American Airlines AAdvantage® Aviator™ Red Credit Card Reviews: Is It Worth It? (2023)Reviews, rates, fees, and rewards details for The American Airlines AAdvantage® Aviator™ Red Credit Card. Compare to other cards and apply online in secondsJohn KiernanWalletHub0% intro APR on balance transfersHigh rewards rate60,000 miles initial rewards bonusNo foreign feeMembership feesNo intro APR on purchasesBalance transfer feeRequires good/excellent credit
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Accepted Credit Scores
Excellent Credit, Good Credit
Annual Fee
$99
Rewards
Earn 60,000 bonus miles after spending $2,000 on purchases and paying the $99 annual fee in full within the first 90 days
Earn 2 miles for every dollar spent on eligible American Airlines® purchases and 1 mile for every dollar spent on all other purchases.
For every one eligible AAdvantage® mile you will earn one Loyalty Point that counts to your AAdvantage® Status.
Get 25% inflight savings as statement credit on in-flight food and beverage purchases on American Airlines operated flights. And up to $25 back as statement credits on inflight Wi-Fi purchases every anniversary year on American Airlines operated flights.
Each anniversary year, earn a Companion Certificate good for 1 guest at $99 (plus taxes and fees) after spending $20,000 on purchases and your account remains open for 45 days after your anniversary date.
Receive preferred boarding and a first checked bag free for the primary cardmember and up to 4 companions on your reservation when traveling on domestic itineraries operated by American Airlines. Terms Apply.
Participate in Flight Cents™, round up purchases to the nearest whole dollar and acquire up to 0.5 AAdvantage® miles through Flight Cents for every 1 cent that is rounded up.
APR on Purchases
20.99% - 29.99% (V)
Balance Transfer
0% intro APR for 15 months, 20.99% - 29.99% (V) APR after that
Balance Transfer Fee:5% (min $5)
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American Airlines Aviator Red Card Pros & Cons
0% intro APR on balance transfers
High rewards rate
60,000 miles initial rewards bonus
No foreign fee
Membership fees
No intro APR on purchases
Balance transfer fee
Requires good/excellent credit
American Airlines Aviator Red Card's Additional Info
0% Introductory APR on balance transfers that post to your account within 45 days of account opening.
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Access to a suite of benefits, amenities and upgrades, preferential treatment and premium travel offers from best-in-class travel companies.
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Eligible for Travel Accident Insurance, Trip Cancellation and Interruption coverage, Baggage Delay Insurance, and Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver (restrictions, limitations and exclusions apply).
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The credit score you need for the American Airlines Aviator Red Card is 700 or better. That means people with at least good credit have a shot at getting approved for the American Airlines Aviator Red Card.
You should note that while your credit score is an important factor, there are plenty of other things that will impact your chances of being approved for the American Airlines Aviator Red Card, too. Some other key criteria include your income, existing debt load, number of open accounts, recent credit inquiries, employment status and housing status.
If you excel in other areas, you might be able to get approved with a slightly lower credit score in some cases. But it's best to wait to apply until you meet the American Airlines Aviator Red Card credit score requirement. You can check your credit score for free on WalletHub.
The AAdvantage Aviator Red rental car insurance plan provides worldwide coverage for damage or theft of the cars you rent. In addition to that, it will cover the loss of use charges and towing charges.
You must decline the optional collision/damage waiver (or similar coverage) offered by the rental...
It'll take 2 to 3 weeks to receive your new AAdvantage Aviator Red Mastercard. Replacement cards require 7 to 10 business days for delivery.
The issuer will expedite your replacement card if there has been fraud on your account; otherwise, you'll have to pay the overnight delivery fee (up to $30).
You earn miles with your AAdvantage Aviator Red Mastercard each and every time you use it for purchases.
More specifically, you currently earn 2 miles for each dollar spent on qualifying purchases with American Airlines and 1 mile for each dollar spent on purchases everywhere else.
This means you won't be charged extra on transactions processed outside of the United States, whether it's a purchase at a physical location in a foreign country, or an online transaction through an internationally-based merchant.
The AAdvantage Aviator Red Mastercard's preferred boarding benefit works if you use your card to pay for your flight.
It offers boarding right after priority boarding is complete, for eligible cardmembers and up to 4 companions. This benefit is available when traveling on any of the American Airlines operated flights.
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cary1029 @cary1029
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The temporally stopped my card three times this week for Go Puff purchases under $15 Dollars each delaying my dinner and then this morning I was forced to call them and then deal with one of their operators from the Philippines and then also get a code to my phone and plug that in it’s a high pain in bottom for the type of use I get out of it and yes, it’s high interest and high fee per year. I wouldn’t have done this or kept them except I’m hoping to use the airline mileage When I get to be comfortable about traveling with people who sneeze and cough and yawn without covering their mouths
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violinist4 @violinist4
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Please stay away from this card and Barclay bank. They are scam. I set up automatic payment everymonth, and they changed from automatic to manual payment without my consent. I was not aware of it until few months later when they called and said my account was closed because I didnt pay. So it racked up few hundred bucks for late payment and interest charges. I tried to argue to no good. I paid all charges thinking that was the last time I had to deal with them. But no today (nearly a year later) they called me again and said I didnt pay again. So my account was inactivated by them, but they still charged annual fee and rack up late fee and interests again. I was so mad. Stay away from these scammers.
