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Old Apr 9, 2015 | 2:30 pm
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Originally Posted by Astrophsx
Seems like the Citi Prestige card is getting pumped quite heavily today even with its $450 annual fee. I can only imagine that the referral $'s for this card is pretty hefty.

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A few bloggers are guilty of writing 800+ word posts and waiting till the last paragraph to mention the $450 AF. The real "talented" bloggers go the route of mentioning it early and persuading readers that will actually "come out ahead" on this deal. These guys have got credit card shilling down to a fine art!
Your outlay is $450. You get points worth $625 in airfare ($800 on American), plus $250 in airfare credits. So, you're getting $425-600 net gain, a pretty solid return on a hard pull. Even if you don't use any of the benefits until the end of the year, you're only missing out on about $2 in after-tax interest from paying the $450 fee.
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