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Citi Premier® Card: Earn 80K Points When You Spend $4,000 in First 3 Months Expired

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Citi is offering 80,000 ThankYou® Points after you spend $4,000 in purchases within the first 3 months of account opening with the Citi Premier® Card. Earn 3 Points per $1 spent at Restaurants, Supermarkets, Gas Stations, Air Travel and Hotels. Earn 1 Point per $1 spent on all other purchases. Annual fee is $95.

Thanks to Slickdeals staff member sd_keets for posting this deal.

Card Details:
  • Earn 80,000 bonus ThankYou® Points after you spend $4,000 in purchases within the first 3 months of account opening
  • Earn 3 Points per $1 spent at Restaurants and Supermarkets
  • Earn 3 Points per $1 spent at Gas Stations, Air Travel and Hotels
  • Earn 1 Point per $1 spent on all other purchases
  • Annual Hotel Savings Benefit
  • 80,000 Points are redeemable for $800 in gift cards when redeemed at thankyou.com
  • No expiration and no limit to the amount of points you can earn with this card
  • No Foreign Transaction Fees on purchases
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Citi is offering 80,000 ThankYou® Points after you spend $4,000 in purchases within the first 3 months of account opening with the Citi Premier® Card. Earn 3 Points per $1 spent at Restaurants, Supermarkets, Gas Stations, Air Travel and Hotels. Earn 1 Point per $1 spent on all other purchases. Annual fee is $95.

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Saphire reserv has 550 fee vs this one 95??
80k points worth $800 if redeemed for cash, correct?
Sapphire Preferred is 1.25 on AF $95
Sapphire Reserve is 1.5 on AF $550

…if memory serves me correct

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anonymous2929239
08-03-2021 at 12:03 PM.
08-03-2021 at 12:03 PM.
Quote from Tazmania99 :
Not a wise move. Prepare for a big ding on your FICO.
financial reset, it'll go back up in time.
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SamsungS21
08-03-2021 at 12:17 PM.
08-03-2021 at 12:17 PM.
can this be transfered to other brokers
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deal15220
08-03-2021 at 12:42 PM.
08-03-2021 at 12:42 PM.
Quote from UnintentionalTourist :
Denied. 830 credit score.

Reasons:
• Your credit report shows a high amount of unused credit compared to your
available credit lines.
• Your credit report shows too many bank or national revolving accounts.

The second reason at least makes some sense. The first is crazy. I use my credit cards a lot, 1-3k a month but don't cary a balance.

Anyone successfully argued for a reconsideration with a similar situation?

I have denial with same reason
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daslyvillian
08-03-2021 at 02:03 PM.
08-03-2021 at 02:03 PM.
Quote from Jeff630 :
So avianca is same as ua because it's staralliance. So 80k miles is pretty decent

Avianca Lifemiles does not have a lot of award UA flights at least from/to the NYC area. Trust i had a lot of lifemiles that i couldn't use until I found a 1am flight to CUN connecting thru Lima on Copa Airlines.
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wolverine88
08-03-2021 at 07:28 PM.
08-03-2021 at 07:28 PM.
Does the 24 month rule apply on 2nd card owner? I used to have Citi Premier, closed early this year. Thinking about to have my wife to apply for this (she has extra card from my citi premier account). Any comment?
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lsdlsd0
08-03-2021 at 07:30 PM.
08-03-2021 at 07:30 PM.
Quote from FreeBaGeL :
Normally the Freedom points would only be worth 1c each as redemption for cash. But you can transfer the points between CUR cards so you can transfer all your freedom points to your sapphire account and then redeem them via transferring to travel partners which is almost always the most lucrative way to redeem.
What if I don't travel at all, is there a way to sell those points for extra $ to people that do travel?

Not sure if discounts on overpriced travel are the most lucrative way to redeem. If there was a way to sell overpriced tickets for profit I could see the value.
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flangomango
08-03-2021 at 11:20 PM.
08-03-2021 at 11:20 PM.
Can I buy crypto for this promotion?
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343guiltyspark
08-04-2021 at 04:52 AM.
08-04-2021 at 04:52 AM.
So 80k in points translates to $800 in gift cards at the stores listed on Thank You?

