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Okay - so with all of the trouble with CitiGroup, if we pruchased our plane tickets to STJ next summer with air miles from a Citiband American Airlines card, does that mean that we won't be able to use them??????

nothintolose wrote:Okay - so with all of the trouble with CitiGroup, if we pruchased our plane tickets to STJ next summer with air miles from a Citiband American Airlines card, does that mean that we won't be able to use them??????

Maybe your gonna have to change your forum name (nothintolose)!!!!!!!!!

i doubt it--you have purchased the tickets already--so you have a contract there.
now if AA goes under you might have a problem.......

I hope so loria. Too chicken to check into it for fear of what the result would be.

Captain John - if I was gonna change it, I would have done it when Katrina hit us. I opted to keep it (after alot of consideration), so no matter what...the name stays

If it's the type that transfers the miles earned right into your AA Advantage account each month I would think you would be fine. That's what ours does. We already bought our tickets for spring using miles. I worked for Citi for 20 years and am concerned about my pension and hope it is still around when I want to collect. Have friends working there who are sweating their jobs right now. Citi still has performing investments - they are down but not out yet. From what I understand they are still in good cash shape and the shoring up of the precarious assets (the mortgages) is where they needed help before a lot of those loans went south into default. I heard that they, unlike the big 3 automakers, presented an actual plan rather than just holding out their hand and saying "gimme". Interesting times.

- Margy

You'll be fine. Citibank just tells American Airlines that you spent X amount of money using their card. Doesn't matter if it's for plane tickets or gum. American Airlines translates the # of dollars spent to airline miles.

Thanks for all of the info everyone - I feel better!