Citi ThankYou Preferred Card – Consolidated Offers 2013-2016
 

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http://creditcards.citicards.com/usc...l/default.htm?


No Annual Fee

Earn up to 30,000 bonus ThankYou Points: Earn 20,000 bonus points after $1,500 in purchases within the first 3 months of account opening, plus another 10,000 bonus points after $1500 in purchases within the next 3 months.

2x Points on purchases for dining at restaurants and entertainment. 1x ThankYou® Points
on other purchases.

Thanks I had been looking at this but couldn't find anything better than 20,000. Applied and accepted. ^

Ouch, my husband applied in July at a local branch with x5 points on gas/grocery/drug stores. Sent an SM. Will see if we get points.

Why are you looking a gift horse in the mouth?

Link says you could be approved for either the Thank You Preferred or regular Thank You card depending on credit worthiness. Any idea if the lesser of the two would forfeit your bonus? Website doesn't clarify one way or the other.

I don't think that's a problem or they'd have to note it in the T&Cs. Also, I don't think Citi plays this "whoops you got the wrong card" angle.

Thanks for the reply! You are subtly referring to Barclays, yes?

It's the first sentence in the T&C.. "If you do not meet our criteria for the Citi ThankYou® Preferred Card, your application may be processed for the Citi ThankYou® Card."

If you have good credit though, I wouldn't worry much about it.

The real question is can this be churned twice every 65 days like the Citi Hilton 50k card?!

Citi ThankYou Preferred
 

I just got approved for the Citi Thank You Preferred and wanted to hear your opinions of the card. It sounds like a decent card. How do you like the PrivatePass? Who manages the Concierge(Circles or VIPDesk) and how do you find the Concierge service on the card.

As with the ThankYou Preferred special events what are they? Any good complimentary events ?

I was told that in six months I could have this card converted to a World Elite MasterCard with the same benefits and no annual fee has anyone done this and if so how is it working out?

I was also told that via Travel Benefits you can get Airline Lounge access etc from the customer service rep.

Overall this looks like a great card considering you have the Chip and Pin as well.

what can you do with this 30k miles? transfer to AA? or book for air travel or hotels? any idea?

Book air travel or hotels, or redeem for gift cards. There's a transfer option to Hilton I believe but it isn't generally a good deal.

Does anyone know the approximate time you have to wait between bonuses with the TY card ?

I'm going on 16 months

Thanks

Make sure you read the T+C, you get 20,000 points for spending $1500 in the first 3 months then an additional 10K points for spending anther $1500 in the FOLLOWING 3 months


2Earn up to 30,000 bonus ThankYou points: You will receive 20,000 bonus ThankYou Points after $1,500 in purchases within 3 months of account opening and an additional 10,000 ThankYou Points after $1,500 in purchases within the next 3 months. Balance transfers, cash advances, fees, interest and items returned for credit also do not qualify as an eligible purchase. Once these post to your account, you may redeem for $300 in gift cards good at leading merchants or save them to use for other great rewards.

Yes it's a split bonus that you have to break up over two 3 month periods. But I find value in them. Just tonight I booked 2 tickets from EWR to HNL for a little over 31,400 points each on my Premier card. Cash was $408pp so they do pay.

I just wanted to make sure people saw that and didn't miss part of the bonus


As far as value I just used 25K Delta miles(sky pesos, lol) for a $700 flight 330 days out, lol


You don't see many of those anymore