AAdvantage travel awards, accrued mileage credits and special offers are subject to government regulations.

General AAdvantage program Terms and Conditions

You are responsible for reading the AAdvantage Program Terms and Conditions, additional member information, AAdvantage newsletters and account summaries online at aa.com in order to understand your rights, responsibilities, and status under the AAdvantage program. American Airlines may amend its rules of the Program at any time without notice. American Airlines has no liability for correspondence that is misdirected, lost, stolen, damaged or delayed.
Any departure fee, immigration fee, security fee, tax liability surcharge, passenger facility charge or any other fee or surcharge (whether enacted by a governmental authority or otherwise) is the responsibility of the passenger and/or the AAdvantage member.
AAdvantage members must have mileage earning or redeeming activity once every 18 months in order to retain their miles. If your account has no qualifying activity in any 18-month period, all miles in the account will expire. Qualifying activity extends the expiration date of all unexpired mileage credit in your account for 18 months from the date of the qualifying activity. Qualifying activity is defined as redeeming any AAdvantage award or accruing mileage credit on any eligible American, American Eagle^® or AAdvantage airline participant as well as accruing mileage credit with participating hotels, car rental companies, credit cards, telecommunication providers and other service providers offering AAdvantage mileage credit.
At no time may AAdvantage mileage credit or award tickets be purchased, sold or bartered (including but not limited to transferring, gifting, or promising mileage credit or award tickets in exchange for support of a certain business, product or charity and/or participation in an auction, sweepstakes, raffle or contest). Any such mileage or tickets are void if transferred for cash or other consideration. Violators (including any passenger who uses a purchased or bartered award ticket) may be liable for damages and litigation costs, including American Airlines attorneys' fees incurred in enforcing this rule.
Use of award tickets that have been acquired by purchase or for any other consideration may result in the tickets being canceled, confiscated and/or the passenger being denied boarding. If a trip has been started, any continued travel will be at the passenger's expense on a full-fare basis. The passenger and member who attempts to use such a ticket may also be liable to American Airlines for the cost of a full fare ticket for any segments flown on a sold or bartered ticket.
American Airlines is not responsible for the cancellation of award reservations or changes to any award travel plans made by members.
Award tickets have no cash value and are non-refundable.
Fraud, misrepresentation, abuse or violation of applicable rules (including, but not limited to, American or American Eagle conditions of carriage, tariffs and AAdvantage program rules) is subject to administrative and/or legal action by appropriate governmental authorities and American Airlines. Such action may include, without limitation, the forfeiture of all award tickets and any accrued mileage in a member's account, as well as cancellation of the account and the member's future participation in the AAdvantage program. In addition, American Airlines reserves the right to take appropriate legal action to recover damages, including its attorneys' fees incurred in prosecuting any lawsuit.
American Airlines reserves the right to audit any and all accounts at any time and without notice to the member to ensure compliance with AAdvantage program rules and applicable conditions of carriage and/or tariffs. In the event that an audit reveals discrepancies or violations, the processing of AAdvantage awards, mileage accrual and summaries may be delayed until the discrepancies or violations are resolved in a manner satisfactory to American Airlines. Pending such resolution, members may be prohibited from redeeming mileage credits for an AAdvantage award or ticket as determined in American's sole discretion.
If American Airlines and/or any AAdvantage participant improperly denies a member mileage credit, travel award or some other benefit, the member's exclusive remedy shall be the issuance of the improperly denied credit, award or benefit if available, or such other alternative comparable benefit as determined by American, in its sole discretion. American shall have no additional liability whatsoever. In no event shall American Airlines or any AAdvantage participant be liable to any member, or anyone claiming through a member, for any direct, indirect or consequential damages, or lost revenue or profits, arising out of the acts or omissions of American Airlines or any AAdvantage participant in connection with the AAdvantage program.
American Airlines is not responsible for and will have no liability arising from products and services offered by other participating companies.
Accumulation of AAdvantage mileage and use of AAdvantage travel awards with companies other than American Airlines are subject to the continued participation of such companies in the AAdvantage program.
The AAdvantage program Terms and Conditions are governed by and to be interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas. To the full extent allowed by law, these Terms and Conditions disclaim any duty of good faith and fair dealing as well as any implied contractual terms or obligations.
AAdvantage is an individual-oriented program. Your mileage summaries, special promotional materials and tickets will be sent to the address or email address, as applicable, that you provide.
Members may view their account status and mileage summary on www.aa.com or by subscribing to receive the AAdvantage eSummary. AAdvantage eSummary subscribers receive their summary and information every month, regardless of activity level. Your summary includes flight and participant mileage earned, along with AAdvantage program information and special promotions.
Only individuals are eligible for AAdvantage program membership. Non-individuals including corporations, other entities, animals or blocked-seat baggage are not eligible to become AAdvantage members or to accrue AAdvantage miles. Generally, only the member named on the account will be entitled to access account information.

