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Old Sep 26, 2009 | 11:58 am
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miamiScorpio
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Baltimore, MD
Programs: AAdvantage, Mileage Plus, SkyMiles
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Originally Posted by Flyer737
Thanks for the tip on how to view expiration dates of all the points earned! I am one of those that has built up quite a few points this year with the retention offer on my PPE card (have almost hit the 200k annual max).

Question: I have an almost 2 year old Citi Platinum AMEX card with about 8k points in my current TY Point balance. These points have a 5 year expiration date... longer than any of the others in my account. I plan to cancel this card in January since it has a high annual fee. Will I lose my 8k points associated with this card? If I can convince Citi to consolidate this into my PPE account, would that help avoid loss of the points? I had originally planned to spend 8k or more points before cancelling since the Amex points were the oldest ones earned, but I suspect the spent points would come from my "soonest to expire" points, not the ones from AMEX.

Citi's new policy is they reserve the right to take back remaining points associated with a canceled account. I wouldn't risk it, safest way is to call citi and ask to convert your platinum amex to a no annual fee card like the diamond preferred or premierpass.
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