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Asayre717 @Asayre717
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STAY AWAY FROM THIS CARD!!! Less than a week, card declined while out of town- customer service not available until morning. Unbelievably the WORST service I have ever experienced!!!! Apparently no one can tell me why this has happened and they can’t get my card working until the morning. Thank goodness I have another card or I would literally be sleeping in my car tonight. (Middle aged woman —out of town!!!) Absolutely ridiculous!!!!!! This message needs to get to upper management—- TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!!!!! ?
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joshfranklin2011 @joshfranklin2011
Same. Card gets declined every time I try to use it online. That's after taking me a month for them to approve after application with 800+ credit. Customer service say the transactions have been processed their side yet vendor shows decline. Fraud/security team had apparently put a hold on my card because of a transaction from Google. They tell me they will release the hold and clear the card but I need to wait until after the weekend to use it!! Wth?!?
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4drold2010 @4drold2010
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Their program is great UNTIL you have a dispute!!!! I have used this card for 5 years with no problem. Now that I have airline charges to dispute, they have required 3 call backs thus far. This requires navigating their system each time and 30 minutes plus on the phone each time!
I recommend Citibank's AA cards because they have a huge retail banking presence in the US. Barclay's does not, thus the HUGE inefficiency. Once the refund is processed, I will cancel the Aviator red and go back to CITIbank.. IN years past, I had to file a charge dispute with Citi and they are efficient and easy- Far from it with Barclays.
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Bdecker456 @Bdecker456
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Support for disputed charges is dismal. Barclay's process favors the merchant and not the card holder. Every other bank card I use, like Citi and Chase all favor the card holder. Which makes sense since the merchant would not have the sale and the bank wouldn't have the charge if it weren't for the card holder making the choice of which card to use. And yet, with Barclay's, their process punishes the card holder. If you have any problems with Barclay's when disputing a charge, I strongly suggest you file a complaint with the BBB. Within days of filing my complaint, I heard from upper management. It still took them a month to resolve the problem (in my favor), but at least I felt like something was finally being done.
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John Doyle @john_doyle_it
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Impossible to get more than a $2K Line of Credit!! Which is nowhere near enough to cover my monthly airfare alone, much less any other purchases. I have EXCELLENT credit and they denied bumping up my line of credit. The first time I've been denied credit in my adult life. It's just crazy.
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shuttleworth_nigel @shuttleworth_nigel
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Tried to use the card to book a hotel. I needed a security code to make the purchase this did not work, called customer service and they told me that the system is down and there is nothing they could do. This is the second time and the last time. I will use another card.
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jerri_kunzmann @jerri_kunzmann
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poor customer service. I was given a pamphlet on a flight for AA Barclay card with 50,000 free miles and with code 564310 another 20,000 would be added making a total of 70,000. I made my one-time purchase that was required and only received 50,000 miles. Upon making my elder mother's reservations I spent hours on the phone trying to get the extra 20,000 to cover her ticket. WHAT A RUN AROUND! I was hung up on and transferred and told that it was Barclays that handles the points, Barclays says it's American Airlines that adds the points. If this isn't solved by the end of the data and I lose this ticket for my mother I will be so angry.The problem still isn't solved.
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dgilman @dgilman
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I have had huge challenges with the fraud protection unit. My card was stolen right at the end of 2021; my car was broken into and a police report was filed. I called the fraud protection folks right away that same night, within a half hour of the break-in. It took far too long to cancel the card, and I kept telling the operator that somebody could be using my card at that very moment and also that I needed to move on to cancel other credit cards. It turns out that somebody did charge $800 right about that time. These charges should have never happened if the card had been cancelled right away. Even worse, I noticed several weeks later that I had not received a new card. It turns out that they had not fully cancelled the card that night or issued a new one! So I got that straightened out and got a new card and was told the $800 had been removed from my account. But several weeks later still (now a month after I tried to cancel the card on the night of the theft), I received a letter saying that the card had been charged for the $800 again. After struggling to get an answer from the fraud protection folks as to why the charge had been placed back on my card, they told me that it was because I had made other charges with that vendor. But this response was completely illogical - I had made minor charges of $60-70 many months before the $800 charge at a different location of the vendor which is a big chain grocery store!! I tried multiple times to speak to a supervisor at the fraud protection unit and was denied. I am still waiting for resolution of this $800 charge that is entirely the credit card's fault. I am incredibly frustrated. I have identified that the problem is with the fraud unit as I have not had nearly as much difficulty with regular customer service.
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mynithad @mynithad
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I was on an AA flight coming back home and the flight attendant offered the Aviator card with $99 anual fee to be waived for 12 months plus 60,000 miles with purchase of $1 made in 3 months. So my fiance and I applied and were both approved as soon as I received the first statement there was the $99 anual fee we both were charged. I called up customer service and they said it was under review then a month later we received a letter in the mail of denial and the $99 remained...We were so disappointed for the fact you lied..Soon as my anniversary date rolls around I will cancel this card...
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