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Citi Premier® Card: Spend $4K in First 3 Months to Earn 80K ThankYou® Points Expired

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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
  • No Foreign Transaction Fees on purchases
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The annual fee is $95.

This information should be included in the OP.
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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twainerm
12-12-2022 at 10:59 AM.
12-12-2022 at 10:59 AM.
Quote from stemple :
I literally just closed this card after having it for a year. I redeemed my points then did a chat with them online. It was so easy to cancel. As long as you cancel within 37 days of the annual fee posting, they will remove the fee.
Nicely done.
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KhanhN8420
12-12-2022 at 02:38 PM.
12-12-2022 at 02:38 PM.
Quote from twainerm :
Nicely done.

Can i redeem points for cash or gift card only? Which one is better?
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Tnyc
12-12-2022 at 03:26 PM.
12-12-2022 at 03:26 PM.
Quote from stemple :
I literally just closed this card after having it for a year. I redeemed my points then did a chat with them online. It was so easy to cancel. As long as you cancel within 37 days of the annual fee posting, they will remove the fee.

Can you use the points to pay for the balance on the card or you can only redeem them for gift cards?
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AlexK6706
12-12-2022 at 06:53 PM.
12-12-2022 at 06:53 PM.
Quote from View92612 :
Redeeming for cash is never a good deal.
I redeemed 160k TYP in 2021 for roundtrip tickets to asia in business class. That's worth about 7000-8000. The 80k points are worth about 3500-4000. IMO one of the better ways to use those points.
what airline?
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A1pha1
12-13-2022 at 03:43 PM.
12-13-2022 at 03:43 PM.
Quote from stemple :
I literally just closed this card after having it for a year. I redeemed my points then did a chat with them online. It was so easy to cancel. As long as you cancel within 37 days of the annual fee posting, they will remove the fee.
I assume you couldn't apply for this card again this year, right?

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munkle
12-13-2022 at 04:21 PM.
12-13-2022 at 04:21 PM.
Can you add this to Google wallet before you get the card if you approved or do you need the card first?
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xyphan
12-14-2022 at 07:24 AM.
12-14-2022 at 07:24 AM.
There are clues throughout this thread on what happens for the virtual card, so just thought I'd share what happened to me (I have an existing Citi account):

-Approved for card (no mention of digital wallets at end of process). Card did NOT appear in my accounts listing.
-Next day received an email saying my card had shipped and was on the way.
-Card appeared in accounts listing as ready to link to account.
-Card appeared in the 'Card Control Hub' with options to add to digital wallets (Apple, Paypal, Amazon, Click to Pay). I don't see any specific mentions for Google Wallet there, but I don't use that service.

Hope this helps. Customer Service was absolutely clueless on this process. They insisted I'd have to wait until the physical arrived before I could do a digital wallet.
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singhster
12-14-2022 at 10:15 PM.
12-14-2022 at 10:15 PM.
Instant approval. 9400 limit. 800+ score. 2nd card in 3 months, also in 24 months.
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munkle
12-15-2022 at 01:34 PM.
12-15-2022 at 01:34 PM.
Quote from xyphan :
There are clues throughout this thread on what happens for the virtual card, so just thought I'd share what happened to me (I have an existing Citi account):

-Approved for card (no mention of digital wallets at end of process). Card did NOT appear in my accounts listing.
-Next day received an email saying my card had shipped and was on the way.
-Card appeared in accounts listing as ready to link to account.
-Card appeared in the 'Card Control Hub' with options to add to digital wallets (Apple, Paypal, Amazon, Click to Pay). I don't see any specific mentions for Google Wallet there, but I don't use that service.

Hope this helps. Customer Service was absolutely clueless on this process. They insisted I'd have to wait until the physical arrived before I could do a digital wallet.
I applied yesterday, card showed up today and I was able to add it to Google pay through the Citi mobile app. As soon as I did that Citi locked all my Citi credit cards for fraud. Still working on getting them unlocked.
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Retrievers2009
12-15-2022 at 05:48 PM.
12-15-2022 at 05:48 PM.
This is my first Citi card so seems I have to wait to get it to set up my account. Shipped on the 1st and was supposed to arrive by the 11th. Got an email from Citi that it was out for delivery on the 12th but never showed up on my USPS delivery preview and never received it. Called today for another card to be sent.
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Krish009
12-15-2022 at 05:52 PM.
12-15-2022 at 05:52 PM.
Quote from KhanhN8420 :
Can i redeem points for cash or gift card only? Which one is better?

Statement credit works..
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tireshark
12-15-2022 at 06:02 PM.
12-15-2022 at 06:02 PM.
Quote from stemple :
I literally just closed this card after having it for a year. I redeemed my points then did a chat with them online. It was so easy to cancel. As long as you cancel within 37 days of the annual fee posting, they will remove the fee.
Quote from twainerm :
Nicely done.
They can correct me if I'm wrong, but I think stemple was talking about the 2nd annual fee. The first annual fee is charged at the beginning, so if they had it a year, they paid for it once.

I got this card last year, and the annual fee was charged within the first few days of having the card. I recall someone saying in the old thread that they cancelled the card within a few months (cant remember the specific timeframe they said), and the fee was refunded.

I was going to cancel mine and try to get it refunded, but then I decided since they approved me for $4k, that I might keep it open and downgrade to their 2% cash back card, with no annual fee. I called to downgrade a few months ago, and the rep said it had to be open for a year before you can change it. My year is up in a week, so I'll be trying to downgrade then.
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dixy6581
12-15-2022 at 08:30 PM.
12-15-2022 at 08:30 PM.
Cashback of $800 can be redeemed as statement credit?
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xyphan
12-16-2022 at 08:19 PM.
12-16-2022 at 08:19 PM.
Quote from munkle :
I applied yesterday, card showed up today and I was able to add it to Google pay through the Citi mobile app. As soon as I did that Citi locked all my Citi credit cards for fraud. Still working on getting them unlocked.

I don't normally use Apple Pay, but I was in a hurry to put a vet surgery on the card to go towards the bonus. They locked it for fraud then, but I suspect it was for the sudden large amount. I didn't get locked out for adding it to a digital wallet though
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steelstorm
12-20-2022 at 05:12 AM.
12-20-2022 at 05:12 AM.
Denied. 800 credit score with 3% utilization. I pay everything off on time monthly. Curious to see what reasoning I get in the mail.
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