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7/16: New changes that will take effect on 7/23.
1. The following benefits will be changed effective July 23, 2017:
- Loss of AA Admirals Club Access (Effectively immediately if the account is opened on or after 09/01/2016. See Post 296.
- $0.0125 per each TY points for airfare redemptions at thankyou.com.
- Loss of Complimentary International & Domestic Golf
- 4th Night benefit will be based on the average nightly rate of your complete stay for reservations made on or after July 23, 2017. Taxes will no longer be included within the statement credit.
2. $100 Annual Fee Reduction will be extended to Citi Priority if you are currently a Citigold client and you are impacted by the increase in minimum balance and downgrade.
- 4th night free bookable online at thankyou.com (benefit applied as discount at checkout)
- Cash out TY at 1 cpp
- metal card
- 75,000 TY for $7,500 spend signup bonus
1. The following benefits will be changed effective July 23, 2017:
- Loss of AA Admirals Club Access (Effectively immediately if the account is opened on or after 09/01/2016. See Post 296.
- $0.0125 per each TY points for airfare redemptions at thankyou.com.
- Loss of Complimentary International & Domestic Golf
- 4th Night benefit will be based on the average nightly rate of your complete stay for reservations made on or after July 23, 2017. Taxes will no longer be included within the statement credit.
2. $100 Annual Fee Reduction will be extended to Citi Priority if you are currently a Citigold client and you are impacted by the increase in minimum balance and downgrade.
Citi Prestige benefit and reward changes effective July 23, 2017
#541
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I would not expect bookings made on thankyou.com to earn points or receive status recognition because it is outsourced to Connexions, the same agency that Chase uses.
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If that's the complete list of enhancements then it's almost like a bad April Fool's Day joke. Makes the Prestige and "one and done" card for me. (Cue the 4th night free benefit chorus....)
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The Reddit post isn't an official announcement. It may be accurate, or it may be incomplete, or nothing more than a guess.
Corporations don't have feelings. All the major card factories are mass marketers. Citi will do the minimum necessary to achieve its targets, as would any other issuer we discuss here. Citi is more innovative than Chase, but they have a culture of tinkering with product details that is counterproductive.
Corporations don't have feelings. All the major card factories are mass marketers. Citi will do the minimum necessary to achieve its targets, as would any other issuer we discuss here. Citi is more innovative than Chase, but they have a culture of tinkering with product details that is counterproductive.
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#552
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Both Citi and Chase contract with Connexions to provide their travel portals. Connexions apparently uses Expedia for some of their hotel bookings.
https://ultimaterewardstravel.chase...._ltg=UR2Footer
https://ultimaterewardstravel.chase...._ltg=UR2Footer
American Express uses Orbitz, which is owned by Expedia.
ThankYou Travel Center. The "ThankYou Travel Center" provides travel-related Rewards that are fulfilled by Connexions Loyalty Travel Solutions LLC, ("Connexions Loyalty") a service provider for the Program
Travel services are provided by Connexions Loyalty, Inc., a service provider to Chase Bank USA, N.A. ("Chase") and its affiliate Loyalty Travel Agency LLC (collectively, "Travel Services").
American Express uses Orbitz, which is owned by Expedia.
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The Reddit post isn't an official announcement. It may be accurate, or it may be incomplete, or nothing more than a guess.
Corporations don't have feelings. All the major card factories are mass marketers. Citi will do the minimum necessary to achieve its targets, as would any other issuer we discuss here. Citi is more innovative than Chase, but they have a culture of tinkering with product details that is counterproductive.
Corporations don't have feelings. All the major card factories are mass marketers. Citi will do the minimum necessary to achieve its targets, as would any other issuer we discuss here. Citi is more innovative than Chase, but they have a culture of tinkering with product details that is counterproductive.
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...because? Posting this type of unsupported opinion isn't helpful. Tell us specifically what functional differences there are between Citi's website or app and a specific competitor's product that justifies your conclusion.
Example: I find Citi's smartphone app superior to Chase or American Express because they (and Barclays) include an optional Snapshot feature which allows me to see some information without logging in.
Example: I find Citi's smartphone app superior to Chase or American Express because they (and Barclays) include an optional Snapshot feature which allows me to see some information without logging in.
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...because? Posting this type of unsupported opinion isn't helpful. Tell us specifically what functional differences there are between Citi's website or app and a specific competitor's product that justifies your conclusion.
Example: I find Citi's smartphone app superior to Chase or American Express because they (and Barclays) include an optional Snapshot feature which allows me to see some information without logging in.
Example: I find Citi's smartphone app superior to Chase or American Express because they (and Barclays) include an optional Snapshot feature which allows me to see some information without logging in.
For the longest time I couldn't even pay my AT&T TYP card because it would just show up as a blank screen when I went to pay it. There's also been multiple times where I'd go to click on a link and I'd get "server error" and it wouldn't go away unless I deleted cookies or stayed off the site for an extended period of time.
I also thought Chase's app shows a snapshot of balances?