Jan 11, 2015, 5:15 am
Last edit by: SuperFlyBoy
Consolidated Info for Citi PM Card. (Currently under amendment - 28 July 2014 - SuperFlyBoy)
10x PM miles earned on the following websites:
(Expired Link - doesn't work any longer): Link here for fully updated info: http://www.online.citibank.co.in/car...les-offers.htm
-All airline websites
-Amazon.in (until 9 November 2014)
-GoIbibo.com
-PremierMiles website
-Jabong.com (until 31 March 2015)
-Ezeego1.com
-Groupon.co.in
-fnp.com
-www.onemi.in (until 31 October 2014)
-www.paytm.com (Transactions above Rs. 200/-)
-Yatra.com (extended until 31 December 2014)
-yebhi.com/citibank (Now extended until 30 April 2015)
-www.zansaar.com (Until 10 October 2014)
(Expired Link - doesn't work any longer): Also on these online/offline stores: www.online.citibank.co.in/portal/pdf/PM-10X.pdf
(Expired Link - doesn't work any longer): Also Extra Miles on these Offline stores: http://www.online.citibank.co.in/por...-Locations.pdf
10x PM miles earned on the following websites:
(Expired Link - doesn't work any longer): Link here for fully updated info: http://www.online.citibank.co.in/car...les-offers.htm
-All airline websites
-Amazon.in (until 9 November 2014)
-GoIbibo.com
-PremierMiles website
-Jabong.com (until 31 March 2015)
-Ezeego1.com
-Groupon.co.in
-fnp.com
-www.onemi.in (until 31 October 2014)
-www.paytm.com (Transactions above Rs. 200/-)
-Yatra.com (extended until 31 December 2014)
-yebhi.com/citibank (Now extended until 30 April 2015)
-www.zansaar.com (Until 10 October 2014)
(Expired Link - doesn't work any longer): Also on these online/offline stores: www.online.citibank.co.in/portal/pdf/PM-10X.pdf
(Expired Link - doesn't work any longer): Also Extra Miles on these Offline stores: http://www.online.citibank.co.in/por...-Locations.pdf
Consolidated India-based mileage related Credit Cards thread - 2015 onwards
May 1, 2018, 2:02 pm
#466
Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 389
I have Citi Prestige Credit Card and have accumulated approx. 50,000 points. What would be the best way to redeem these? My ideal was transferring them to SPG or Marriott but that option is not available with Citi Prestige. Is there anyway to accomplish a transfer like that?
Also, is there any updated place to show ongoing promotions for more points for Citi Prestige owners?
Thanks
Also, is there any updated place to show ongoing promotions for more points for Citi Prestige owners?
Thanks
Last edited by kumarshah; May 1, 2018 at 2:08 pm
May 1, 2018, 2:44 pm
#467
Join Date: Jul 2017
Programs: KrisFlyer Gold, Marriott & SPG Plat, Hilton Gold, ShangriLa Jade, Enterprise Plat, Taj Gold
Posts: 3,346
The best way to redeem them would depend entirely on you and what you see value in.
The best value to redeem them would be on F/J travel on SQ, QR, CX etc. And you’ll be able to travel a fair distance with 200k air miles.
You can’t transfer to MR/SPG but if you’re looking for just stays you can redeem with Taj, IHG or Club Carlson.
Citi never has any points promotions but your target airlines/hotels sometimes do. You’ll have to track them separately. Eg: 9W might give 50% bonus on transfering miles to them. BA gave a good bonus through much of last year IIRC.
The best value to redeem them would be on F/J travel on SQ, QR, CX etc. And you’ll be able to travel a fair distance with 200k air miles.
You can’t transfer to MR/SPG but if you’re looking for just stays you can redeem with Taj, IHG or Club Carlson.
Citi never has any points promotions but your target airlines/hotels sometimes do. You’ll have to track them separately. Eg: 9W might give 50% bonus on transfering miles to them. BA gave a good bonus through much of last year IIRC.
May 1, 2018, 2:47 pm
#468
Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 389
The best way to redeem them would depend entirely on you and what you see value in.
