Aug 19, 13, 9:24 pm
Last edit by: yoyo
Term and Conditions
$200 airline fee reimbursement (must register) only for primary card holder and for misc charges from AirTran Airways, American Airlines, Delta, Frontier Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Spirit Airlines, Southwest Airlines, United/Continental Airlines and US Airways. Notice only charges <=$100 will get refunded. Confirmed items below:
a. food bought on-board (American)
b. delta/southwest e-gifts
c. AA gift cards.
$200 airline fee reimbursement (must register) only for primary card holder and for misc charges from AirTran Airways, American Airlines, Delta, Frontier Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Spirit Airlines, Southwest Airlines, United/Continental Airlines and US Airways. Notice only charges <=$100 will get refunded. Confirmed items below:
a. food bought on-board (American)
b. delta/southwest e-gifts
c. AA gift cards.
Prestigious Citi Card Tricks [Citi Prestige Card benefits]
Aug 19, 13, 8:08 am
#1
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Land of the parrots and parrotheads
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Prestigious Citi Card Tricks [Citi Prestige Card benefits]
For those considering the Citi Prestige:
Buying Delta e-gifts does count toward the $200 annual airline fee reimbursement. Annual as in $200 in 2013 and $200 in $2014.
If you already have Global Entry, a Prestige AU's Global Entry fee can be reimbursed for $100.
If you are CitiGold, the fee for the card and for the AU card is reduced.
The Airport Angel lounges are mainly outside the US, but many have free beer and hard liquor and food (been to 3 already).
I'll post more as I play with this toy.
Buying Delta e-gifts does count toward the $200 annual airline fee reimbursement. Annual as in $200 in 2013 and $200 in $2014.
If you already have Global Entry, a Prestige AU's Global Entry fee can be reimbursed for $100.
If you are CitiGold, the fee for the card and for the AU card is reduced.
The Airport Angel lounges are mainly outside the US, but many have free beer and hard liquor and food (been to 3 already).
I'll post more as I play with this toy.
Aug 19, 13, 4:53 pm
#2
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: LAX
Programs: AA, TY, UR, UA, US, WN, MR, SPG
Posts: 1,453
How very interesting. I'm thinking about trying out the reimbursement route on AA and UA, just for research sake. This is encouraging. I wonder if award booking fees or close-in booking fees would be reimbursed, as well?
Aug 19, 13, 5:24 pm
#3
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Singapore
Programs: BA Gold, SPG Gold, KF Gold/PPS
Posts: 204
Sweet! Getting my card this week, can't wait to use it 
Aug 19, 13, 9:10 pm
#4
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: San Antonio
Programs: AS MVP
Posts: 2,276
Delta? Really?!! Very nice info nonetheless.
Aug 20, 13, 8:12 am
#5
Join Date: May 2012
Posts: 129
Southwest egift cards are reimbursed as well.
Also, I was able to just show my card and get into a Mastercard "Black" airport lounge in Costa Rica. The Mastercard Black lounge was a seperate area from the rest of the lounge, and had waiter service for hot/cold food and drinks.
Also, I was able to just show my card and get into a Mastercard "Black" airport lounge in Costa Rica. The Mastercard Black lounge was a seperate area from the rest of the lounge, and had waiter service for hot/cold food and drinks.
Aug 20, 13, 8:36 am
#6
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: NYC
Posts: 1,746
Used primary and AU cards for PPT lounge and LAX Skyteam lounge access while flying AA/TN. no problems.
Aug 20, 13, 8:41 am
#7
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 202
I'm mostly interested in the buddy pass - I have the Citi Premier, do they stick you on the worst flight possible too? A mostly free ticket anywhere in the world makes the price of admission worth it.
Aug 20, 13, 8:47 am
#8
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: NYC
Posts: 1,746
2 JFK-LAX-PPT-LAX_JFK
1 SFO-HNL (none stop)
They happened to be exactly I was looking for (cheapest and best route/least stops).
of course YMMV
Aug 20, 13, 9:04 am
#9
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: SEATAC
Programs: AS MVP Gold
Posts: 181
Seeing the above post I just priced out a random WAS-PPT flight and found it would save 1600!
Aug 20, 13, 9:12 am
#10
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: CLT
Programs: AA, UA, BA, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Gold, IHG Platinum
Posts: 2,074
. I recently almost used mine for a transcon direct flight but they didn't have the exact flight I wanted so I used US Airways companion pass instead (Citi Premier / Spirit had 5 of the 6 direct itineraries that day available, but I needed that 6th one)
Aug 20, 13, 10:46 am
#11
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Mountain Time Zone
Programs: AS Million Miler/Marriott Lifetime Titanium/ IGH Ambassador
Posts: 5,939
For those considering the Citi Prestige:
Buying Delta e-gifts does count toward the $200 annual airline fee reimbursement. Annual as in $200 in 2013 and $200 in $2014.
If you already have Global Entry, a Prestige AU's Global Entry fee can be reimbursed for $100.
If you are CitiGold, the fee for the card and for the AU card is reduced.
The Airport Angel lounges are mainly outside the US, but many have free beer and hard liquor and food (been to 3 already).
I'll post more as I play with this toy.
Buying Delta e-gifts does count toward the $200 annual airline fee reimbursement. Annual as in $200 in 2013 and $200 in $2014.
If you already have Global Entry, a Prestige AU's Global Entry fee can be reimbursed for $100.
If you are CitiGold, the fee for the card and for the AU card is reduced.
The Airport Angel lounges are mainly outside the US, but many have free beer and hard liquor and food (been to 3 already).
I'll post more as I play with this toy.
Just sayinn........
Aug 20, 13, 11:12 am
#12
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: SFO
Programs: UA GS, AA EXP, Marriott Titanium, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 83
The Premier gets a domestic buddy pass. You basically get the cheapest itinerary available to choose from, with the caveat that Delta is never an option. So if your preferred itinerary is the cheapest (or among the 10 or so cheapest) you have a good shot at being able to book it. This means that nonstops are often off the table, but not always . I recently almost used mine for a transcon direct flight but they didn't have the exact flight I wanted so I used US Airways companion pass instead (Citi Premier / Spirit had 5 of the 6 direct itineraries that day available, but I needed that 6th one)
. I recently almost used mine for a transcon direct flight but they didn't have the exact flight I wanted so I used US Airways companion pass instead (Citi Premier / Spirit had 5 of the 6 direct itineraries that day available, but I needed that 6th one)
Aug 20, 13, 12:19 pm
#13
Join Date: May 2012
Posts: 129
Aug 20, 13, 12:32 pm
#14
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The APR on my Prestige card is 9.24%. By comparison, if I were to use the pay-over-time feature of my American Express Platinum card the rate would be 18.24%For me, this is unimportant because I pay in full, but if someone were thinking about carrying a balance Citi might be the better choice, although I'm sure lower rates are available elsewhere.
Aug 20, 13, 3:52 pm
#15
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Mountain Time Zone
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The APR on my Prestige card is 9.24%. By comparison, if I were to use the pay-over-time feature of my American Express Platinum card the rate would be 18.24%For me, this is unimportant because I pay in full, but if someone were thinking about carrying a balance Citi might be the better choice, although I'm sure lower rates are available elsewhere.
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