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From what I can tell, even after combining the programs, you need the US Air card for the perks on that airline and the AA card for the perks on that one.
OK. So I just got off the phone with the folks at AAdvantage Citi Card. They told me that until the airline is fully merged, and they have no ideas when it will all be complete, you will need to maintain two separate cards for the perks on American and US Air. The Citi card will get you the priority boarding and free bags on American but not the US Air brand of planes and visa versa. Even though you will get a card from Barclay (US Air) that will now show the AAdvantage symbol, the perks are only good for the US Air planes. So until they fully complete the deal and at some point change all the names to American, you need both cards.
With all due respect to anyone who works for Citi, this is again not accurate. The card benefits are scheduled to merge, just like the miles programs, within the next few weeks. AA dot com has a page that outlines all of this. Now of course there are hiccups in these processes, and if it doesn't hurt to keep both cards then do it for now, but you should be able to get those benefits across airlines soon.