Dec 30, 2014, 12:31 pm
Last edit by: mia
ALL Citi HHonors application links are now DEAD.
Citi's contract to issue Hilton co-branded cards ends December 31, 2017. Citi will sell most accounts to American Express. The criteria for determining which accounts are eligible to be sold are unpublished. Read Hilton FAQ: http://hiltonhonors3.hilton.com/en/e...-card-faq.html .
Citi's contract to issue Hilton co-branded cards ends December 31, 2017. Citi will sell most accounts to American Express. The criteria for determining which accounts are eligible to be sold are unpublished. Read Hilton FAQ: http://hiltonhonors3.hilton.com/en/e...-card-faq.html .
Citi Hilton Honors VISA (no annual fee version) [Ends Dec 2017]
Aug 10, 2015, 2:16 pm
#721
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: PDX
Programs: AA (Gold), Alaska MVP, Hilton Diamond, Hyatt Plat, IHG Plat, SPG Gold,
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Aug 10, 2015, 2:25 pm
#722
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 50
I agree it seems a long shot.
The only thing that may give it hope is that I got to that link not by the landing page with the 18 month language, but rather through the per-qualified offers page. Again that link was not a pre-qual offer, it was one of the other cards Citi thought I might be interested in.
The only thing that may give it hope is that I got to that link not by the landing page with the 18 month language, but rather through the per-qualified offers page. Again that link was not a pre-qual offer, it was one of the other cards Citi thought I might be interested in.
Aug 10, 2015, 4:13 pm
#723
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Location: Florida
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We got a citi platinum after seeing it on that page (but applied through a different link) and got the bonus. You need to judge if it's worth the risk. It was for us. We have each applied for different cards (than each other) over the years and they only mentioned cards that we'd never had (except the platinum). So it seemed like a good risk to take. Of course, YMMV. Let us know how it goes if you do apply.
What is / was your previous HHonors card(s)?
The above information is relevant - because if you have a Visa Signature before, and now apply a Visa Plat, they are different products so you qualify for the bonus. Or Viice Versa.
The issue we are discussing here is, most people have had the Visa Signature before and currently, when the offers now are all Visa Signature, too.
Is there an HHonors Plat card? IIRC the Plat card is only given out when one does not qualify for the Visa Signature version. You mean there is actually a Plat HHonors card offer?
Aug 10, 2015, 7:06 pm
#724
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We got a citi platinum after seeing it on that page (but applied through a different link) and got the bonus. You need to judge if it's worth the risk. It was for us. We have each applied for different cards (than each other) over the years and they only mentioned cards that we'd never had (except the platinum). So it seemed like a good risk to take. Of course, YMMV. Let us know how it goes if you do apply.
Aug 10, 2015, 7:31 pm
#725
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 50
Yes I do. I was merely trying to point out, with my AA plat example, that if an offer is listed on the citi website as something you might be interested in(not prequalified for) then in my experience, citi will give you the bonus (I had previously gotten AA platinum in Sept 2014 and they gave me the bonus again). Brewer20 was talking about a Hilton card and I related my CITI experience. Sorry to upset everyone.
Aug 11, 2015, 2:56 pm
#726
Join Date: Sep 2013
Programs: AA Lifetime Gold
Posts: 3,677
Yes I do. I was merely trying to point out, with my AA plat example, that if an offer is listed on the citi website as something you might be interested in(not prequalified for) then in my experience, citi will give you the bonus (I had previously gotten AA platinum in Sept 2014 and they gave me the bonus again). Brewer20 was talking about a Hilton card and I related my CITI experience. Sorry to upset everyone.
Aug 11, 2015, 3:57 pm
#727
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 6,607
https://online.citi.com/US/Welcome.c
https://www.citicards.com/cards/cred...D7&sc=FPSHCB75
If someone wants to try the pre qualified link go for it, if you don't get a letter saying you will get 75K chances are you won't so no need to make the spend, all you risk is a HP and possibly delaying your next citi app
Aug 11, 2015, 5:54 pm
#728
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Yes I do. I was merely trying to point out, with my AA plat example, that if an offer is listed on the citi website as something you might be interested in(not prequalified for) then in my experience, citi will give you the bonus (I had previously gotten AA platinum in Sept 2014 and they gave me the bonus again). Brewer20 was talking about a Hilton card and I related my CITI experience. Sorry to upset everyone.