I missed out on PS5 so far but I might do this to get $800 in Target or Best Buy gift cards to get a PS5 this fall, assuming they will finally be available to the mass public by then. If not, that's fine - $800 in gift cards at Target can go a long way for Christmas shopping.
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rockdd
08-04-2021 at 01:36 PM.
08-04-2021 at 01:36 PM.
Quote from SorrowNightshade :
I just closed 5 old credit cards earlier, how bad would closing this card (citi premiere) wreck my credit on top? I am going to claim the 800 bucks, and either convert it, or close it.

kind of like the idea of just 3 credit cards. double cash and costco and Apple Card.

9 cards to 3.

How much your score is affected with be dependent on a few factors. By canceling so many cards in a short period, the factors that will probably affect you most will be average account age and credit utilization.

Let's say each of your 8 cards has a 7 year credit history so that the average account age is 7 years. You cancel 6 and sign up for a new card. Now your average falls to 4 years 8 months ((7+7 +0)/3). I have heard that ideally you want the average to be 7+ years.

Let's say you hold a combine balance of $10K out of $100K total combined credit (i.e. a utilization is 10%). If the cards you cancelled cause your total combine credit to fall to $20K, then you are now at 50% utilization (not good).

The good news is that your score will recover over time and the second factor can be remedied if you pay down your cards. I don't know what effect churning cards has but it probably isn't good.
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slickyd5270
08-05-2021 at 06:47 PM.
08-05-2021 at 06:47 PM.
Quote from SorrowNightshade :
financial reset, it'll go back up in time.

You're ruining the average age of your accounts which is a big factor. It is better to have more accounts and keep them open. You're doing the opposite.
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Geronemo3
08-05-2021 at 07:20 PM.
08-05-2021 at 07:20 PM.
Quote from p00hdiddy :
no. If you closed within the last 24 months, no dice. Weird rule but that's how Citi rolling...

That rule makes sense. Chase now has 4 hrs and amex is onces in a lifetime.
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anonymous2929239
08-05-2021 at 07:24 PM.
08-05-2021 at 07:24 PM.
Quote from slickyd5270 :
You're ruining the average age of your accounts which is a big factor. It is better to have more accounts and keep them open. You're doing the opposite.
but I dont want 9 credit cards anymore. I know its not good for credit score, but whatever. I can rebuild!
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chrisaf69
08-06-2021 at 07:09 AM.
08-06-2021 at 07:09 AM.
Quote from rockdd :
How much your score is affected with be dependent on a few factors. By canceling so many cards in a short period, the factors that will probably affect you most will be average account age and credit utilization.

Let's say each of your 8 cards has a 7 year credit history so that the average account age is 7 years. You cancel 6 and sign up for a new card. Now your average falls to 4 years 8 months ((7+7 +0)/3). I have heard that ideally you want the average to be 7+ years.

Let's say you hold a combine balance of $10K out of $100K total combined credit (i.e. a utilization is 10%). If the cards you cancelled cause your total combine credit to fall to $20K, then you are now at 50% utilization (not good).

The good news is that your score will recover over time and the second factor can be remedied if you pay down your cards. I don't know what effect churning cards has but it probably isn't good.
For those with good credit, the affect on credit score is negligible. Mine goes down 3-6 points every new card I open, but within a few months goes right back to where it was if not higher.

I look at it as if someone is worried about a 3-6 point swing in their credit score, they likely should not be getting into credit card churning and focus on paying down debt, collections, etc to get their credit score up.
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Theful13ffect
08-06-2021 at 09:46 AM.
08-06-2021 at 09:46 AM.
Quote from SorrowNightshade :
but I dont want 9 credit cards anymore. I know its not good for credit score, but whatever. I can rebuild!
You said you already closed 5 old credit cards. Have you seen your credit score take a hit from closing those cards?
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08-06-2021 at 09:47 AM.
08-06-2021 at 09:47 AM.
Quote from Theful13ffect :
You said you already closed 5 old credit cards. Have you seen your credit score take a hit from closing those cards?
nothings changed yet. I will update. it may take a month before its updated
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