Why are AA, Expedia and Hilton cards discussed in the ThankYou Rewards forum?
Dec 16, 2014, 10:55 am
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Why are AA, Expedia and Hilton cards discussed in the ThankYou Rewards forum?
It is a bit confusing placing this thread in the Citi Thank You forum, as this card does not earn TY points.
Dec 16, 2014, 12:45 pm
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This is the "Citi | Thank You Rewards" forum. Ie, it's for both Thank You Rewards and other Citi cards. That's what the "|" divider between "Citi" and "Thank You Rewards" means.
So this thread is in the right place. If you don't like how the forum name is displayed, that discussion belongs elsewhere.
Dec 17, 2014, 10:58 am
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Similar decisions were made with regard to co-branded cards issued by American Express and Chase.
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Dec 17, 2014, 11:40 am
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All the credit card forums are named like this. How is this confusing?
American Express | Membership Rewards
Chase | Ultimate Rewards
Citi | ThankYou Rewards
It's the bank, then the name of the major brand of rewards points. All have sub brands within them(Amex=SPG, Chase-Hyatt, etc.)
American Express | Membership Rewards
Chase | Ultimate Rewards
Citi | ThankYou Rewards
It's the bank, then the name of the major brand of rewards points. All have sub brands within them(Amex=SPG, Chase-Hyatt, etc.)
Dec 17, 2014, 1:21 pm
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Furthermore, if you're looking at a list of forums (under Miles&Points), you should see a description of each one (or do mobile FT users not see that?). In that description of the Citi forum, it already explains that these partner cards are also being discussed in this forum. It says this for the Citi forum:
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Citi | ThankYou Rewards
Discuss Citi cards which earn ThankYou points including Preferred, Premier, Prestige and CitiBusiness cards. This forum also hosts limited discussion of co-branded American Airlines and Hilton Hotels cards issued by Citibank. However, reward redemption and valuation topics are covered in the AAdvantage and HHonors forums.
(I notice it doesn't mention Expedia cards in that description though. Until I saw the title of this post, I didn't even realize Citi issued Expedia cards. Discuss Citi cards which earn ThankYou points including Preferred, Premier, Prestige and CitiBusiness cards. This forum also hosts limited discussion of co-branded American Airlines and Hilton Hotels cards issued by Citibank. However, reward redemption and valuation topics are covered in the AAdvantage and HHonors forums.
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Dec 17, 2014, 2:22 pm
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It was not my intention to start a new thread, the mods must have done that for me.
I simply did not know what "|" means in this context. I thought "Citi | Thank you" meant "Thank you only cards from Citi". My apologies.
I simply did not know what "|" means in this context. I thought "Citi | Thank you" meant "Thank you only cards from Citi". My apologies.
Dec 17, 2014, 6:28 pm
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I would have preferred "&" or the word "and" , but there is a technical problem (on some devices) using "&" in forum names, and TalkBoard preferred not to use "and". If in doubt, read the forum description:
Discuss Citi cards which earn ThankYou points including Preferred, Premier, Prestige and CitiBusiness cards. This forum also hosts limited discussion of co-branded American Airlines and Hilton Hotels cards issued by Citibank. However, reward redemption and valuation topics are covered in the AAdvantage and HHonors forums.
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Dec 27, 2014, 11:38 pm
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No need to apologize. It's a very poor naming convention. There's no reason to list the names of each company's proprietary rewards currency in the forum name, especially when many (or most) of the cards that reward those currencies are less popular than other cards offered by the same companies. It's just extraneous information. So no, your confusion is not unfounded.