Is the above described what has happened?
Aug 11, 2015, 7:01 pm
#729
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 50
Let me try to understand what you are telling us - You had an AA Plat card since Sept 2014 - then you applied another AA Plat card via the Citi site when it showed you what cards you might be interested in, AFTER you input your personal data. Then you applied thru that offer shown on Citi site, and you got the bonus again. Was there no 18 months language in both the landing page and the app page?
Is the above described what has happened?
Is the above described what has happened?
Aug 11, 2015, 7:46 pm
#730
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Yes, except I applied through an FT link after I saw the AAplat card listed there (after entering my data).(Their site was only offering 30k, and the FT links are 50k). It's just a way to check what Citi thinks you can get points for as none of the cards I have were listed (except the plat) and none of the cards my spouse has were listed (and we have different cards). So that is our deduction. May be helpful for those who have had their cards upgraded, changed, down graded or somehow converted etc to see if they are eligible for that card again. Since I didn't apply there, I never checked the landing page, etc.
Aug 11, 2015, 7:59 pm
#731
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 50
And are you sure your previous AA Plat MC card wasn't converted from World to World Elite between the time you got it in Sep 2014 and when you applied for the next one? That conversion from World to World Elite is a known loophole for circumventing the "open" part of the 18 month clock (at least for cards opened back then; we're still trying to figure out if it's a dependable loophole for cards opened recently).
Aug 12, 2015, 5:32 am
#732
Join Date: Apr 2014
Programs: Hilton - Diamond, IHG - Spire Amb
Posts: 901
and got:
we couldn't match your records to a Pre-Qualified credit card offer. See below for another card you may like.
Which showed the citi plat aa 30k offer. I can't find for sure that our previous citi plat aa select cards were ever converted (applied 2/2015 and closed by us in april or may).
Not sure whether to use the FT 50k link and hope that they had been converted to world elite or to use this offer displayed by citi.
Aug 12, 2015, 5:51 am
#733
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 50
I went through the process of seeing "what other cards you may be interested in"
and got:
we couldn't match your records to a Pre-Qualified credit card offer. See below for another card you may like.
Which showed the citi plat aa 30k offer. I can't find for sure that our previous citi plat aa select cards were ever converted (applied 2/2015 and closed by us in april or may).
Not sure whether to use the FT 50k link and hope that they had been converted to world elite or to use this offer displayed by citi.
and got:
we couldn't match your records to a Pre-Qualified credit card offer. See below for another card you may like.
Which showed the citi plat aa 30k offer. I can't find for sure that our previous citi plat aa select cards were ever converted (applied 2/2015 and closed by us in april or may).
Not sure whether to use the FT 50k link and hope that they had been converted to world elite or to use this offer displayed by citi.
Aug 12, 2015, 9:38 am
#734
Join Date: Sep 2013
Programs: AA Lifetime Gold
Posts: 3,677
I used the FT link (#11 if it matters). I'd try it if you can fit it into your Citi schedule. Seems like when they upgrade to world elite, that is now the product you have opened and closed. When you apply for this, it's a world again. At least that is what I am guessing. But then again, this is Citi, so who knows.
Is it possible that World/World Elite has nothing to do with it? Perhaps when Citi involuntarily converts a card from a Visa to a MC, they do not consider that a "new account opened" at all. So maybe anyone who has had a Visa converted to a MC, but hasn't actually applied for a MC, can get a sign up bonus for a MC.
Aug 12, 2015, 1:30 pm
#735
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Maybe, maybe not. Not enough data points for us to know anything for sure. Much less that a "loophole" is involved.
Is it possible that World/World Elite has nothing to do with it? Perhaps when Citi involuntarily converts a card from a Visa to a MC, they do not consider that a "new account opened" at all. So maybe anyone who has had a Visa converted to a MC, but hasn't actually applied for a MC, can get a sign up bonus for a MC.
Is it possible that World/World Elite has nothing to do with it? Perhaps when Citi involuntarily converts a card from a Visa to a MC, they do not consider that a "new account opened" at all. So maybe anyone who has had a Visa converted to a MC, but hasn't actually applied for a MC, can get a sign up bonus for a MC.