Old May 17, 13, 11:04 pm
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  1. What are the most current working links?
  2. Is this card churnable?
  3. How frequently can I apply for these cards?
  4. Do I have to close my previous card before reapplying?
  5. I got the 60K card and bonus but when I finished the spend on my second 60K card I did not get the bonus. What happened?

[1] What are the most current working links?

There is a standard offer for 50K points after $1K spend in 4 months. (No landing page is available for this offer; lnik taken from wiki for http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/citi-...amex-citi.html.)

There are no known 60K offers available. The most recent one expired in late September 2014.

[2] Is this card churnable?
In the past, this card has been easily churnable. However, in December 2014 Citi began inserting language into some applications and landing pages disqualifying current Hilton Visa cardholders & requiring an 18-month wait from the date of the previous card's cancellation. The application link listed above does not include this restriction, and FTers have confirmed that they have been approved through this application despite being current or recent holders of another Citi Hilton card.

[3] How frequently can I apply for these cards?
You can only apply for ONE Citi card in a week or TWO in two months (60 days). To be safe, it is frequently suggested to wait 8+ days between ANY two Citi applications and 65+ days until your third Citi application of ANY kind. These are rolling dates, so you have to wait at least 60 days (65+) from your second application to your 4th applications, and so forth.

If math is not your strong suit, you can use: http://www.timeanddate.com/date/duration.html.

Example:
Day 0 - Citi HHonors Card #1
Day 8 - Citi AA Personal Card
Day 65 - Citi AA Business Card
Day 73 - Citi HHonors Card #2
Day 130 - Citi TY Card

[4] Do I have to close my previous card before reapplying?
Not if you use the application link above. As stated above, in December 2014 Citi began introducing new application pages requiring an 18-month wait since cancellation of the prior card.

Note that when you close an account, Citi may not "free up" the credit limit from that card for as long as 6 months. So if you're going to apply within 6 months, it's better to not cancel beforehand.

[5] I got the 60K card and bonus but when I finished the spend on my second 60K card I did not get the bonus. What happened?
There appears to be a problem with Citi crediting you with both bonuses but Hilton not crediting the second bonus because their system sees it as a duplicate.

You need to open up a case, preferably with Hilton, and explain that you have two separate cards (feel free to explain one is for business and one for personal if they ask why you have multiple cards and you feel like explaining). You also need to diligently check back with them and make sure that they do not close the case as you already got the bonus.

This is very much a YMMV situation. Depending on who you talk to and where, this can be a relatively short process or a particularly unpleasant and long one. Best advice: Be nice to the CSRs and get them on your side or HUACA until you find someone useful.

For some people it may be worth getting the 50K card instead, possibly trying to "bump the bonus" to 60K and getting it as a 10K adjustment instead.
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Old Aug 25, 11, 9:28 pm
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Originally Posted by Happy
By paying more than 100% of points for may be the same room in the old scheme.

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/16940111-post88.html

105K to 113K a night at Paris ADT - how about that?

Or PETERNYC found out it costs 270K a night at Hilton Istanbul and that is what got us talking.
oh yah, I see what you are saying...

in the case of paris, our room WAS only 50k per nite. We did get a decent room upstairs at the ADT but it just seemed that we got nothing really special for being diamond. I didnt really mind, then again I was curious what it all meant and what the non diamonds are getting... how close were they to us WITHOUT status?
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Old Aug 25, 11, 10:54 pm
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Originally Posted by Happy
Or PETERNYC found out it costs 270K a night at Hilton Istanbul and that is what got us talking.

Off-topic...
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Old Aug 25, 11, 10:57 pm
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Off-topic...
And reality check.

Seriously, if the bonus is not even enough for just one single night in many locations, why sign up for the card?!
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Old Aug 25, 11, 11:03 pm
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Originally Posted by Happy
And reality check.

Seriously, if the bonus is not even enough for just one single night in many locations, why sign up for the card?!
If you sign up for the cards multiple times, however, would that be enough?
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Old Aug 25, 11, 11:06 pm
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If you sign up for the cards multiple times, however, would that be enough?
Not necessarily - because you would also need to consider the opportunity cost - the excessive inquiries may cause you be denied by some better offers down the road.

Though I suspect the 50K and 40K can be done at the same time so this would mean 90K at each occasion... how frequently this can be done I have no idea.
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Old Aug 25, 11, 11:15 pm
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Originally Posted by Happy
Not necessarily - because you would also need to consider the opportunity cost - the excessive inquiries may cause you be denied by some better offers down the road.

Though I suspect the 50K and 40K can be done at the same time so this would mean 90K at each occasion... how frequently this can be done I have no idea.
Right, I actually applied for the 50k along with the Premier to get hit only once.
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Old Aug 25, 11, 11:28 pm
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Right, I actually applied for the 50k along with the Premier to get hit only once.
Premier does not waive the $125 fee, right? I have a 0 fee PPE that is grandfathered when it is converted to Premier in March. Too bad no more alloy to match the flight points.

What would be interesting to find out is, can Citicards other than AA, be applied multiple times without getting denied on the first timer clause.
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Old Aug 25, 11, 11:36 pm
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Originally Posted by Happy
Premier does not waive the $125 fee, right? I have a 0 fee PPE that is grandfathered when it is converted to Premier in March. Too bad no more alloy to match the flight points.

What would be interesting to find out is, can Citicards other than AA, be applied multiple times without getting denied on the first timer clause.
There are reports in SD thread where people are getting it waived or half-waived plus some consolation points. I'm def going to try.
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Old Aug 28, 11, 5:52 pm
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CITI VISA USAGE BONUS 50,000 19-Aug-2011
CITI VISA GOLD SPEND BONUS 4,146 19-Aug-2011
CITI VISA BONUS 636 19-Aug-2011


looks like it all posted.
spend done, card in drawer. Thanks OP for this link.

Should I still go for that 40k one if it's still avail?
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Old Sep 25, 11, 1:58 pm
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is this still live?
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Old Sep 25, 11, 1:59 pm
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is this still live?
and can one convert HH to SPG to AA?
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Old Sep 27, 11, 3:37 pm
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Originally Posted by apuraja
is this still live?
Still alive. Just signed up on 9/21, approved on 9/22. Just got the card on 9/26. Confirmed that its 50,000 pts after $1500 spend in 6 months.
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Old Sep 27, 11, 4:42 pm
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Was looking at this thread since I saw Hilton. I got the AE Hilton card with $500 spend for 50K hilton points. I just did that last week and the card came yesterday. Needed a Hilton card so this seemed like a good spend.
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Old Oct 19, 11, 11:07 am
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Just applied this weekend and I confirmed the promo with an agent. the deal is still alive
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Old Oct 19, 11, 1:09 pm
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Originally Posted by harry0233
Just applied this weekend and I confirmed the promo with an agent. the deal is still alive
I'm waiting for my 65 days between a Citi application for a personal card that I applied for in August, which is up this week.
I applied for a Citi Buisness card about a month ago though.

If I applied for both the 50K & 40K at the same time does that count as one application in the system or will only one get approved?
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