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If you fly American Airlines, have good credit and are looking to open a new MasterCard account, using the Citi Gold AAdvantage World MasterCard application may fit the bill. It is one of several cards that Citibank offers that is designed for people who fly on American.

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For each dollar you spend on the Citi Gold AAdvantage World MasterCard, you earn one mile of travel on American Airlines. You can also use earned miles toward hotel accommodations and rental cars. The maximum amount of miles you can earn in any given year is 60,000, but those miles have no expiration date so long as there is some activity on the account once during a three year time frame.

This author noticed on all three of his credit reports that credit limits were not being reported for his Citi AAdvantage MasterCard (American Airlines mileage card), even though the credit limit was $7, 440.

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Citicard offers several AAdvantage cards, so it is important to note that the Citi Gold AAdvantage World MasterCard offers 12,500 bonus miles for the first purchase on the card! Its annual fee of $50 is waived for the first year, as well, and this particular MasterCard has no "pre-set spending limit". (All that means is that you can exceed your credit limit on occasion, based on your payment history.)

The 1% college savings from Citi that are shown on your Citi Upromise World MasterCard statement each month will be displayed in your Upromise account as "pending" within 5 business days of your Citi statement closing date. In general, you should see your 1% Citi college savings move from a pending status in your account within 45 days from the statement closing date on your Citi credit card bill. The 10% Citi contributions will not be shown on your Citi Upromise World MasterCard statement. However, you will be able to view this information in the Account Details section of your Upromise account within 60 days of the eligible purchase transaction. If you ever have any questions about the 1% Citi college savings you earned, 5114. If you have questions about the 10% Citi contributions you earned, 3809.

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Currently, the APR for the Citi Gold AAdvantage World MasterCard is 17.99%. For cash advances, the variable APR goes up to 22.99%. If you happen to default on the card, the variable APR can be raised to 31.99%. There are, of course, finance charges for any purchases that are not paid for within the first 30 days, and there are charges for other services like cash advances, foreign purchase and balance transfers.

Yes, you may carry both credit cards, provided that you apply for and are approved for each card in accordance with the credit requirements set forth by Citi. If you wish to apply for a Citi Upromise World MasterCard, 5114.

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So, if you travel, want to earn much needed bonus miles, and like the flexibility of having no pre-set spending limit, the $50 annual fee shouldn't affect your decision about applying for this MasterCard. If you pay off your card each month, don't normally spend more than $60,000 on a card per year (which will be the maximum limit of bonus miles you can earn), and like that there are no black out dates for when you can travel with bonus miles earned, you will definitely appreciate the Citi Gold AAdvantage World MasterCard.

Even if your application goes no further, service providers will add details of this search and your application to your record. In assessing your credit record, we may also use any information which the MoCom Group already holds about you. If your credit application is successful and we fulfil your order, you will be entered into a credit agreement with the Network Service Provider who will add details of your agreement as well as ongoing details of your account and how you manage it to credit reference agency records.

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For more information or to apply for the Citi Gold AAdvantage World MasterCard, Beth Derkowitz recommends Find Credit Cards.

Unfortunately, credit card companies offering lower typical APRs (Annual Percentage Rate) tend to have stricter credit check systems and are more likely to reject your application. With the uSwitch.com credit card comparison service you can compare the credit cards available that will accept applications from people with poor credit check results (or credit ratings). This will save you the hassle of having your applications rejected, which can also show up as a bad sign in future credit checks.

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