AA's disappointing $350 Globe card | Coffee Break Ep74 | 10-21-25
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Summary
Citi is out with a new mid-tier card called the AAdvantageĀ® Globeā¢ MastercardĀ® with a $350 annual fee. We expected a lot from this card, but found it ultimately disappointing.
(00:50) - CitiĀ® / AAdvantageĀ® Globeā¢ MastercardĀ® basics
(02:04) - Perks, coupons, and elite boost
(04:44) - Is this the replacement for Barclays $195 Aviator Silver card?
(06:31) - Hear our discussion about the Barclays Aviator Silver card here
(14:15) - Which card is better? (Or which card is for which kind of motivation?)
(18:06) - There are folks earning status through AA hotels - could the Globe card be exciting for those people?
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| 0:00.0 | This is a Voyescape podcast. You can find all of our travel podcasts from around the world at |
| 0:07.1 | voyescape.com. Welcome to Freakimilers Coffee Break, where we focus on a single topic related to |
| 0:15.7 | miles and points. And each coffee break is limited to 20 minutes or less or your money back. |
| 0:23.1 | Today we're going to discuss American Airlines disappointing $350 globe card. |
| 0:29.6 | So City is out with a new sort of mid-tier. |
| 0:32.7 | They have their high-end $595, I think, executive card, and they've got their lower-end cards |
| 0:39.3 | with American Airlines, but they just now came out with this $350 card, which I expected a lot, |
| 0:46.6 | but did it deliver? Yeah, and, you know, to be fair, it's not necessarily the worst card |
| 0:53.5 | we've seen, but it would take a lot of work, I think, |
| 0:56.8 | to justify it for a lot of people. Of course, you know, you'll make up your own mind after you |
| 1:00.5 | hear us talk about it. So let's dig into some of the details. So first up, as Greg mentioned, |
| 1:04.7 | it's got a $350 annual fee. And the current welcome bonus is good. And most cards are worth |
| 1:10.2 | considering for the first year, |
| 1:11.5 | at least because of the welcome bonus. So despite whatever drawbacks we talk about today, |
| 1:15.9 | this card comes with 90,000 miles after $5,000 in purchases in the first three months. And that can |
| 1:21.4 | be a very valuable bonus that can certainly just by paying the fee, especially if you can take |
| 1:26.0 | advantage of a few of the other benefits |
| 1:27.5 | in the first year. The card earns six points per dollar on American Airlines hotels. That's their |
| 1:32.5 | hotel booking platform where you'll earn loyalty points, of course, for booking your hotels. |
| 1:37.3 | They'll keep in mind that while the card offers some bonus multipliers like six XA |
| 1:41.5 | hotels, with card spend, you still only earn one loyalty point per dollar |
| 1:46.2 | spent even in the bonus categories so don't expect six loyalty points per dollar spent it's six |
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