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Earning AAdvantage miles

To ensure you receive credit for your AAdvantage transactions, please provide your AAdvantage number when you make your travel reservations or use the services of our participants. Retain all flight documents until the mileage credit appears on your mileage summary. For transactions with other participants, retain your original paid invoice. You must include your AAdvantage number in your reservation record for any flight on which you wish to use AAdvantage elite status benefits.

Mileage will be credited only to the account of the AAdvantage member who flies, rents a car, stays at a hotel, or earns mileage utilizing other participating companies. No mileage credit will be awarded for canceled flights and/or through being accommodated on another airline.
Except as otherwise explained below, mileage credit is not transferable and may not be combined among AAdvantage members, their estates, successors or assigns. Accrued mileage credit and award tickets do not constitute property of the member. Neither accrued mileage, nor award tickets, nor status, nor upgrades are transferable by the member (i) upon death, (ii) as part of a domestic relations matter, or (iii) otherwise by operation of law. However, American Airlines, in its sole discretion, may credit accrued mileage to persons specifically identified in court approved divorce decrees and wills upon receipt of documentation satisfactory to American Airlines and upon payment of any applicable fees. Mileage credit is transferable between AAdvantage accounts when offered by American Airlines online, with the ShareMiles^SM program. The member must adhere to the rules and limitations of the ShareMiles program.
AAdvantage flight mileage credit is determined on the basis of nonstop distances between the airports where your flight originates and terminates. On connecting flights with different flight numbers, you'll receive mileage credit for each segment of your trip; on single-plane, through, or change of gauge flights, you'll receive the nonstop origin-destination mileage credit and credit for a single elite qualifying segment. On American Airlines and other AAdvantage airline participants, you'll receive AAdvantage mileage credit only for the class of service on which your fare is based when you are ticketed. American Airlines is the final authority on the methodology used to calculate mileage and the amount of flight credit for a particular flight or routing. American Airlines is the final authority on qualification for mileage credit and reserves the right to deny or revoke mileage credit at any time if American Airlines determines that mileage credit was improperly given.
Unless otherwise stated, mileage credit cannot be earned for the same flight, hotel stay, or car rental in more than one of the following programs: the AAdvantage program or any other loyalty program in which American Airlines participates.
After your flight departs, you will not be able to change your selection of a frequent traveler program for earning mileage credit with respect to that flight.
You will not be able to transfer mileage you accumulate in the AAdvantage program to any other carrier's program, nor can you transfer mileage you accumulate in another carrier's program to the AAdvantage program.
You may accrue mileage only for purchased, eligible, published-fare tickets on qualifying routes used in accordance with all applicable conditions of carriage, tariffs, rules and terms of ticketing (including but not limited to compliance with rules prohibiting hidden city, back to back and throwaway ticketing) and travel. AAdvantage mileage accrual eligibility on airline participant routes is subject to change without notice. Flights to/from Cuba are not eligible for mileage accrual.
You cannot accrue partner airline miles with your partner frequent flyer number if you have already used your AAdvantage number to obtain AAdvantage program benefits such as First or Business Class upgrades, baggage fee waivers or complimentary access to Preferred/Main Cabin Extra seats. Additionally, you cannot redeem partner airline miles with your partner frequent flyer number and obtain AAdvantage program benefits such as Priority boarding (Group 4) and access to preferred seats.
Mileage can only be accumulated one time per flight, regardless of the number of seats purchased.
You may request mileage credit for past, eligible transactions up to 12 months from the transaction date. Transactions occurring more than 30 days prior to your enrollment date are not eligible for mileage credit.
You are responsible for ensuring that your mileage earned is properly credited. If you believe that mileage has been earned but not properly credited, you may be required to submit documentation or other proof satisfactory to American Airlines, which may include copies of ticket coupons, boarding passes and receipts. Any claim for uncredited mileage must be received by American Airlines within 12 months after the mileage credit was earned.
Certain airline tickets are not eligible for earning mileage credit. These include, without limitation, the following: all tickets issued as AAdvantage awards or other free ticket promotions including free or reduced rate tickets; companion tickets; charter flight tickets; travel agency/industry reduced rate tickets; infant tickets; items occupying a purchased seat; unpublished fare tickets, including consolidator fares, tickets issued as a result of a fare published inadvertently or by mistake and tickets issued subject to special provisions.

