Sep 11, 2013, 7:42 am
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Prestige cardholders: the current value of points is $0.016 if redeemed for flights on American Airlines, or $0.0133 on other airlines.
The redemption value on all airlines changes to $0.0125, on July 23, 2017. This is the same value as Citi Premier and Chase Sapphire Preferred. Discussion is in this thread:
Citi Prestige benefit and reward changes
If the TYP portal is not showing the lowest fares you've identified on Google, an OTA, or the airline directly -- call Citi TYP and then ask to get Connexions on the line. Doesn't cost extra to do book that way....but will take longer and manual bookings will NOT show up in your TYP MyTrips tab.
TYP portal pricing should be verified for every flight, it cannot be trusted to show the lowest fare. Also scroll over all the way, since some carriers are not on the main screen, and may have lower fares/points than their preferred carriers.
The redemption value on all airlines changes to $0.0125, on July 23, 2017. This is the same value as Citi Premier and Chase Sapphire Preferred. Discussion is in this thread:
Citi Prestige benefit and reward changes
If the TYP portal is not showing the lowest fares you've identified on Google, an OTA, or the airline directly -- call Citi TYP and then ask to get Connexions on the line. Doesn't cost extra to do book that way....but will take longer and manual bookings will NOT show up in your TYP MyTrips tab.
TYP portal pricing should be verified for every flight, it cannot be trusted to show the lowest fare. Also scroll over all the way, since some carriers are not on the main screen, and may have lower fares/points than their preferred carriers.
TYP flight redemption: Prestige $0.0133 - $0.016/pt until 7/2017, Premier $0.0125/pt.
Feb 2, 2013, 2:36 pm
#196
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 56
Great, this seems like solid evidence. Did you spend all 80k in one redemption? I wonder if spending the points together made a difference. If one earned (for example) 50k points with the Premier and 50k with another card, and then spent only the Premier 50k on one transaction, would the next redemption be ineligible for the bonus?
Feb 2, 2013, 3:15 pm
#197
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: LAX
Programs: AA, TY, UR, UA, US, WN, MR, SPG
Posts: 1,453
Great, this seems like solid evidence. Did you spend all 80k in one redemption? I wonder if spending the points together made a difference. If one earned (for example) 50k points with the Premier and 50k with another card, and then spent only the Premier 50k on one transaction, would the next redemption be ineligible for the bonus?
2 x Citigold Checking = 2800/mo
Citi Forward ~$700 = 3500/mo
On top of that, my girlfriend has a Citi Forward and earns ~2000 more a month. She just did a transfer of ~20K points to me, and I booked a flight for her using those points plus about 5K of mine (I had just cleared almost all my TY points out of my account into Hilton to get enough to an AXON redemption).
All that to say, I used TY points not earned by the TY Premier and got the multiplier.
You should be fine.
Feb 2, 2013, 3:37 pm
#198
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poemadept's question has been appended to the established thread on this benefit. It is true that Citi tracks points by source, but the $0.0133 redemption value does apply to all points if you combine TYP accounts and hold one of the qualifying cards.
Feb 2, 2013, 4:45 pm
#199
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 8,135
When I cancelled my Premier card, I was told I needed to use any points earned by that card or they would be lost, even if all Thank You accounts were combined. However, Citi specified that any points earned by other cards would be fine despite the account closure.
So, Citi can keep track of which points were earned on each card even if the Thank You accounts are combined.
So, Citi can keep track of which points were earned on each card even if the Thank You accounts are combined.
Feb 2, 2013, 6:19 pm
#201
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 8,135
The fare class is whatever is publicly available at the time of booking. And yes, these are paid fares earning miles according to the carrier's program rules.
Feb 2, 2013, 7:21 pm
#202
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Traveling some where hopefully
Programs: AS, AA Gold, and Hilton
Posts: 1,954
I've used it 4 times and always got MQM's with Delta. 2X on companion tickets and 2X on single tickets getting the 15% discount.
Last edited by jjmiller69; Mar 22, 2013 at 8:41 pm
Feb 13, 2013, 6:28 am
#203
Join Date: Jun 2010
Programs: Whatever's Cheapest, Accruing Miles, Redeeming for Premium Cabins, Not Chasing Status Unnecessarily
Posts: 2,264
So unless you get a manual booking agent supervisor and a 50 minute phone call, you won't get the 15% discount, but rather a 10.5% discount, and probably they keep the 4.5% difference as a shady opaque fee.
Feb 13, 2013, 12:30 pm
#204
Moderator: Chase Ultimate Rewards
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: SFO
Programs: UA 2P, MR LT Plat, IHG Plat, BW Dia, HH Au, Avis PC
Posts: 5,445
This is a 25% discount using points.
However, the general theme of your post shows a fundamental understanding of the offer.
Feb 27, 2013, 9:26 am
#205
Join Date: Jun 2010
Programs: Whatever's Cheapest, Accruing Miles, Redeeming for Premium Cabins, Not Chasing Status Unnecessarily
Posts: 2,264
Thank you companion pass:
watch out for phantom taxes/fees
Delta not available unless supervisor involved
seems to earn DL MQM's
Thank you 15% discount
watch out for phantom taxes/fees
Delta not available (has anyone gotten a supervisor to book a DL ticket?)
Thank you points redemption
1.33 cpp value
watch out for inflated fares, but often it's correct
cannot book a minor alone even if you have another ticket on same flight from other source
Feb 28, 2013, 10:49 am
#206
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: PHX
Posts: 4,787
I'm pretty sure the answer to my question is no, but my searching (such as my skills are) didn't indicate an answer to the specific question and the citi T&C don't seem to be much help.
If I have flight points earned by virtue of spending on tickets on my premier card, must the spending required to convert them to TY points also be on the premier card, or can it be to a preferred card linked in my TY account?
(In other words, I have 20k flight points banked by virtue of premier card spend on tix. I want to use my preferred to take advantage of spending bonuses. Will that new spending on preferred convert any of those points?)
If I have flight points earned by virtue of spending on tickets on my premier card, must the spending required to convert them to TY points also be on the premier card, or can it be to a preferred card linked in my TY account?
(In other words, I have 20k flight points banked by virtue of premier card spend on tix. I want to use my preferred to take advantage of spending bonuses. Will that new spending on preferred convert any of those points?)
Feb 28, 2013, 10:52 am
#207
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Location: Miami, Mpls & London
Programs: AA & Marriott Perpetual Platinum; DL & HH Gold
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Mar 4, 2013, 8:44 pm
#208
formerly known as daveland
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: NY, NY, USA
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, Marriott LTP, Delta Platinum, Hilton Honors Diamond, Wyndham Diamond
Posts: 2,969
25% discount on TYP flight redemptions for Premier cardholders [$0.0133/point]
Since when is Delta not available online? I booked DL flights on TY online 3 weeks ago...
Mar 21, 2013, 2:20 pm
#210
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: NYC
Posts: 1,756
Anyone know how sharing TY points work? If a friend has taxable TY points (from checking account thus not transferable) and I have non-taxable TY points (from CC) and premier/prestige card, once shared will I be able to book tickets from my account using some of his TY points (thus get the discount)?
Last edited by yoyo; Mar 21, 2013 at 2:27 pm