Citi Custom Cash℠ Card: Earn $200 after Spending $750 in First 3-Months
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Citi is offering $200 in cash back after you spend $750 on purchases in the first 3 months of account opening for the Citi Custom Cash℠ Card. This bonus offer will be fulfilled as 20,000 ThankYou® Points, which can be redeemed for $200 cash back. No annual fee.
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Citi is offering $200 in cash back after you spend $750 on purchases in the first 3 months of account opening for the Citi Custom Cash℠ Card. This bonus offer will be fulfilled as 20,000 ThankYou® Points, which can be redeemed for $200 cash back. No annual fee.
Card Details:
Earn $200 in cash back after you spend $750 on purchases in the first 3 months of account opening. This bonus offer will be fulfilled as 20,000 ThankYou® Points, which can be redeemed for $200 cash back.
0% Intro APR on balance transfers and purchases for 15 months. After that, the variable APR will be 16.24% - 26.24%, based on your creditworthiness.
Earn 5% cash back on purchases in your top eligible spend category each billing cycle, up to the first $500 spent, 1% cash back thereafter. Also, earn unlimited 1% cash back on all other purchases.
No rotating bonus categories to sign up for – as your spending changes each billing cycle, your earn adjusts automatically when you spend in any of the eligible categories.
No Annual Fee.
Citi will only issue one Citi Custom Cash℠ Card account per person.
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You only have to worry about credit hits from applying for CCs if you are applying for a bunch of them around the same time or are about to get a mortgage/car loan and want to keep it as clean as possible for that. Otherwise there is no reason to worry about a single hard pull for a new CC.
Yes, apparently they look at how recent your inquiries are and if you have had any in the last month or two. I was denied for this reason on this card.
Not sure what category this card falls under but Citi doesn't give bonus if you got a bonus within 24 month in same family of cards. Not sure where this one falls under it does give points so probably premier /rewards family of cards?
reading the small print it seems to be in it's own family with 48 month rule. But who knows.
I just really hate the citi app... Literally looks like spam pop ups with the un-deleteable promos
OMG, if they ask me about opening their damn Accelerate checking account one more time....for a while they were flooding my post office box with spam as well, but I think I finally got myself off whatever list they had me on.
People see the percentage and salivate. You have to understand your actual spending to realize if this is worth it to you or not. 2% of $100 is piddly squat.
How is $2 more a month for doing nothing different piddly squat? Plus if you utilize all $500 limit, that's a $10 difference.. for doing nothing different. Not to mention the $200 bonus.
No you dont get to choose. It will automatically apply to the highest spend category each billing cycle.
I assume they don't have warehouse clubs (e.g. Costco or Sam's) in their category list? For some people who still go to grocery stores, this would be nice.
You can get 5% back from grocery stores. I generally will buy gift cards, for example Amazon or Ebay, and I always get the 5% back with chase and/or discover. Should work for this card too.
Yes, apparently they look at how recent your inquiries are and if you have had any in the last month or two. I was denied for this reason on this card.
Which is exactly my point you shouldnt just jump at a 5% cashback deal if you dont spend much. It could cause you to miss out on a $1000 credit card bonus deal or a mortgage refinance deal or home buying opportunity deal or car finance deal. You just never know what other deals will come along and you took down your credit for a measley $2 gain per month which could affect your eligibilty for a future deal .
Which is exactly my point you shouldnt just jump at a 5% cashback deal if you dont spend much. It could cause you to miss out on a $1000 credit card bonus deal or a mortgage refinance deal or home buying opportunity deal or car finance deal. You just never know what other deals will come along and you took down your credit for a measley $2 gain per month which could affect your eligibilty for a future deal .
$1000 credit card bonus? where?
lol. do people seriously suddenly buy a house or a car? especially via a loan?
See my response above. Another lucrative deal can appear out of thin air anytime and you blew your load on this one. This could affect your eligibility for a future deal similar to another poster who was declined.
If you are happy with $2 a month then go for it. I want more. Way more.
And pennies could fall from Heaven. Lots of things can happen that's what life is all about. A life lived without taking risks is not living.
Take the example of the Amex Gold card, which'd IMHO would be a superior first or additional card for anyone that does a lot of grocery or restaurant spend.
Assume Amex MR points are worth 1.7 cents each (I think closer to 2, but anyway):
+ Amex Gold signup bonus: 75K points = $1275 one time
+ $500/month spend on groceries: 2000 points = $34/month
+ Use just a few of the $10 Uber credits + UberPass = $50/year
- Annual fee of $250/year
So in 3 years you'll have netted:
$1899 with the Amex Gold (not even including the lucrative 4x restaurant spend!)
$1100 with the Citi Custom card
So for those geeks like me who already have a lot of cards and can product change to this Custom card? Maybe useful a bit?
But otherwise:
- It's a lousy first or even probably supplementary card for normal people
- It's a lousy card to waste a 5/24 slot on for us geeks
Thats a fair take, but a lot of us want pure cash/1:1 easily and that 1.7 cent number is travel and jumping through hoops. Also yes the SUB is dramatically lower, but a lot of us arent churning or want to have daily driver cards, plus just because we get this card doesnt mean we cant later do amex and other cards for SUB churn.
For me I like the card because its 5% on grocery with no AF. That's really good. I current have BCP, which ill PC to a BCE, and BofA Platinum honors. Switching to this saves me $35 a year minimum compared to my BCP, plus the extra $200 SUB, not a big amount, but it completely replaces what I was using my BCP for.
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nice, but limited to such a small amount.
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reading the small print it seems to be in it's own family with 48 month rule. But who knows.
No you dont get to choose. It will automatically apply to the highest spend category each billing cycle.
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People see the percentage and salivate. You have to understand your actual spending to realize if this is worth it to you or not. 2% of $100 is piddly squat.
lol. do people seriously suddenly buy a house or a car? especially via a loan?
If you are happy with $2 a month then go for it. I want more. Way more.
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Assume Amex MR points are worth 1.7 cents each (I think closer to 2, but anyway):
+ Amex Gold signup bonus: 75K points = $1275 one time
+ $500/month spend on groceries: 2000 points = $34/month
+ Use just a few of the $10 Uber credits + UberPass = $50/year
- Annual fee of $250/year
So in 3 years you'll have netted:
$1899 with the Amex Gold (not even including the lucrative 4x restaurant spend!)
$1100 with the Citi Custom card
So for those geeks like me who already have a lot of cards and can product change to this Custom card? Maybe useful a bit?
But otherwise:
- It's a lousy first or even probably supplementary card for normal people
- It's a lousy card to waste a 5/24 slot on for us geeks
For me I like the card because its 5% on grocery with no AF. That's really good. I current have BCP, which ill PC to a BCE, and BofA Platinum honors. Switching to this saves me $35 a year minimum compared to my BCP, plus the extra $200 SUB, not a big amount, but it completely replaces what I was using my BCP for.