Wait… people really do this and don't use the points for airlines partners? I see so many good comments here regarding the airlines partners that go ignored. Points are worth so much more when transferred to airlines (not using travel portal)
I need to get an airline credit card to do the transfer?
But why wouldn't you have one if you travel? The higher value in point transfers alone would be worth it, not to mention the various other credits and benefits.... the Premier card for example is $95/yr but comes with a $100 hotel credit (so already $5 profitable if you use the hotel credit), PLUS adds 24 months to the warranty of anything you buy with it (a benefit they removed from "free" citi cards), earns 3x points on airlines, hotels, gas stations, restaurants and supermarkets- and unlocks all the other travel partners for transfers.....
Yes, that's one example of a Citi travel card that allows point transfers to a bunch of airlines.... the Prestige is another but sadly no longer available to new customers so if you don't already have one you're out of luck there-- they won't even allow you to product change another existing card to a Prestige anymore so I'm hanging on pretty tightly to mine given I typically make hundreds of dollars a year profit on it vs the annual fee apart from the transfer benefit.
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I need to get an airline credit card to do the transfer?
No, you just need a frequent flier account with the airline you want to transfer to- which is a free signup on the airline website.
You then link that FF number to your Citi thankyou account, and can transfers the points to that FF program.
Once there you can use them to book reward seats with that airline, or any partners they have access to reward seats for... (one example is Avios lets you book American Airlines flights via British Airways website-- offering excellent value on things like short haul domestic flights for just 7500 Avios)
So I said should consider. This is not too much value consider you can get Apple gift card ~ 15% off, you can just redeem to cash instead of some gift cards unless you gonna buy something from Apple directly which I can only think of customized Macbook.
To those suggesting that points are worth more for travel: yes, you are correct, but ONLY if you have a "premium" Citi Credit Card (i.e. annual fee). For those of us without such a card, the only airline you can transfer to is Jet Blue, and with a very poor transfer ratio at that . So, if 20% does come to fruition on Cuber Monday, this would be a very good deal for many of us.
I get more value from Amex MR rewards and Chase than citi. Amex gets me free short haul flights on AA via BA avois.
Also have to value time it takes to find an award. I usually travel on mistake airfares. Which I can find and book one a year at least. Points aren't worth it for those. Since I don't have a united airport within 3 hours of me, not sure travel is worth it for what little spend I put on citi vs Amex and chase.
Wait… people really do this and don't use the points for airlines partners? I see so many good comments here regarding the airlines partners that go ignored. Points are worth so much more when transferred to airlines (not using travel portal)
Yeah normally that's the best use of points. I don't go too hard but generate about 1m miles/points per year. I usually take part in this deal each year using by Citi Banking TYPs. Those are different than the TYPs earned via credit cards and can't be transferred to partners, so this actually makes them a solid redemption.
Yeah normally that's the best use of points. I don't go too hard but generate about 1m miles/points per year. I usually take part in this deal each year using by Citi Banking TYPs. Those are different than the TYPs earned via credit cards and can't be transferred to partners, so this actually makes them a solid redemption.
Yes, that's one example of a Citi travel card that allows point transfers to a bunch of airlines.... the Prestige is another but sadly no longer available to new customers so if you don't already have one you're out of luck there-- they won't even allow you to product change another existing card to a Prestige anymore so I'm hanging on pretty tightly to mine given I typically make hundreds of dollars a year profit on it vs the annual fee apart from the transfer benefit.
No, you just need a frequent flier account with the airline you want to transfer to- which is a free signup on the airline website.
You then link that FF number to your Citi thankyou account, and can transfers the points to that FF program.
Once there you can use them to book reward seats with that airline, or any partners they have access to reward seats for... (one example is Avios lets you book American Airlines flights via British Airways website-- offering excellent value on things like short haul domestic flights for just 7500 Avios)
Again like we told you many times SOME OF US DO NOT FLY OR HAVE A LIFE WITH FAMILY AND KIDS
Again like we told you many times SOME OF US DO NOT FLY OR HAVE A LIFE WITH FAMILY AND KIDS
Why do you keep replying to discussions other people are having about flying, where they ask specific questions about flying and people give them specific answers about flying by SCREAMING HOW YOU DO NOT FLY.
It's kinda weird my dude.
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I get more value from Amex MR rewards and Chase than citi. Amex gets me free short haul flights on AA via BA avois.
So do Citi points (if you have a travel card), which can also be transferred into Avios (just via a different airline than BA, but avios are interchangeable).
I agree Amex and Chase have an overall better set of transfer partners (and the churning rules make racking up a ton of citi points much harder than the other 2 as well), but there's still a fair bit you can get done with Citi just by checking which airline partners with whomever you're trying to book with.
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Yes, that's one example of a Citi travel card that allows point transfers to a bunch of airlines.... the Prestige is another but sadly no longer available to new customers so if you don't already have one you're out of luck there-- they won't even allow you to product change another existing card to a Prestige anymore so I'm hanging on pretty tightly to mine given I typically make hundreds of dollars a year profit on it vs the annual fee apart from the transfer benefit.
No, you just need a frequent flier account with the airline you want to transfer to- which is a free signup on the airline website.
You then link that FF number to your Citi thankyou account, and can transfers the points to that FF program.
Once there you can use them to book reward seats with that airline, or any partners they have access to reward seats for... (one example is Avios lets you book American Airlines flights via British Airways website-- offering excellent value on things like short haul domestic flights for just 7500 Avios)
I'd like to know this too.
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Or a refurbished Apple item.
I get more value from Amex MR rewards and Chase than citi. Amex gets me free short haul flights on AA via BA avois.
Also have to value time it takes to find an award. I usually travel on mistake airfares. Which I can find and book one a year at least. Points aren't worth it for those. Since I don't have a united airport within 3 hours of me, not sure travel is worth it for what little spend I put on citi vs Amex and chase.
Yeah normally that's the best use of points. I don't go too hard but generate about 1m miles/points per year. I usually take part in this deal each year using by Citi Banking TYPs. Those are different than the TYPs earned via credit cards and can't be transferred to partners, so this actually makes them a solid redemption.
No, you just need a frequent flier account with the airline you want to transfer to- which is a free signup on the airline website.
You then link that FF number to your Citi thankyou account, and can transfers the points to that FF program.
Once there you can use them to book reward seats with that airline, or any partners they have access to reward seats for... (one example is Avios lets you book American Airlines flights via British Airways website-- offering excellent value on things like short haul domestic flights for just 7500 Avios)
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Why do you keep replying to discussions other people are having about flying, where they ask specific questions about flying and people give them specific answers about flying by SCREAMING HOW YOU DO NOT FLY.
It's kinda weird my dude.
I agree Amex and Chase have an overall better set of transfer partners (and the churning rules make racking up a ton of citi points much harder than the other 2 as well), but there's still a fair bit you can get done with Citi just by checking which airline partners with whomever you're trying to book with.