Redeeming AAdvantage miles

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Subject to the rules prohibiting purchase, sale and barter of AAdvantage mileage and travel awards as well as the rules pertaining to any special AAdvantage offers, AAdvantage award tickets may be issued in any name designated by the AAdvantage member; however, the recipient of the mileage credit or award ticket must be identified at the time the award reservation is ticketed and cannot be identified at a later point in time, such as a charity to be named later, or conditioned upon the outcome of a future event, such as the winner of a contest.
Once award tickets are issued they cannot be transferred.
AAdvantage flight awards are subject to, and the passenger is responsible for, any applicable departure taxes, security fees, federal inspection fees, passenger facility charges and/or other taxes, fees and surcharges assessed by appropriate authorities or partner carriers. In addition, there may be applicable non-refundable charges under the AAdvantage program, such as AAdvantage award charges or upgrade award co-pays.
Awards for international travel are subject to appropriate governmental approvals.
Tickets issued as AAdvantage flight awards are not applicable for travel on American Airlines cooperative codeshare service with other carriers. In addition, selected flights designated as AAdvantage airline participant flights, but operated by another carrier, may not be valid for award travel.
Upgrade tickets may be issued through American Airlines reservations or ticketing locations or by your travel agent. For all other airline travel awards, including those for travel on airline participants, your reservations must be made with, and your tickets issued by, an American Airlines reservations or ticketing location. All flight awards must be ticketed on American Airlines ticket stock.
Flight awards on American Airlines and American Eagle and our airline participants may be subject to special limitations on seating availability. Seats for award travel may not be available on all flights. Reservations for flight awards will be accepted, and you will have a confirmed seat, as long as award seats are still available for the award you are using when you make your reservation. However, all accommodations are subject to availability at the time reservations are made.
Each AAdvantage participant is responsible for its awards only and not for the awards of other participating companies. If an AAdvantage participant agreement changes or terminates, you may find that AAdvantage awards for that participant are no longer available. American Airlines is not responsible for any participant withdrawals, award cancellations, discontinued services, changes in any mileage levels, rules or restrictions applying to participant's awards or mileage accrual policies. AAdvantage award restrictions may be announced by American Airlines or AAdvantage participants at any time without notice.
Travel on AAdvantage tickets will be subject to the tariffs, contract of carriage, ticket terms, and re-accommodation policies of the carrier on which travel is scheduled and may also be subject to the Warsaw Convention or the Montreal Convention. American Airlines and American Eagle's conditions of carriage are available on aa.com, from any American airport or Travel Center representative.
Income tax liability on AAdvantage travel awards, if any, is the responsibility of the member.

