Sep 11, 2013, 7:42 am
Last edit by: SpammersAreScum
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 16, 2011, 12:03 pm
#17
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
Interesting data point but mine differs. I have made two bookings. One a domestic OW on Delta in B class that instantly appeared on Delta.com and as changeable online (full B fare rules). I could also grab a receipt on Delta.com and it has their last 4 digits of a CC. Same experience buying a OW on VX - came up on VirginAmerica.com right away and looked just as if I bought it anywhere else.
I have made a few redemptions in the last 7-10 days including 3 in last 3 days. Have redeemed points on JetBlue, DL, AA, AS, BA, AF and LH. Ticket price ranged from ~ $50 to $1000 and none of these tickets show the fare paid. I tried calling B6 and DL directly for a small change to the itinerary and they both asked me to contact the booking agency as these are bulk fares and they do not see the fare paid for the tickets.
Luckily, these redemptions were for family and not for business travel. It might be difficult to claim these redemptions for reimbursememts for business travel as there is no Airline receipt showing the fare paid.
Luckily, these redemptions were for family and not for business travel. It might be difficult to claim these redemptions for reimbursememts for business travel as there is no Airline receipt showing the fare paid.
Feb 17, 2011, 10:46 am
#18
Join Date: May 2004
Location: SFO sometimes
Programs: UA 1K, AA gold, A3 gold
Posts: 1,634
Interesting data point but mine differs. I have made two bookings. One a domestic OW on Delta in B class that instantly appeared on Delta.com and as changeable online (full B fare rules). I could also grab a receipt on Delta.com and it has their last 4 digits of a CC. Same experience buying a OW on VX - came up on VirginAmerica.com right away and looked just as if I bought it anywhere else.
Feb 17, 2011, 1:34 pm
#19
Original Poster
Join Date: Jul 2007
Programs: American, United, Continental, USAir
Posts: 22
I guess you could try to find a 10k fare, get the voucher and get close to 2500 free
but it still would take $7500 out of pocket, and of course assumption of the risk that it would not work...
Feb 17, 2011, 1:56 pm
#20
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
Definitely not the deal it was in the old TY days. Sure, you can overbuy and get the voucher - if you think this is going away soon - but you do have the issue of voucher expiry depending on airline and knowing how much to buy... since you are *paying* the other 75% out of pocket.
Feb 18, 2011, 7:48 am
#23
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Chicago
Posts: 147
You could call the TYP helpline and ask them to help check availability for you - as long as you don't mention the 25% discount, ft-ers won't yell at you =P. Booked tatls for 25% off yesterday ~4pm so it was still available then.
Feb 18, 2011, 11:09 am
#25
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: SEA
Programs: HH Gold, SPG Gold, AA Gold
Posts: 354
anyone know if you book multiple tickets at a time, if it puts everyone on the same PNR, or if it creates a separate one for each ticket? it asks for everyone's email address, when typically you'd only need to input it for one person.
Feb 18, 2011, 11:18 am
#26
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: East Coast
Programs: All major Airlines, Hotel Chains, Credit Cards and Car Rentals
Posts: 1,263
Same PNR if all the passengers are being checked out on the same itinerary.
Feb 18, 2011, 11:52 am
#27
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: SEA
Programs: HH Gold, SPG Gold, AA Gold
Posts: 354
nevermind. it put everyone on the same PNR. i did use the same email address for everyone though, don't know if that made a difference or not.
Feb 18, 2011, 12:22 pm
#28
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: East Coast
Programs: All major Airlines, Hotel Chains, Credit Cards and Car Rentals
Posts: 1,263
Feb 19, 2011, 5:03 am
#30
Original Member
Join Date: May 1998
Location: Tampa, FL
Programs: AAMM & PLT; UA Gold, DL Silver, Marriott LT Titanium Elite, Hilton Diamond, Hertz #1 Gold Club
Posts: 1,591
Just checked and its allowing me the 25% discount. I get the feeling that this will be a feature of the program rather than a promo or a system glitch. ^