Originally Posted by
KennyBSAT
bleech2 - IIRC Citi annual fees post 1-2 days before the first statement closes, or 2-3 days before any miles post. Good luck, though, and I'm interested to hear the results. With Citi IT, nothing would surprise me.
Not only that, but the first statement cycle with Citi is often a short one (ending just a few days after I finally get the card in the mail on the west coast, in many cases for me). That can make it mighty tricky to plan to get the minimum spend done in time to all post on the first statement.