AAdvantage award reinstatement/reissuance charges

500-mile upgrade Terms and Conditions

AAdvantage Executive Platinum members traveling on any purchased, published fare and for Platinum and Gold members traveling on any purchased, published fare on flights 500 miles or less in length are eligible for complimentary upgrades.
Platinum or Gold members traveling on a flight greater than 500 miles in length may upgrade using 500-mile upgrades as payment.
AAdvantage elite status members may upgrade one companion traveling on the same flight using 500-mile upgrades from their own account as payment.
Non elite status members may only upgrade when they are traveling as the companion to an elite status member.

Upgrades are valid on American Airlines or American Eagle marketed and operated flights offering a First or Business Class cabin within and between the 50 United States, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, the Bahamas, Bermuda as well as between the United States and Central America (Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua or Panama).
Each upgrade is valid for 500 miles of travel. Each flight segment requires at least one upgrade.
Upgrades are valid from the Main Cabin to the next class of service.
Upgrade inventory is subject to seating limitations and capacity controls.
Upgrade reservations may be confirmed - if upgrade seating is available - no earlier than 100 hours prior to the scheduled departure time of the flight for Executive Platinum members, 72 hours for Platinum members, and 24 hours for Gold members. If a confirmed upgrade is not available, you will automatically be added to the Airport Upgrade Standby List while checking in for your flight on aa.com, your mobile device, at the airport self-service machine, or with an airport agent. In order to be added to the Airport Upgrade Standby List, you will need to have the required number of upgrades in your account at the time of check-in.
For any flight on which you are a confirmed passenger, standby priority at the airport will be AAdvantage Executive Platinum members first, AAdvantage Platinum members next, then AAdvantage Gold members. In addition, your priority within each elite status level will also be determined based on the date and time you requested your upgrade initially.
Boarding passes must be issued by an airline representative, subject to applicable seat availability and operational restrictions, and only upon presentation of your AAdvantage card and verification of the required number of upgrades in your upgrade account. The appropriate number of upgrades will be deducted from your electronic upgrade account at the time of travel.
AAdvantage mileage will accrue for the class of service on which your fare is based when you are ticketed, not the class of service flown.
Upgrades will not be refunded, exchanged or transferred.
Upgrades are void if sold for cash or other consideration.
Purchased upgrade prices are subject to change without notice.
Upgrades purchased through American Airlines Reservations or aa.com requires a minimum of two hours processing time to be deposited into your upgrade account.
In the event of a cancellation or off-schedule operation, American Airlines will attempt to honor your upgrade on another of its flights. If you are accommodated on another carrier, it will be in the class of service purchased on your American Airlines ticket.
American Airlines reserves the right to eliminate or restrict the use of upgrades on certain flights and make other such changes at any time without notice. Use of upgrades to any future American Airlines destination is subject to approval.

Citi^® / AAdvantage^® Platinum Select^® Mastercard^® benefits:

For the Citi^® / AAdvantage^® Platinum Select^® Mastercard^®
The standard variable APR for purchases is 13.99%, 15.99%, 17.99%, 19.99%, or 21.99% based on your creditworthiness, and also applies to balance transfers. The standard variable APR for cash advances is 25.24%. The variable Penalty APR is up to 29.99% and may be applied if you make a late payment or make a payment that is returned. The annual fee is $95. However, this fee is waived for the first 12 months of account opening. Minimum interest charge is $0.50. Fee for Foreign Purchases — 3% of US dollar amount of each purchase. Cash advance fee — either $10 or 5% of the amount of each cash advance, whichever is greater. Balance transfer fee — either $5 or 3% of the amount of each transfer, whichever is greater.

