Jan 31, 2019, 2:14 pm
Last edit by: mia
Accepting applications as of 1.31.2019 50,000 points for $4,000 spend in 90 days:
https://www.citi.com/credit-cards/credit-card-details/citi.action?ID=citi-prestige-card#ddl-pricinfo
Bonus ThankYou Points are not available if you received a new cardmember bonus for Citi Rewards+℠, Citi ThankYou® Preferred, Citi ThankYou® Premier/Citi Premier℠ or Citi Prestige®, or if you have closed any of these cards, in the past 24 months.
https://www.citi.com/credit-cards/credit-card-details/citi.action?ID=citi-prestige-card#ddl-pricinfo
Bonus ThankYou Points are not available if you received a new cardmember bonus for Citi Rewards+℠, Citi ThankYou® Preferred, Citi ThankYou® Premier/Citi Premier℠ or Citi Prestige®, or if you have closed any of these cards, in the past 24 months.
Citi Prestige USA refresh: 5X Air,Dine; 3X Hotel,Cruise; Hotel 4NF capped 2X/yr; $495
Apr 27, 2019, 9:08 pm
#376
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Apex, NC
Programs: AA EXP, Delta DM, Bonvoy Titanium, Honors Diamond, Hertz Presidents Club, National Exec something!
Posts: 103
The DP from March doesn’t necessarily settle matters. We know that CG was exempted from the fee increase increase initially, but the AF increase notices just went out for existing users and are not effective until the first renewal after 9/1. There’s no mention of CG lower fee and now all web references to the lower fee are gone too. So my question is whether they’ve made yet another devaluation effective Sep that no one will be excluded from the higher AF. If there are current CGs who received the latest update notice without an AF increase, that would settle it (although even in that case, could be grandfathered in and new CGs may not be eligible).
Apr 27, 2019, 10:09 pm
#377
Join Date: Apr 2019
Posts: 9
I asked a banker at my local branch. He said that if I maintained a Citigold account, I'd initially be charged the full $495 annual fee followed by a $145 credit within 3 weeks. So the $350 annual fee for Citigold customers is definitely a thing.
May 5, 2019, 3:12 pm
#379
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Western US
Programs: Costco Executive Member, Amazon Optimus Prime
Posts: 1,251
We're CG and Prestige renewed in Jan or Feb, at $350 fee. Right now it is really only getting restaurant and flight spend.
May 6, 2019, 2:32 pm
#380
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Join Date: Aug 2017
Programs: AS 75K, DL Silver, UA Platinum, Hilton Gold, Hyatt Discoverist, Marriott Platinum + LT Gold
Posts: 10,515
Just got the card and intend on getting the sign-up bonus. Assume if any transaction is rebated with the $250 credit, I would need to spend $250 more, correct?
May 9, 2019, 8:40 am
#381
Join Date: Jul 2016
Posts: 222
As of April 14th the Citigold relationship credit for the Prestige card product has been discontinued for new clients. Existing Citigold clients prior April 14th will be grandfathered at $350 (ie will receive the $145 credit against the $495 A/F) but Citigold clients after April 14th will not get the offsetting credit.
This obviously is confusing as it seems to imply that the date that matters is not when you received the card but rather when you became a Citigold client. In my case my relationship manager became utterly frustrated with her company and they agreed to issue me the $145 credit regardless but only for this year. My experience with Citi however is that the right arm is usually not talking to the left arm so I will report back if anything changes.
So anyone out there that became a Citigold client AFTER April 14th AND then applied for the Prestige get the $145 credit?
May 9, 2019, 10:24 am
#383
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: BOS
Programs: Hyatt Glob/UA Gold
Posts: 614
I was CG, downgraded to Priority when requirements changed, and recently got my balance back up over 200K to be CG for this discount again (annual fee coming up next month). If there's no discount, I'll probably move my $$ out of citi but keep the card- I put ~50K on restaurants annually for work events so it's worth it for me.
May 9, 2019, 5:00 pm
#384
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Western US
Programs: Costco Executive Member, Amazon Optimus Prime
Posts: 1,251
FYI: I was basically told the same thing. I am a relatively new Citigold customer with cash assets in excess of $250K with Citi (account opened in mid-late April). I applied for the Prestige card (as a Citigold) near the end of April and was also told the same that for Citigold both new and existing Prestige card clients the annual fee should only be $350. I get the card and the annual fee of $495 posts to the account. I wait a couple weeks and still no credit so I raise the question to my Citigold relationship manager. She becomes as frustrated as I do and escalates the issue to her executive resolution office who advises the following:
As of April 14th the Citigold relationship credit for the Prestige card product has been discontinued for new clients. Existing Citigold clients prior April 14th will be grandfathered at $350 (ie will receive the $145 credit against the $495 A/F) but Citigold clients after April 14th will not get the offsetting credit.
