Originally Posted by
vanillabean
my question is whether Citi considers a balance transfer to count toward your signup bonus.
No. Read the T&C of the signup bonus offer
carefully; it always say you to make $xxxx in "purchases".
Don' t use the word "spend" when thinking of signup bonuses, because it can be misleading. Some "spend" is not on purchases, but the signup bonus is only for purchases.
As to tracking, if you only made purchases, you can look at the total of purchases in your account activity. But if you mixed in things like balance transfers, you'll have to factor those out.