Sigh per Frequentmiler it sounds like the Citi Prestige is just a stay of execution. Makes my decision on renewal in August more complicated. I suspect as somebody noted up thread they will let us run through end of year and then convert. I notice the 10x on Citi portal for Prestige expires at end of year. I'll have to run the numbers but I guess I'd break more than even on the credits for the Elite next year given the $495 fee.
Can I keep my Citi Prestige card?
For now, yes. The Prestige card hasn’t been available new for many years and there has been concern that Citi may force a product change to the Strata Elite card now that it’s available. The official word we’ve received from Citi, though, is as follows:
Citi Prestige cardmembers can continue to use their card as they normally would. There are no changes to the Citi Prestige Card and its benefits.
That said, a Citi employee reached out to tell me that he heard that all Prestige cards would be converted to Strata Elite cards in 2026. I asked our official contact if that was true and the response was as follows:
We don’t have anything to share at this time.
To me, that sounds dangerously close to “yes, we’re going to convert the Prestige card to the Strata Elite in the future, but we’re not allowed to tell you that.”
https://frequentmiler.com/citi-strata-elite-qa/