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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.

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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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billyloon
01-08-2022 at 01:34 PM.
01-08-2022 at 01:34 PM.
Quote from AshuP :
The thing is I got approved for $500 CL & I've to spend $3000 in 120 days, which won't be possible. So, wanted to pre-pay to purchase something >$500.
You just have to spend in chunks. Run $500 charge, wait until it posts, pay $500 immediately without waiting for the statement, rinse, and repeat.
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mitchflorida
01-08-2022 at 01:54 PM.
01-08-2022 at 01:54 PM.
Quote from billyloon :
You just have to spend in chunks. Run $500 charge, wait until it posts, pay $500 immediately without waiting for the statement, rinse, and repeat.
The last time I got a $500 credit limit was from Sears when I was 20.
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haner
01-08-2022 at 02:56 PM.
01-08-2022 at 02:56 PM.
Quote from ms123 :
Can you share more details , any links so I can read up.
It's a rabbit hole since there are a ton of sites that talk about mileage, including flyertalk, the awardtravel subreddit, among others. I personally look at www.milesfeed.com everyday and look at various posts.

Essentially you pick a destination and then find out which airlines fly there and what point currency to use based on what the airline's native currency is along with what alliances they are part of. You've got your pick between Citi ThankYou points, Chase Ultimate Rewards, Amex Membership Rewards, Venture Miles, etc.

You can use a site like www.awardhacker.com to figure out what points will get you from one airport to another but use this as guidance only since there are better redemptions through partners. For example, if you're flying between 2 American Airlines hubs, you may think you need AAdvantage miles at ~50k+ miles round trip but if you used British Airways Avios instead and book AA through BA, you will use half that. In the case of Citi TY points, they don't transfer to Avios so you can look at other partners https://thepointsguy.com/guide/ci...-partners/

For me, we identified flights from JFK to DXB (Dubai) and some business class seats were going for 75K one way. This was booking direct with Emirates. We could have flown cheaper through Turkish but it wouldn't be direct. You can obviously turn 80K ThankYou points to straight up $800 case but using this to book $3000+ airfare tickets was a better value. Of course if you don't value flying in luxury and want straight up cash, that is your prerogative.
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billyloon
01-08-2022 at 03:00 PM.
01-08-2022 at 03:00 PM.
Quote from mitchflorida :
The last time I got a $500 credit limit was from Sears when I was 20.
They are making it hard to spend because these bonuses are expensive. You just have to play their games.
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A1pha1
01-10-2022 at 01:39 PM.
01-10-2022 at 01:39 PM.
Quote from grawrs :
Had pretty bad experiences with Citi. I had a bunch of Thank You points on a card that I was holding on to until I could spend the points. But they closed the account without my approval because I didn't use it for a few months. When I asked them to cash out the points, they said I can't anymore since the account was inactive. I don't trust them when they say points don't expire, since they clearly can take away access at some point. Maybe my experience was unique. It's just something to keep in mind for people who are thinking about opening this card and not spending the rewards right away.
Oh. Could you tell us about How many months of inactivity triggered that closure?

Did they refund your pro-rated annual fee upon closure? TIA
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edkhatch
01-10-2022 at 03:08 PM.
01-10-2022 at 03:08 PM.
Quote from Tazmania99 :
I just got approved for the Citi Custom Cash last week. I doubt I will be approved again for another card in a short period of time from Citi. FICO 825, 3% utilization, 15 years of average age of credit.
I'm in the same situation. Pls let me know how it goes if you apply. Citi exclusions does not specifically state the Custom Cash card (see below) but a snooty CSR insisted it's the same thing. Not sure...

Citi website says:
Bonus ThankYou® Points are not available if you received a new cardmember bonus for Citi Rewards+®, Citi ThankYou® Preferred, Citi ThankYou® Premier/Citi Premier® or Citi Prestige®, or if you have closed any of these accounts, in the past 24 months.
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slickdealer323
01-11-2022 at 10:56 AM.
01-11-2022 at 10:56 AM.
is the decision instant ? when applied online.
I applied online, all I got its Application "Under Review" message with Application ID.
TIA
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schrakat
01-13-2022 at 03:42 PM.
01-13-2022 at 03:42 PM.
This is unbelievable…. Was trying to apply yesterday, but I had put a freeze on my credit report, and I had an error removing it, and it said to call in… and, the hours on the error message said today…. Well….crap on a cracker, as luck would have it. The offer ended last night.
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Fanime
01-13-2022 at 04:24 PM.
01-13-2022 at 04:24 PM.
Quote from schrakat :
This is unbelievable…. Was trying to apply yesterday, but I had put a freeze on my credit report, and I had an error removing it, and it said to call in… and, the hours on the error message said today…. Well….crap on a cracker, as luck would have it. The offer ended last night.
the link thru doc of credit still has the 80k offer, it will also probably die soon
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schrakat
01-13-2022 at 04:29 PM.
01-13-2022 at 04:29 PM.
Quote from Fanime :
the link thru doc of credit still has the 80k offer, it will also probably die soon
Thank you. But, it looks like their page is just linked to a screenshot of the offer. No application page, unfortunately.
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Fanime
01-13-2022 at 04:41 PM.
01-13-2022 at 04:41 PM.
Quote from schrakat :
Thank you. But, it looks like their page is just linked to a screenshot of the offer. No application page, unfortunately.
https://citicards.citi.com/usc/Mu...ab=rewards

choose premier card at top, app button is right there
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schrakat
01-13-2022 at 04:42 PM.
01-13-2022 at 04:42 PM.
Quote from Fanime :
https://citicards.citi.com/usc/Mu...ab=rewards

choose premier card at top, app button is right there

Thank you….
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crimsonroses
01-21-2022 at 10:45 PM.
01-21-2022 at 10:45 PM.
Quote from JaTaN :
Use laptop/desktop go to the full ThankYou rewards portal from your online Citi account then pick Cash section -- select statement credit or direct dep or check

In the app you might have to select Gift Cards first to take you to the full rewards portal
Is DD working for everyone to redeem rewards? It's not working for me.
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slickdealer323
01-22-2022 at 01:45 PM.
01-22-2022 at 01:45 PM.
Today, I received the card and got it activated. I applied through citi.com for 80k offer but
I do not see the 80K points offer mentioned anywhere in the mail/ welcome package. Is this normal ? Please let me know. TIA.
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crimsonroses
01-23-2022 at 07:09 PM.
01-23-2022 at 07:09 PM.
So I bought some items that didn't turn out like I wanted and I am past the 90 days where I had to spend 4k. If I return these items with the points deposited in my bank already would they charge me for the points or do i have to make another purchase even if it's past the promotion time lapse?

Also if I cancel this card now would I be able to get the annual fee back?
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