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Prestige $250 Travel Credit temporarily includes Restaurants & Supermarkets
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Just received this email!
Nice update to the card |
I’d received my travel credit for 2020 already for a prepaid but refundable Travelocity hotel booking. Canceled the booking a week ago and got a refund to Citi. I’m wondering how long it will take for them to notice.
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it's only for this year though... and even with this credit being easier to use... it's still not justifying the $595 fee is my main problem :(.
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Perfect timing before I cancel next month. Got my full $250 in this last statement from supermarkets
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Well, if you don't post the loop hole, then less likely that they'll figure it out. SILENCE!!!!!!
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Originally Posted by NOLAnwGOLD
(Post 32381495)
Well, if you don't post the loop hole, then less likely that they'll figure it out. SILENCE!!!!!!
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Does the credit show up on statement close?
Or a few days after the purchase? |
Prestige Card- Timing of Travel Credit
I mistakenly thought my annual fee would not be assessed til July. As I am not utilizing the value of the Prestige card I was planning to cancel (unless I was able to score an awesome retention bonus having been twice unsuccessful at that but having kept the card nonetheless). I have left a good portion of the $250 annual travel credit untapped. I had planned to make a travel purchase of some sort this month. Will I still be able to count on the travel credit? My next statement should close around 7/3 and my autopay for my June statement which includes the $495 annual fee is scheduled for 7/1. The $11 travel credit I received (for a restaurant purchase) posted the same day my June statement closed. So I am wondering if my "travel year" in terms of my statement credit ended the date my annual fee assessed or the date when it is due.
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Originally Posted by Redeemed
(Post 32429827)
,,,, So I am wondering if my "travel year" in terms of my statement credit ended the date my annual fee assessed or the date when it is due.
Your Card Account is eligible to receive statement credits of up to $250 per calendar year for Travel Purchases made by the Primary cardmember or Authorized Users and which appear on your billing statement during that calendar year (“Travel Credit”). Citi will automatically post available Travel Credit(s) after eligible Travel Purchases appear on your statement. Please allow one to two billing cycles after the qualifying purchase is charged to your Card Account for statement credit(s) to be posted to the account. |
Also ... You can use the Citi Prestige travel credits at supermarkets and restaurants until the end of the year.
https://frequentmiler.boardingarea.c...to-meet-spend/ |
Originally Posted by hurnik
(Post 32393714)
Does the credit show up on statement close?
Or a few days after the purchase? |
Does anyone know if loading up uber cash balance triggers the credit ? I'm asking this not specifically for 2020 but for the next year. I may downgrade my Prestige to DC early next year and was wondering how to best utilize the $250 credit for next year.
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Bump. Does anyone know if Supermarkets includes Prime Now pick-up and delivery from Whole Foods? I'm not going into super markets because of the pandemic at the moment. Thanks.
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There is no reliable answer to this question. Amazon uses several names to market similar services across the country. If (in your market) Prime Now offers general merchandise, and you just happen to order groceries, the merchant account used to bill the transaction will likely not be a Whole Foods account.
There is some useful discussion in this thread: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/chas...streaming.html Start reading at post 29 and continue to at least post 50, with particular attention to post 38 which is a good summary of the diverse Amazon grocery delivery services. |
The extension of the travel credit MAY have been extended to December 2021
This is what appears under the Prestige Card Information on www.citi.com Up to $250 Travel Credit Every Calendar YearThere's no need to enroll, your credit is applied automatically to eligible travel purchases. Now, through December 2021, supermarket and restaurant purchases will also count towards the $250 Travel Credit.2 Link: https://www.citi.com/credit-cards/cr...MSDefaultOffer Unfortunately, credit card customer service knows nothing about the extension and the only information they have it expired at year end. So YMMV |
https://online.citi.com/JRS/Marketin.../info-icon.pngCitiCards still denies the extension even though details appear on citi.com
Claim only available for new cardmembers. Nonsense. Benefit now includes Supermarket and Restaurant purchases from 1/1/2021January 1, 2021 through 12/31/2021December 31, 2021 At Citi, we are committed to continuing to drive value for our cardmembers. We understand that traveling may not be possible for you right now. As such, we have temporarily expanded the categories of purchases that qualify for the $250 Travel Credit benefitGo to footnote 1 to help cardmembers receive the full value of this benefit in 2021. Between January 1, 2021 and December 31, 2021, in addition to Travel purchases, purchases made with your Citi Prestige card at SupermarketsGo to footnote 2 and Restaurants (including takeout)Go to footnote 2 will also count toward this Expanded $250 Travel Credit benefit in 2021Go to footnote 2. To qualify for this expanded benefit, your Citi Prestige account must be open at the time the statement credit is posted to your account. Footnote 1$250 Travel Credit benefit Your Card Account is eligible to receive statement credits of up to $250 per calendar year for Travel Purchases made by the Primary cardmember or Authorized Users and which appear on your billing statement during that calendar year (Travel Credit). Citi will automatically post available Travel Credit(s) after eligible Travel Purchases appear on your statement. Please allow one to two billing cycles after the qualifying purchase is charged to your Card Account for statement credit(s) to be posted to the account.
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Citi customer service reps are often misinformed. I would not stress about it if it's literally published on their website.
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Got an email from Citi this morning confirming the extension.
Your Supermarket and Restaurant purchases (including takeout)** qualify toward your annual $250 Travel Credit benefit — in addition to travel purchases — through December 31, 2021. It's just another way to enjoy the value and benefits of your card, even close to home. **Additional Qualifying Purchase Categories • Supermarket Purchases are defined as purchases made within the Supermarket category. Purchases that won't count toward the Expanded Travel Credit are those made at general merchandise/discount superstores, freezer/meat locker provisioners, dairy product stores, miscellaneous food/convenience stores, markets, drugstores, warehouse clubs, wholesale clubs, specialty vendors, bakeries, candy stores, nut stores, confectionery stores, and meal kit delivery services. Purchases made at online supermarkets which are not classified as a supermarket by using the supermarket merchant code also won't count toward the Expanded Travel Credit. • Restaurant Purchases are defined as purchases made within the Restaurant category. Purchases that won't count toward the Expanded Travel Credit are those made at bakeries, caterers and restaurants located inside other establishments (such as hotels, department stores, grocery stores, discount and convenience stores or warehouse clubs). |
Originally Posted by docbert
(Post 32950647)
Got an email from Citi this morning confirming the extension.
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Can I use the $250 travel credit to buy $250 worth of giftcards from a Safeway or Wholefoods?
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