Citi Premier® Card: Spend $4K in First 3 Months to Earn 80K ThankYou® Points
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For a limited time, earn 80,000 ThankYou Points after you spend $4,000 in purchases within the first 3 months of account opening with the Citi Premier® Card. Annual fee is $95.
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For a limited time, earn 80,000 ThankYou® Points after you spend $4,000 in purchases within the first 3 months of account opening with the Citi Premier® Card. Annual fee is $95.
Card Details
For a limited time, 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 $800 in gift cards when redeemed at thankyou.com
No expiration and no limit to the amount of points you can earn with this card
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One thing to note with this offer is that you can claim the 80,000 points with this and then downgrade the card to a Double Cash in a year. Effectively giving the Double Cash a 800$ sub
1) Meet spending requirement on Citi Premier card
2) Earn 80,000 point sign up bonus
3) Downgrade Premier to Double Cash or Custom Cash before you're charged with another annual fee
4) Points balance should carry over from Premier to your downgrade card
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No you can't and they won't give it to you. They also will not upgrade the delivery speed. You're going to wait like 20 days from sign up to card in hand.
20 days is a long time. Few months back when I got the Citi custom cash they issued a temp virtual card ready to do. Why they didn't implement this across all cards is puzzling!
20 days is a long time. Few months back when I got the Citi custom cash they issued a temp virtual card ready to do. Why they didn't implement this across all cards is puzzling!
Don't know but they were very unhelpful and explicit about the slow speed for the 1st card, probably to combat fraud. Had this card not have the thank you points it would have been a red flag not to work with citi. Extraordinarily bad service compared with Chase.
No you can't and they won't give it to you. They also will not upgrade the delivery speed. You're going to wait like 20 days from sign up to card in hand.
I got an email "you are approved " immediately yesterday. This morning I got other email "Your new card is on its way".
Do you think I need wait for 20 days?
I got an email "you are approved " immediately yesterday. This morning I got other email "Your new card is on its way".
Do you think I need wait for 20 days?
My time frame from approve to your card is coming was 10 days so maybe yours is coming early
You'd consider upgrading from economy to business for what ends up being $80 net cost a waste?
Yikes.
I can certainly SIT in econ for 10 hours. I'll arrive tired, grumpy, and having been fed (if at all) garbage food. I'll also have paid extra if I brought a lot of luggage (though I personally don't typically do so)- and I'll have boarded relatively late and hope there's enough overhead. If I need to use the restroom in those 10 hours I'll likely be having to climb over a stranger to do it (or people constantly climbing over ME if the aisle seat or heaven forfend a middle seat because I bought tickets late) and since I usually travel with no more people than my spouse I'll be guaranteed to have a stranger in my row too since flights are mostly full anymore and 3 across (or more) in economy.
In business I'll arrive having gotten a full nights sleep in a bed, having eaten (by airline standards) 2 good meals and free drinks...having boarded first, having as much luggage and storage as I want onboard with plenty of room...and either sitting in a throne seat (and likewise my spouse doing so), or sitting with ONLY my spouse and both of us having direct aisle access at all times without anybody climbing over anybody...because all the seats are only 1 or 2 across and with direct aisle access for all of em in most configs.... and (for those who otherwise don't have access via other means) having enjoyed both much shorter security lines to GET to the plane, and a nice lounge with free food and drinks BEFORE the flight too.
The well-rested and well fed bit alone saves at least 1/2 to 1 full day of your vacation from being wasted or miserable both directions (and the lounge access from paying airport pricing for food/drinks- though granted there are other paths to access those benefits for some)
Seems a worthwhile use of net $80- but YMMV I guess.
Citi Rewards+ is the easiest option assuming you want to retain a TU points card. Citi IIRC is the most flexible in downgrades to other ecosystems though last I heard you could downgrade to even something like a co-branded no fee card like Costco (assuming you have a costco membership)
I agree, using points to fly business (or first) class is worth it, especially for long haul flights.
But I think their point is that they would rather not blow all their points on one flight to sit in business class, and instead spread out their points on multiple flights in economy. To each their own.
One thing to note with this offer is that you can claim the 80,000 points with this and then downgrade the card to a Double Cash in a year. Effectively giving the Double Cash a 800$ sub
I already have double cash, can this card downgrade to custom cash?
I got approved and they gave me 3,2k.I was planning on buying something for 4k next week. Will they increase the limit once I activate the card? I believe amex did that to me before
It was not that confusing, don't worry about the grammar nazi. I would call customer service about possibly increasing your credit limit. I don't think Citi will increase your credit limit after activation.
Alternatively, is it possible for you to use multiple credit cards for your aforementioned $4k purchase?
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2) Earn 80,000 point sign up bonus
3) Downgrade Premier to Double Cash or Custom Cash before you're charged with another annual fee
4) Points balance should carry over from Premier to your downgrade card
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Don't know but they were very unhelpful and explicit about the slow speed for the 1st card, probably to combat fraud. Had this card not have the thank you points it would have been a red flag not to work with citi. Extraordinarily bad service compared with Chase.
Do you think I need wait for 20 days?
Do you think I need wait for 20 days?
My time frame from approve to your card is coming was 10 days so maybe yours is coming early
Yikes.
I can certainly SIT in econ for 10 hours. I'll arrive tired, grumpy, and having been fed (if at all) garbage food. I'll also have paid extra if I brought a lot of luggage (though I personally don't typically do so)- and I'll have boarded relatively late and hope there's enough overhead. If I need to use the restroom in those 10 hours I'll likely be having to climb over a stranger to do it (or people constantly climbing over ME if the aisle seat or heaven forfend a middle seat because I bought tickets late) and since I usually travel with no more people than my spouse I'll be guaranteed to have a stranger in my row too since flights are mostly full anymore and 3 across (or more) in economy.
In business I'll arrive having gotten a full nights sleep in a bed, having eaten (by airline standards) 2 good meals and free drinks...having boarded first, having as much luggage and storage as I want onboard with plenty of room...and either sitting in a throne seat (and likewise my spouse doing so), or sitting with ONLY my spouse and both of us having direct aisle access at all times without anybody climbing over anybody...because all the seats are only 1 or 2 across and with direct aisle access for all of em in most configs.... and (for those who otherwise don't have access via other means) having enjoyed both much shorter security lines to GET to the plane, and a nice lounge with free food and drinks BEFORE the flight too.
The well-rested and well fed bit alone saves at least 1/2 to 1 full day of your vacation from being wasted or miserable both directions (and the lounge access from paying airport pricing for food/drinks- though granted there are other paths to access those benefits for some)
Seems a worthwhile use of net $80- but YMMV I guess.
Citi Rewards+ is the easiest option assuming you want to retain a TU points card. Citi IIRC is the most flexible in downgrades to other ecosystems though last I heard you could downgrade to even something like a co-branded no fee card like Costco (assuming you have a costco membership)
But I think their point is that they would rather not blow all their points on one flight to sit in business class, and instead spread out their points on multiple flights in economy. To each their own.
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I had my points adjusted to the outstanding balance on my card. I had call up the customer care, couldn't do it online.
I already have double cash, can this card downgrade to custom cash?
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Alternatively, is it possible for you to use multiple credit cards for your aforementioned $4k purchase?