Eujeanie

I just checked and they are still accepting applications - no annual fee, 40,000 bonus points if you spend $1,000 within 4 months, well before the 1/1 drop dead date.

Sounds like an easy way to pick up 40,000 H points. And who knows, maybe they will give a consolation prize for going away...

TravelinSperry

Wow. https://www.americanexpress.com/us/c...29-10-0/?print

I'll tell ya no shot of me applying for this card next year if they don't remove this fee. No shot. My wallet is full of cards with no foreign transaction fee. Why would anyone accept that if they travel internationally nowadays?

Eujeanie

If you live in LA (still America last time I checked), and you already have a wallet full of cards you can use internationally, why NOT keep this one for domestic travel? Even if you don't "travel" domestically, 6x points at supermarkets, gas stations, restaurants...why not? You DO eat and drive in LA, don't you?

MASTERNC

My question (besides the one on the free night, which Citi said would be honored if $10k was reached by 12/31) is why this wasn't announced before AMEX's offer of 100k points for upgrading to the Surpass card expired on May 31. Seems suspicious (if not just bad) timing.

agprint

Lauren - I may not have expressed myself clearly. I am referring to the $10K spend for the ANNIVERSARY free weekend night certificate. In the past this certificate is not sent until after you have reached your card member year anniversary. This past year I met my spend requirement in early December, but did not receive my certificate until Feb 18th. Next Feb will be AFTER the conclusion of the Hilton Honors Citi card program. So, with that additional info, can you tell me if indeed I will get the certificate - even after Jan 1, 2018? Many thanks.

linsj

I've been wanting this for years.

Andriyko

No doubt about that! Which is why it was great when Hilton partnered with both financial institutions - we could choose the one that fitted our travel patterns more. As many here, I am very unhappy about the foreign exchange fee that AmEx charges.

TravelinSperry

Because I don't already have the card. I'm less likely to apply for one that I will solely use for a small portion of spend since it requires an annual fee. If it didn't have the annual fee, I may do as you suggest. But this card, even with the bonuses isn't better than the Starwood card for domestic purchases. Starwood nets more points to consumers (inclusive of spend v redemption). So it'd be solely used for domestic Hilton stays. Not worth it imo, although I might reconsider depending on domestic Hilton stay patterns for 2018.

mikesyr18

The ThankYou Premier is a World Elite MasterCard.

jimmac

Thanks for the reply, Lauren. Please do pass along my contact as I would be very interested in any news on a possible HH card in Canada.

coffee18

@agprint-- Lauren replied to my question, which is similar to yours:

In other words they are trying to figure this out. Thanks Lauren!

pinniped

TYP is also going through its own mini-devaluation, with AA flight redemptions getting more expensive in the next few weeks (?).

I have a couple TYP cards and looked at them as relatively decent no-FX-fee cards that came with some other benefits (one of mine has lounge access, for example). Since I fly AA pretty regularly, I just think of them as cashback cards. As soon as I hit a couple hundred bucks' worth of points, I spend them on a flight.

My guess is that Chase's Sapphire card is better for most people...if you want a home-grown-points type of card that redeems for travel and transfers into other types of points.

In 6 months, I'll be entirely out of TYP. I'm likely to cancel one card and turn the other one into a Costco Visa. The end of the AAdmiral's Club partnership kills most of the value I was getting from my one lounge-access card.

hurnik

I originally posted that the Trip insurance currently offered automagically by the Citi Hilton (Visa Signature Card), has a "covered reason" that includes if your Pet gets sick or something.

I've yet to see any other insurance provided on any other credit card to have this as a "covered reason" (YOU getting sick or someone travelling with you, yes).

As such, since the Amex Surpass card does not have this as a covered reason, it would mean that I'd have to purchase a third party policy with "cancel for any reason" coverage which is a minimum of $200 almost every time I've checked.

(quoting from the Citi Hilton Travel Protection PDF thingy):
"Covered Reasons: Illness or Personal Matters:
The Covered Traveler(s) becomes sick or injured, and is advised by a licensed medical practitioner not to travel.
The Covered Traveler(s) is advised by a licensed medical practitioner not to travel after the purchase date of the Trip due to a medical advisory issued by a health or government agency, that directly affects the Covered Traveler’s Trip Destination.
The Covered Traveler’s Family Member, not traveling on the Trip, has an injury or illness that is either life threatening or requires care from the Covered Traveler(s) and is verified by a licensed medical practitioner.
The Covered Traveler’s Pet, has an injury or serious illness that is either life threatening or requires care and is verified by a licensed veterinarian. Pet(s) means any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately."

236Dakota

Lauren,
This answer is a little in clear. Could you please confirm that if one meets the $40,000 spend requirement on the Hilton/Citibank Reserve card in 2017 that they will in fact have Diamond status through March 31, 2019.
Thank you,
236Dakota

MD/DC Flyer

Lauren,

Unfortunately this is not how the Citi Annual Weekend night certificate works - is only post one statement after the statement after the annual fee posts.

I'm in the same boat - my anniversary date is in December (which means the certificate only post in January). I'm almost done with the $10K spend (about $200 shy of it) and would like to get confirmation that the certificate will actually post, despite the expected posting day in January-February 2018, after the agreement with Citi will expire.

As timing is also important, if Hilton decides to post the certificate earlier it would be advisable to allow it to expire on the date it was supposed to expire. Or if indeed now it is going to post immediately, I'd like to know that so I can delay my expenditure on the card to time it correctly.

As someone who have many hotel certificates and stays to balance, it would not do me much good to have a certificate out of sequence, as it is already "committed" to a particular stay in the future and having it expired before that stay would mean I've spend a lot of money on the card unnecessarily.