- Businesses earn AAdvantage® miles, while business travelers earn additional loyalty points, accelerating their path to AAdvantage status.
- American is the only US airline with a business loyalty program that helps travelers earn status faster.
- The CitiBusiness®/AAdvantage® Platinum Select® Mastercard® allows businesses to accumulate even more rewards and travelers to earn even more loyalty points.
- Travel management is made easier with a fully digital program and access to America’s best prices and service.
FORT WORTH, Texas — American Airlines continues to make travel more rewarding by introducing a new business loyalty program. The first program of its kind, AAdvantage Business™ rewards both qualifying businesses and their travelers with AAdvantage miles and additional loyalty points for booking business travel on aa.com or on the American Airlines app. AAdvantage Business™ offers a faster path to a more rewarding experience for businesses and travelers alike.
“American has built something no one else offers,” said Scott Laurence, American’s Senior Vice President of Partnerships and Retailing. “We want to reward both the companies that do business with us and the traveler who actually flies in the airplane seat. It’s a win-win. We’ve designed a simple program that goes beyond providing rewards and tools that benefits everyone.”
Plus, businesses that apply and are approved for the CitiBusiness®/AAdvantage® Platinum Select® Mastercard® will earn more rewards even faster.
How the new AAdvantage Business™ program works
AAdvantage Business rewards travelers with loyalty points in addition to their regular earnings for being an AAdvantage member.
AAdvantage Business™ is a simple, convenient loyalty program for businesses with at least five employees, with no minimum spend requirement for the business to start earning miles.
For every $1 spent on qualifying business travel, companies earn 1 AAdvantage mile to redeem on travel and more, including hotels, car rentals, Admirals Club lounges and other employee experiences. For the same $1 spent, eligible individual travelers earn 1 loyalty point that counts toward their earning toward AAdvantage member status. These loyalty points are in addition to any miles or loyalty points the traveler earns as an AAdvantage member. Businesses can learn more and start registering now for the AAdvantage Business™ program at aa.com/aadvantagebusiness.
More rewards with the CitiBusiness®/AAdvantage® Platinum Select® Mastercard®
Businesses applying for the CitiBusiness®/AAdvantage® Platinum Select® Mastercard® can further accelerate rewards for their business and help their employees achieve status when using the card.
On all eligible American Airlines purchases, new CitiBusiness®/AAdvantage® Platinum Select® Mastercard® cardmembers will earn twice as many miles for their business plus the cardmember will earn an additional loyalty point toward their AAdvantage® status for every $1 spent on their business card. Plus, businesses will earn miles for all other business purchases on the card, including twice miles at telecom, cable and satellite providers and twice miles at car rental dealers and gas stations. Cardmembers will enjoy their first checked bag free on domestic American Airlines routes, plus preferred boarding on American Airlines flights.
For a limited time, businesses that apply and are approved for the card are eligible to earn 75,000 American Airlines AAdvantage bonus miles after spending $6,000 within the first six months of account opening*. Read more about the card here.
“We are excited to continue to offer a card that meets the evolving needs of Citi and American Airlines’ joint corporate customers,” said Pam Habner, CEO of US Branded Cards and Lending at Citi. “The CitiBusiness/AAdvantage Platinum Select Card makes our customers’ daily business operations even more rewarding, whether they’re shopping for everyday items or booking upcoming business trips.”
The AAdvantage Business™ program is a convenient way to earn AAdvantage status and unlock additional travel benefits when you book on aa.com or the American Airlines app.
Existing CitiBusiness®/AAdvantage® cardmembers will soon learn more about their integration into the AAdvantage Business™ program.
Convenient booking experience
In addition to rewarding companies and those who fly for business, AAdvantage Business™ gives travel managers and their travelers the ability to conveniently track business travel in one portal and easily switch between business and personal travel when booking on aa.com.
Program members also have access to a range of online tools including reporting, traveler administration, duty of care and more for practical business travel management.
About American Airlines Group
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*American Airlines AAdvantage® bonus miles are not available if you received a new account bonus for a CitiBusiness®/AAdvantage® Platinum Select® account within the past 48 months. The card offer referred to in this announcement is only available to businesses residing in the United States and its territories, excluding Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.