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City tires of throupling.

Will American Airlines and City go exclusive?

Well, we'll see.

I don't know.

So right now, of course, you, and I say right now, as we record this, there are two

issuers of City American Airlines credit cards.

There are City American Airlines credit cards, and there are Barclays American Airlines credit cards. There are City American Airlines credit

cards and there are Barclays American Airlines credit cards. But news came out this week.

CNBC reported that American Airlines is in talks with Citibank or Citibank is in talks with

American, depending on who you ask probably, to become the sole issuer of American Airlines

credit cards. So City, if this is true and if this were to come to pass, then City would become the only issuer of American Airlines credit cards.

Barclays would no longer issue American Airlines credit cards. Now, to be clear, this is a news report from CNBC. We don't know that it's true. We don't know even if it is true what kind of a timeline we're

looking at in terms of this exclusive agreement. But at least the rumor mill is out that

city may become the only issuer of American Airlines cards. And that doesn't seem far-fetched.

I can imagine both sides enjoying an exclusive relationship

because City, of course, wouldn't have to compete with Barclays for new cardholders or ongoing

promotions or marketing spaces. And American Airlines presumably would be able to charge City

more money for their miles in order to have the advantage of the exclusive partnership.

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