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American Airlines chooses Citi as sole credit card partner, drops Barclays

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American Airlines has completed a long-awaited credit card deal with Citigroup .

The airline said it will drop Barclays as one of its two co-branded credit card partners.

The new deal with Citi takes effect in January 2026 .

American shares were up more than 6% in premarket trading after the announcement.

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