This obviously is confusing as it seems to imply that the date that matters is not when you received the card but rather when you became a Citigold client. In my case my relationship manager became utterly frustrated with her company and they agreed to issue me the $145 credit regardless but only for this year. My experience with Citi however is that the right arm is usually not talking to the left arm so I will report back if anything changes.
So anyone out there that became a Citigold client AFTER April 14th AND then applied for the Prestige get the $145 credit?
As of April 14th the Citigold relationship credit for the Prestige card product has been discontinued for new clients. Existing Citigold clients prior April 14th will be grandfathered at $350 (ie will receive the $145 credit against the $495 A/F) but Citigold clients after April 14th will not get the offsetting credit.
This obviously is confusing as it seems to imply that the date that matters is not when you received the card but rather when you became a Citigold client. In my case my relationship manager became utterly frustrated with her company and they agreed to issue me the $145 credit regardless but only for this year. My experience with Citi however is that the right arm is usually not talking to the left arm so I will report back if anything changes.
So anyone out there that became a Citigold client AFTER April 14th AND then applied for the Prestige get the $145 credit?
The card is worth keeping at $100 net cost for CG customers.
At $250 it becomes dicier, especially since I bet a lot of CG customers are candidates for discounted Schwab Amex Plats.
May 11, 2019, 11:27 pm
#386
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: HNL,HI,USA
Posts: 256
I was CG, downgraded to Priority when requirements changed, and recently got my balance back up over 200K to be CG for this discount again (annual fee coming up next month). If there's no discount, I'll probably move my $$ out of citi but keep the card- I put ~50K on restaurants annually for work events so it's worth it for me.
May 12, 2019, 9:46 am
#388
Join Date: Sep 2011
Programs: Virgin Atlantic Silver, IHG Diamond, Bonvoy Gold, Hilton Diamond, AA Platinum Pro
Posts: 1,386
May 13, 2019, 9:05 pm
#389
Join Date: May 2003
Location: LAX
Programs: DL-Plat, UA-Plat 2MM, AA-PlatPro, B6-Mosaic 3, AY-Plat, HY-Globalist, MR-LT Plat, HH-Gold
Posts: 1,235
I was CG, downgraded to Priority when requirements changed, and recently got my balance back up over 200K to be CG for this discount again (annual fee coming up next month). If there's no discount, I'll probably move my $$ out of citi but keep the card- I put ~50K on restaurants annually for work events so it's worth it for me.
Jun 18, 2019, 9:45 pm
#390
Join Date: May 2003
Location: LAX
Programs: DL-Plat, UA-Plat 2MM, AA-PlatPro, B6-Mosaic 3, AY-Plat, HY-Globalist, MR-LT Plat, HH-Gold
Posts: 1,235
It’s back!
As of April 14th the Citigold relationship credit for the Prestige card product has been discontinued for new clients. Existing Citigold clients prior April 14th will be grandfathered at $350 (ie will receive the $145 credit against the $495 A/F) but Citigold clients after April 14th will not get the offsetting credit.
Banking Relationship Annual Credit exclusively for qualifying Citigold clients
Earn a $145 annual statement credit automatically on your card when you have a qualifying Citigold account and remain a card member.
In addition, for each Authorized User on your account you will receive a $25 statement credit on your card.
To learn more, contact your Citigold Relationship Manager.
To qualify for the statement credit, you must have an open and current Citi Prestige Card account with an assessed $495 Annual Fee and assessed $75 Authorized User Fee with a qualifying open Citigold Account (subject to the terms of your Citigold account), as of the date the statement credit is posted to your Card Account. Annually, the statement credit will be posted to your Card Account within three (3) billing cycles after the date your Annual Fee is charged to your Card Account.
Earn a $145 annual statement credit automatically on your card when you have a qualifying Citigold account and remain a card member.
In addition, for each Authorized User on your account you will receive a $25 statement credit on your card.
To learn more, contact your Citigold Relationship Manager.
To qualify for the statement credit, you must have an open and current Citi Prestige Card account with an assessed $495 Annual Fee and assessed $75 Authorized User Fee with a qualifying open Citigold Account (subject to the terms of your Citigold account), as of the date the statement credit is posted to your Card Account. Annually, the statement credit will be posted to your Card Account within three (3) billing cycles after the date your Annual Fee is charged to your Card Account.
CitiGold + Prestige is back in play for me.