On Chairman statement when an airline ticket is purchased the transaction is reported with these details:

DELTA NNNNNNNNNNNN ATLANTA GA
NAME: XXX/XXXXXXX
DEPART: 10/XX/06
MIA TO ATL : DL: CLASS: F : STOP:
ATL TO AVL : DL: CLASS: F : STOP: X
AVL TO ATL : DL: CLASS: F : STOP: O
ATL TO MIA : DL: CLASS: F : STOP: X

The reported DEPART date determines when Flight Points are "earned", and this date is not always accurate.

When the Flight Points post this information appears in Statement Messages:

TICKET STATEMENT TRAVEL ORIGIN/ POINTS
NUMBER DATE DATE DEST. EARNED
NNNNNNNNNNN 10/10/2006 10/XX/2006 MIA ATL 595
NNNNNNNNNNN 10/10/2006 10/XX/2006 ATL AVL 163
NNNNNNNNNNN 10/10/2006 10/XX/2006 AVL ATL 163
NNNNNNNNNNN 10/10/2006 10/XX/2006 ATL MIA 595

This allows you to see the distance Citi has assigned to each segment. Do you not see these details?

I do not believe Citi's software can distinguish an award fee transaction from a revenue flight. I do not think this is important because Flight Points are merely a promotional tool, the more Flight Points you "earn" the more money you need to spend on the card to redeem them.

<<small purchases from TY shopping that did not post, but someone said maybe I should actually expect to see those on my other Citi card >>

Website says: Points earned for purchases will post to your ThankYou Member Account. I take this to mean the Merchant Points will be added directly to your Thank You Network balance, will not appear on any credit card statement, and will not match Flight Points. Others disagree.