Apr 9, 2015, 5:59 pm
Last edit by: RobertHanson
Once again reported that all links with sign up bonus are dead. Reported on Dec 5, and again on Dec 10.
Reported on Nov 4, 2017 that no offers for a Prestige card with any sign up bonus at all exist anymore. The links below do not work. Even if you get to a landing page, the link to the app page will list either "page not found", or "system error". You might want to check back at some point, since the sign up bonus for the Premier disappeared for a while, and is now back (although for only 30K instead of 50K).
Prestige Cards have a $450 annual fee, not waived first year.
There is also an additional fee for each additional user.
Top Prestige Card Offers
1) 75k Bonus Landing Page after $7,500 spend in 3 months. $450 fee Not Waived first year
2) 50k Bonus Landing Page/rightclick/incognito mode after $5000 spend in 3 months, $450 fee Not Waived first year; This offer will only show in incognito mode, it has to be a new session, as the offer, app link won't load otherwise.
3) 40K Bonus 4k in 4months
Other, not so good, offer:
Application page for Citi Prestige MC offer for 40K miles after $4000 spend in 3 months $450 fee Not Waived first year, No landing Page for this link.
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There is also a targeted 100,000 point offer, reported HERE.
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RELATED THREADS:
Prestige was refreshed in October 2014. Click HERE to read discussion about those changes. (CLOSED)
Prestige benefits will change in July 2017. Click HERE to read discussion about those changes.
Admirals Club access: HERE
Priority Pass membership: HERE
Fourth Night Free hotel benefit: HERE
Citi Price Rewind: HERE
Prestige Cards have a $450 annual fee, not waived first year.
There is also an additional fee for each additional user.
Top Prestige Card Offers
1) 75k Bonus Landing Page after $7,500 spend in 3 months. $450 fee Not Waived first year
2) 50k Bonus Landing Page/rightclick/incognito mode after $5000 spend in 3 months, $450 fee Not Waived first year; This offer will only show in incognito mode, it has to be a new session, as the offer, app link won't load otherwise.
3) 40K Bonus 4k in 4months
Other, not so good, offer:
Application page for Citi Prestige MC offer for 40K miles after $4000 spend in 3 months $450 fee Not Waived first year, No landing Page for this link.
__________________________________________________ _______________________________________
There is also a targeted 100,000 point offer, reported HERE.
__________________________________________________ _______________________________________
RELATED THREADS:
Prestige was refreshed in October 2014. Click HERE to read discussion about those changes. (CLOSED)
Prestige benefits will change in July 2017. Click HERE to read discussion about those changes.
Admirals Club access: HERE
Priority Pass membership: HERE
Fourth Night Free hotel benefit: HERE
Citi Price Rewind: HERE
Citi Prestige MasterCard [2015-2017]
Jun 16, 2015, 12:21 am
#676
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 1,774
So a real world example. You have Citi Premier and Citi Prestige, each with ~55k TYP in separate accounts accessed via a single online account. You want to close Prestige to avoid the annual fee but keep all 110k TYP points for the foreseeable future. Do you share or merge? And if so, what's really the difference? Don't both options mean the TYP that are moved (either via sharing or merging) expire in 90 days?
And don't all TYP expire three years from the end of the year in which they are awarded to you?
Seems kind of bs-y that they expire at all because UR points don't expire.
And don't all TYP expire three years from the end of the year in which they are awarded to you?
Seems kind of bs-y that they expire at all because UR points don't expire.
Jun 16, 2015, 10:47 am
#677
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: SMF, SNA
Programs: HH Diamond, Marriott Platinum Elite, IHG Diamond
Posts: 175
This card! I really want to make it a core card, but it's just getting ridiculous trying to use it.
I had three problems with it today - in one day!
The funniest was this poor manager who really knew his stuff about the food and asked how we found the restaurant and he was wearing an expensive model of Apple Watch. He seemed savvy and proud of it. He takes the card and he's gone too long and I realize he can't make it work. He comes back and basically blurts out "Do you have a credit card? This is not a credit card." It really was pretty funny - I can't imagine how badly he felt having to confront me. I showed him the stripe and the chip and he sighed and made it work in 15 seconds.
But, seriously Citi, this thing is actually wasting my time. Can I get the kind of physical card that doesn't put me and others in awkward situations?
I had three problems with it today - in one day!
The funniest was this poor manager who really knew his stuff about the food and asked how we found the restaurant and he was wearing an expensive model of Apple Watch. He seemed savvy and proud of it. He takes the card and he's gone too long and I realize he can't make it work. He comes back and basically blurts out "Do you have a credit card? This is not a credit card." It really was pretty funny - I can't imagine how badly he felt having to confront me. I showed him the stripe and the chip and he sighed and made it work in 15 seconds.
But, seriously Citi, this thing is actually wasting my time. Can I get the kind of physical card that doesn't put me and others in awkward situations?
I didn't realize how pre-programmed my brain is to automatically swipe a card a certain direction until this card - no conscious thought has ever been needed to swipe a debit or cc correctly. On top of that, I now I have the Premier to make min spends on, so even more swiping drama to come. 
Jun 16, 2015, 1:52 pm
#678
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: WAS/NYC/LON
Programs: AA EXP, HH DIA, Hyatt DIA
Posts: 286
LOL, I am not too ashamed to admit that I was recently at a self-checkout lane and found myself swiping this card incorrectly 2-3 times. I had just told someone about the crazy mag strip situation, to boot, so you'd think I'd be more prepared for this. I didn't realize how pre-programmed my brain is to automatically swipe a card a certain direction until this card - no conscious thought has ever been needed to swipe a debit or cc correctly. On top of that, I now I have the Premier to make min spends on, so even more swiping drama to come.