30,000 American Airlines AAdvantage^® bonus miles can be earned by new Citi^® / AAdvantage^® Platinum Select^® Mastercard^® cardmembers approved through this offer. Earn 30,000 American Airlines AAdvantage^® bonus miles after making $1,000 in purchases within the first 3 months of account opening. American Airlines AAdvantage^® bonus miles are not available if you have had a Citi^® / AAdvantage^® Platinum Select^® Card opened or closed in the past 18 months.

†First Checked Bag Free:
For benefit to apply, the Citi^® / AAdvantage^® account must be open 7 days prior to air travel, and reservation must include the primary cardmember's American Airlines AAdvantage^® number 7 days prior to air travel. If your credit card account is closed for any reason, these benefits will be cancelled.

Eligible Citi^® / AAdvantage^® primary cardmembers may check one bag free of charge when traveling on domestic itineraries marketed and operated by American Airlines, or on itineraries marketed by American Airlines and operated as American Eagle^® flights by Compass Airlines, LLC, Envoy Air Inc., Mesa Airlines, Inc., Republic Airline Inc., PSA Airlines, Inc., Piedmont Airlines, Inc., Air Wisconsin Airline Corp., or SkyWest Airlines, Inc.. All flights on the itinerary must be domestic flights marketed by American Airlines and operated by American Airlines or American Eagle. This benefit will not be available for travel on codeshare flights booked with an American Airlines flight number but operated by another airline. For the Citi^® / AAdvantage^® card, up to four (4) customers traveling with the eligible primary cardmember will also get their first checked bag free of charge if they are listed in the same reservation. Waiver does not apply to overweight or oversized bags. This benefit cannot be combined with any existing AAdvantage^® elite program benefits, including any waiver of baggage charges. Please see aa.com for baggage weight and size restrictions. Applicable terms and conditions are subject to change without notice.

Preferred boarding

For benefit to apply, the Citi^® / AAdvantage^® account must be open 7 days prior to air travel, and reservation must include the primary cardmember's American Airlines AAdvantage® number 7 days prior to air travel. If your credit card account is closed for any reason, this benefit will be cancelled. This benefit will not be available for travel on codeshare flights booked with an American Airlines flight number but operated by another airline. Up to four (4) customers traveling with and listed in the same reservation as the Citi^® / AAdvantage^® primary credit cardmember are eligible to board at the same time as the primary cardmember. Applicable terms and conditions are subject to change without notice.

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. This benefit applies on domestic flights marketed and operated by American Airlines, or on domestic flights marketed by American Airlines and operated as American Eagle® flights by Compass Airlines, LLC, Envoy Air Inc., Mesa Airlines, Inc., Republic Airline Inc., PSA Airlines, Inc., Piedmont Airlines, Inc., Air Wisconsin Airline Corp., or SkyWest Airlines, Inc.

American Airlines reserves the right to change the AAdvantage^® program and its terms and conditions at any time without notice, and to end the AAdvantage^® program with six months' notice. Any such changes may affect your ability to use the awards or mileage credits that you have accumulated. Unless specified, AAdvantage^® miles earned through this promotion/offer do not count toward elite-status qualification or AAdvantage Million Miler^SM status. American Airlines is not responsible for products or services offered by other participating companies. For complete details about the AAdvantage^® program, visit aa.com/AAdvantage.

American Eagle^® service is operated by Compass Airlines, LLC, Envoy Air Inc., Mesa Airlines, Inc., Republic Airline Inc., and SkyWest Airlines, Inc.

American Airlines, AAdvantage, American Airlines Airpass, American Eagle, the Flight Symbol logo, Admirals Club, AAdvantage Million Miler, MileSAAver, Business Extra, Flagship and AA Cargo are trademarks of American Airlines, Inc.

oneworld is a mark of the oneworld Alliance, LLC.

Citibank is not responsible for products or services offered by other companies. Cardmember program terms are subject to change.

MasterCard^® is a registered trademark of MasterCard International Incorporated.

Citi, Citibank, Platinum Select, and Citi with Arc Design are registered service marks of Citigroup Inc.