Oct 21, 2015, 11:20 pm
Prestige/Premier are getting face lifts.
Oct 27, 2015, 9:55 pm
#121
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: ATL
Programs: DL, Marriott
Posts: 728
Got my replacement Prestige today (still waiting on Premier). Just glad to have the stripe on the back now, so cashiers won't have as much trouble. But as others have said, Citi dropped the ball on this. I see what people mean...the back side, it looks like they basically taped a highly adhesive sticker with my info to the card. I can also sort of see the imprint of this rectangle on the front side too if the light is correct. I am glad, however, that they made the 'coin' sharper again. The '2nd' version of the new designs (matte material, stripe on 'front' and chip on 'back') the coin looked really blurry on the Prestige. I think it's fine now with this design.
Oct 28, 2015, 1:09 am
#125
Join Date: May 2014
Location: CMH, HNL
Programs: UA, HA
Posts: 583
+1, This. Citi obviously has invested better (wider) category bonuses into the Premier and Prestige cards vs Chase in the CSP; they've upgraded the TYP transfer partners, too. And yet the physical design makes me want to keep my Premier card as a Plan B or C in my wallet. The funny thing is that they clearly wanted to stand out design-wise with their recent attempt at cleverness. Fail. But this re-do seems more a cranky overcorrection into cheapness.
Oct 28, 2015, 9:40 am
#126
Join Date: Jun 1999
Location: NYC/LA
Programs: DL Plat, AA Plat Pro, Marriott Titanium, IHG Diamond Amb
Posts: 7,489
I don't even want a metal card... I just want a Prestige card that is the same build quality as the Debit/ATM card I have from Citi. (In other words, the same quality as most other credit cards from other issuers are in this country.)
Oct 29, 2015, 10:25 am
#127
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: SAN
Programs: AA Platinum, Bonvoy Gold, DL Gold
Posts: 1,200
The lack of a transfer option to AA is fascinating as it's different from every single other bank/airline relationship in the industry. Amex points transfer to DL, Chase to UA, etc. Maybe when the AA program is updated to match the industry devaluations they will allow transfers. Would be great to be able to earn 3x AA miles, but when that day is here I doubt AA miles will be worth what they are today.
Nov 30, 2015, 3:46 pm
#129
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: SF
Programs: UA, VX, QF, EY, VA
Posts: 756
The new one is even flimsier. How is that even possible?
My health insurance card is made of a better quality material than the Prestige.
I don't get it.
Jan 6, 2016, 12:56 am
#131
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 432
My account shows a new card sent with the same number/expiry date, new design?
UPDATE: same old design, I never ordered a card but after a rep researched it she revealed the rep ordered a new card in error and notated my account
Oh well.
UPDATE: same old design, I never ordered a card but after a rep researched it she revealed the rep ordered a new card in error and notated my account
Oh well.
Last edited by Nick92; Jan 11, 2016 at 8:26 am
Jan 24, 2016, 9:18 am
#133
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Miami, Mpls & London
Programs: AA & Marriott Perpetual Platinum; DL & HH Gold
Posts: 48,958
How long has your account been open? The material used for the one I just received is similar to other cards, perhaps a little thinner because there are no raised characters., but thicker than the one it replaces. I wonder if Citi is using less expensive material for first year cardholders than for renewals.
Last edited by mia; Jan 25, 2016 at 7:37 am
Jan 24, 2016, 8:46 pm
#134
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Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 3,072
It definitely falls under the category of First World Problems, but I have the newer version and agree. It's so thin, it seems like it might bend in half if someone jams it into a chip reader too aggressively.
Jan 25, 2016, 7:41 am
#135
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Location: Miami, Mpls & London
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I set my new Prestige card on desktop next to a Virgin Atlantic Card (Bank of America) and an Ink card (Chase). There is no difference in thickness between the three cards.