I didn't realize how pre-programmed my brain is to automatically swipe a card a certain direction until this card - no conscious thought has ever been needed to swipe a debit or cc correctly. On top of that, I now I have the Premier to make min spends on, so even more swiping drama to come. Agreed that this is an issue (albeit minor). Nowadays, I just proactively anyone who'll be swiping the card that the strip is on the front, and it's reverse of the expected, and that usually works fine for their first try.
Jun 16, 2015, 4:06 pm
#679
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: DFW
Programs: AA Lifetime Gold, Admirals Club, Global Entry
Posts: 1,141
That's what I do, too. But the most fun you can have is at the pump: you put the card in upside down and backwards!
On a more substantive note, all you people need to find something real to complain about, such as why neither Citi nor practically anyone else in the US (ex Barclays) can manage a chip & PIN card. Chip & signature just doesn't cut it at unconnected kiosks . . . sometimes.
On a more substantive note, all you people need to find something real to complain about, such as why neither Citi nor practically anyone else in the US (ex Barclays) can manage a chip & PIN card. Chip & signature just doesn't cut it at unconnected kiosks . . . sometimes.
Jun 17, 2015, 8:44 am
#680
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: New York
Programs: DL PLT, Hilton Diamond, CX MPC Silver
Posts: 265
On a more substantive note, all you people need to find something real to complain about, such as why neither Citi nor practically anyone else in the US (ex Barclays) can manage a chip & PIN card. Chip & signature just doesn't cut it at unconnected kiosks . . . sometimes.
Jun 18, 2015, 9:36 am
#681
Join Date: May 2004
Location: LAX
Posts: 1,849
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Jun 20, 2015, 9:25 pm
#683
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 47
Valid for Virgin Australia Tickets
I am looking to use my airline credit on paid tickets on Virgin Australia. I was feeling confidant this would work and then I started seeing some conflicting reports here and there in different threads. I saw reports it had to be >= $100 at a time, only on US airlines, etc. Just to be safe, I figured I would ask (never hurts, right?)
So, will the airline credit apply if I purchase two tickets for roughly $300 US on Virgin?
Alternatively, does anyone have experience using the credit to buy AA gift cards online? IF not, what gift cards have you bought and get the credit for?
Thanks!
So, will the airline credit apply if I purchase two tickets for roughly $300 US on Virgin?
Alternatively, does anyone have experience using the credit to buy AA gift cards online? IF not, what gift cards have you bought and get the credit for?
Thanks!
Jun 21, 2015, 11:34 am
#684
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Upper Sternistan
Posts: 10,037
Something tells me Citi knows that this card is truly confusing (more problems for me yesterday):
Jun 22, 2015, 2:04 am
#685
Join Date: Jul 2008
Programs: Greyhound Vermillion Mithril
Posts: 693
Is the 50K TY points for 3k spend a standard offer, or does it end Jun 30?
Jun 22, 2015, 9:18 am
#686
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: ORD
Programs: AAdvantage, UA, Avios
Posts: 637
Jun 22, 2015, 9:48 am
#687
Join Date: Sep 2013
Programs: AA Lifetime Gold
Posts: 3,677
Premier since the benefits are much better. 3X for gas, and for all kinds of travel expenses. That way if you only end up being able to get one of them, you've got the better one. And for those who can massively MS, if you end up having to use the original in-branch offer for the Prestige, you'll get 60K (for $15K min spn in 12 months) which is higher than the current public offer. Whereas the normal offer for the Premier is only 30K.
Jun 22, 2015, 9:56 am
#688
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Upper Sternistan
Posts: 10,037
I know I'm beating a dead horse here, but Citi is beating is also with the repetitive reminders of how their moronic designers chose to lay out this card:
In addition to the sophisticated new look, the magnetic strip has been relocated from the back to the front of your Citi Prestige® Card, just above the bottom edge of the plastic. Similarly, your 16-digit credit card account number has been moved to the back of the card, directly above your Security Code.
Jun 22, 2015, 10:13 am
#689
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: DFW
Programs: AA Lifetime Gold, Admirals Club, Global Entry
Posts: 1,141
That's correct, so far as it goes, but if you're an AA flier -- and especially if you also bank at Citi -- the Prestige is actually much the better card, and so that's the one I'd get first in at least that circumstance.
With a Citi Gold account, and for many in-branch applicants as well, the net annual fee is only $100, and that gives you entry into the Admirals Club as well as a Priority Pass membership with guesting privileges. All your points, even those earned on the banking side, also get a 60% cash boost when used to buy AA/US tickets. Plus there's a 15% annual points "relationship" bonus. Other stuff, too.
The 3x is just on air, hotel and travel agency spending.
With a Citi Gold account, and for many in-branch applicants as well, the net annual fee is only $100, and that gives you entry into the Admirals Club as well as a Priority Pass membership with guesting privileges. All your points, even those earned on the banking side, also get a 60% cash boost when used to buy AA/US tickets. Plus there's a 15% annual points "relationship" bonus. Other stuff, too.
The 3x is just on air, hotel and travel agency spending.
Jun 22, 2015, 10:14 am
#690
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 736
Get the Premier. With its annual fee the standard offer for Prestige should be 50k+ (should be, not saying it will be). It should also bump up to 100k from time to time.