Exclusive: Citi just added a delicious $200 perk to its premium American Airlines card

Citi is giving the Citi® / AAdvantage® Executive World Legend Mastercard® (see rates and fees) a new perk you can sink your teeth into.Starting Oct. 25, primary cardholders will receive up to $200 in annual dining credits through inKind. Both primary cardholders and authorized users can redeem the benefit, but the $200 credit is shared across the account.Unlike many credit card dining benefits that are distributed in monthly increments, the inKind credit is split into two up to $100 allotments — one for January through June and another for July through December each calendar year. That gives cardholders more flexibility to use each credit toward a substantial meal rather than tracking smaller monthly amounts.The good news is that, because this credit is effective immediately, existing cardholders will have just over two months to use their first $100 dining credit before the end of 2026. The next $100 allotment will become available Jan. 1, 2027.How the new dining credit worksInKind is an app-based dining payment and rewards platform with more than 10,000 participating restaurants, bars and cafes in the U.S. Users can search for participating venues and pay their check through the ...