What are the benefits of a Chaimans card?
 

Hi, is there a site that lists all the benefits of a chairmans card in detail?

Thankx

10 second search on google and here it is.

http://www.getuniversalcard.com/us/c...rman/index.jsp

I received my card last week, but have no had a chance to use it or compare it to my AmEx Plat or ML+.

I have not been that impressed with the card. I woud just as soon use the 500 annual fee for the card to buy a real lounge membership with a particular airline.

More details here .

I can explain how the chairman Card works as I used to have one and canceled it because Citibank only Waived the annual fee for the first year on it.

The airport access for chairman Card is provided by Priority Pass So you dont get access to some airlines lounges (CO, NW, DL) like you do with American Express Plat but this 3rd party company runs there own clubs in a lot of major airports. This is the same program they give you if you have the Diners Club Card which costs $95 a year. And Centurion Card($2500)

For the most part both chairman Card and Citi PremierPass Card - Elite Level $75 Annual fee has the same benfits. Both have the same Citibank "Thank You" reward program. Both earns points at the same rate. 1 point for every mile you fly on any airline. 2 points for every dollar you spend at supermarkets, drug stores, gas stations, commuter transportation and parking merchants.1 point for every dollar you spend on all other purchases. chairman Card has no point limit but points can only be redem in equal amounts flown point to spent points just like the PremierPass Card which has 100,000 flown points + 100,000 spending point limit.

Now on the Complimentary companion tickets there are some differnces mainly Citi PremierPass Card - Elite Level you can only buy domestic coach tickets from a company called "Sprint Travel" who for the most parts tickets save you between $20-$50 vs buying 2 tickets direct from the airline without having the saturday night stay requirement. Chairman Card offers the same domestic coach tickets offer but expands it to includes first-class domestic and international first-class tickets. Again American Express Platium Card Internatinal first-class program seems to be slightly better as you can buy your ticket direct from any airlines without having to buy "Sprint Travel" overpriced ticket.American Express promo also does not require a Saturday night stay and does not need to start and end in the USA. So with American Express you can buy for example a London-Paris ticket but not with the chairman Card.

Chairman Card Personal Assistants can help arrange the perfect anniversary surprise party or family vacation - This is the same Diners Club Concierge Service as a matter of fact Citigroup uses the same call centers for both. Again Diners Club is $95 Vs chairman Card is $400

Now for the benfits you get with Chairman Card that no other Citigroup Card gives you but only Centurion Card($2500 Annual Fee) from American Express or American Express Platium gives you.

Gold VIP status in the Hilton HHonors - Same benfit you get from Centurion Card ($2500)

Leading Hotels of the World contracted 20% off of retail price. Both Chairman Card and Platium American Express($400) and Centurion Card($2500) offer this benfit.

On-Demand Air Chartering Privileges - Both Chairman Card And Centurion Card offer this benfit. Not like I think anyone who reads this forum will ever use this service but you still have the option to really over pay for a LA-NYC ticket if you want.

Granteed the American Express Centurion has many other benfits over the Chairman Card but for an extra $2100 a year. But you can get both a PremierPass Card - Elite Level + a Diners Club card for $170 and have more or less all the same benfits as Chairman Card for lot less except first-class companion ticket promo + some minor hotels benfits and an airline chater service.

Quoted from my post on Fatwallet.com

<<airport access for chairman Card is provided by Priority Pass So you dont get access to some airlines lounges (CO, NW, DL) like you do with American Express Plat but this 3rd party company runs there own clubs in a lot of major airports. This is the same program they give you if you have the Diners Club Card which costs $95 a year.>>

Diners Club, in the USA, does not include Priority Pass. The Diners Club lounge network is smaller. In particular, it includes only two US airports (Miami and Newark), while Priority Pass advertises locations at over 50 US airports.

<<1 point for every mile you fly on any airline. 2 points for every dollar you spend at supermarkets, drug stores, gas stations, commuter transportation and parking merchants.1 point for every dollar you spend on all other purchases>>

Chairman Card earns two additional Thank You points, for a total of three, at supermarkets, drug stores, gas stations, commuter transportation and parking merchants.

Note that Hilton Gold status can also be obtained "free" by spending $25,000 per calendar year on the American Express HHonors credit card.

dennis

Sorry about Airport access you correct about it. I think Diners at one point had more lounges. I normally fly on mileage first class tickets so I get access to airlines own lounges for free did not notice over the last couple of years Diners Club reduced there number of lounges in the USA.

I upgraded...
 

I upgraded from Premier Pass to Chairman. I also have an Amex Gold and was considering upgrading that to Plat. However, the flight bonuses through the Thank You program with PremierPass/Chairman blow Amex out of the water. My husband and I buy an average of 3-4 plane tickets per month and put them on the chairman card. I put almost all of our household expenses on the chairman card. So, we are racking up about 10-12K points a month on this card. Plus, you get Priority Pass and Hilton Hhonors Gold with Chairman. Yeah, Centurion is probably a better card, but, compare $400 a year to $2500 a year.

Only problem I noticed that was bad with both Chairman and PP cards is you can only redem points in equal amounts flight to purchases points. So if you do many long haul flights you could get many more flights points over purchases points a month.

Example LAX-CDG roundtrip ticket can be bought for as little as $500 but will earn you 11,340 flight points. So until you dont charge $11,340 dollars to your card you wont be able to redem thoses points. And bonus points from supermarkets, drug stores, gas stations, commuter transportation and parking dont count towards flight points redemtion. So basically the program just gives you 1 extra point for all purchases if you happen to buy your ticket with the card.

And another side note I paid the taxes on free milage ticket was given the flight points. So flight points have nothing to do with purchase amount either. Taxes I paid on LAX-CDG ticket was $103.11

That is true. If you are putting tons of flight points on the card, you have to equal it out with purchase points. However, I don't seem to have a problem with racking up lots of purchase points too. Too much shopping, hehehehe!

I think points accumulation is better with the Diamond Preferred Credit Card, where you get up to 5 points per dolllar spent at supermarkets, gas stations, etc. Too bad you can't use those points and match the flight points on the Premier Pass or Chairman Card.

Were the Chairman and PP card make sense only if you purchase flights with your card then you really getting 1 extra point per dollar spent on the card. Ie 2 points per dollar spent anywhere which is much better than Diamond Preferred Credit Card. And most people will make most of there purchases at non 5% promo locations.

Free additional card with Chairman
 

The other thing that I don't think has been pointed out is that the primary cardholder can obtain an additional card (for a spouse or child) with no fee. With the Platinum card, American Express charges an additional $175.

This is absolutely not true. Any points that are not flight points can be matched. This includes the sign-up bonus points, the bonus points from supermarkets, etc., the points you can earn from ThankYou Merchants (at least under the old system--it's no longer clear whether the points still get credited to a specific credit card before going to ThankYou Network), even points that you purchase from Citi (again, under the old system; not sure if still true).

I have 4 additional cardholders on my account; but I'm not sure if they qualify for any of the benefits. They do not get Priority Pass membership, for example. I signed them up for Hilton Gold a long ways back, but I'm not sure if they are technically eligible for that benefit. You'll have to read the fine print to see about additional cardholder benefits.