The best value to redeem them would be on F/J travel on SQ, QR, CX etc. And you’ll be able to travel a fair distance with 200k air miles.
You can’t transfer to MR/SPG but if you’re looking for just stays you can redeem with Taj, IHG or Club Carlson.
Citi never has any points promotions but your target airlines/hotels sometimes do. You’ll have to track them separately. Eg: 9W might give 50% bonus on transfering miles to them. BA gave a good bonus through much of last year IIRC.
The best value to redeem them would be on F/J travel on SQ, QR, CX etc. And you’ll be able to travel a fair distance with 200k air miles.
You can’t transfer to MR/SPG but if you’re looking for just stays you can redeem with Taj, IHG or Club Carlson.
Citi never has any points promotions but your target airlines/hotels sometimes do. You’ll have to track them separately. Eg: 9W might give 50% bonus on transfering miles to them. BA gave a good bonus through much of last year IIRC.
In points promotions I mean promotions where you earn 5x/10x points for particular spends on your Citi Prestige Card.
May 1, 2018, 3:13 pm
#469
Join Date: Jul 2017
Programs: KrisFlyer Gold, Marriott & SPG Plat, Hilton Gold, ShangriLa Jade, Enterprise Plat, Taj Gold
Posts: 3,346
I don’t ever remember them doing a real 5X/10X points promotion with Prestige or PM. They did a flash offer a few days ago but that was across all credit & debit cards and exceptional circumstances (Citi screwed up with some system upgrades and there was considerable downtime).
May 7, 2018, 5:29 pm
#471
Join Date: Jul 2017
Programs: KrisFlyer Gold, Marriott & SPG Plat, Hilton Gold, ShangriLa Jade, Enterprise Plat, Taj Gold
Posts: 3,346
The only accelerator Prestige has is for foreign currency transactions. So if you buy the ticket from a foreign OTA you’ll get 2 points or 8 miles / Rs. 100 spent.
May 21, 2018, 4:04 am
#472
Moderator: GLBT travelers, India-based Airlines and India; FlyerTalk Evangelist
Original Poster
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Asia
Programs: Yes!
Posts: 15,512
Quick question - need to buy a somewhat last minute INR 2.5L air ticket (all segments on SQ so may be easiest to prob buy on SQ website).
Would it be better to use: Premier Miles, Prestige or Diners Black for this one-off transaction? Thanks!
Tried doing the math/research and came up with
- I could buy thru diners black to get 10x, but that would be capped at 25k...?
- buy on sq website using prestige. transaction is in INR so would be 1 point (or 4 ffp miles) per 100 i.e. 10000 ffp miles total for 2.5L
- buy on sq website using premier miles. would be 10 point (or 5 ffp miles) per 100 i.e. 12500 ffp miles total for 2.5L
Is the above math correct?
And especially for diners black, do I just go directly to yatra or cleartrip, or is it thru some smartbuy website? I was quite confused on the hdfc portal. Can't figure out how to book a multi-city ticket there.
Thanks!
Would it be better to use: Premier Miles, Prestige or Diners Black for this one-off transaction? Thanks!
Tried doing the math/research and came up with
- I could buy thru diners black to get 10x, but that would be capped at 25k...?
- buy on sq website using prestige. transaction is in INR so would be 1 point (or 4 ffp miles) per 100 i.e. 10000 ffp miles total for 2.5L
- buy on sq website using premier miles. would be 10 point (or 5 ffp miles) per 100 i.e. 12500 ffp miles total for 2.5L
Is the above math correct?
And especially for diners black, do I just go directly to yatra or cleartrip, or is it thru some smartbuy website? I was quite confused on the hdfc portal. Can't figure out how to book a multi-city ticket there.
Thanks!
Last edited by AJLondon; May 21, 2018 at 4:14 am
May 21, 2018, 11:11 am
#473
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Goa, India
Programs: Marriott Titanium, IHG Plat Ambassador, Hyatt Explorist, Qatar Gold, Vistara Gold
Posts: 1,294
Diners Black will give you 25k points for the first 75k and for the balance 175k you will earn at 5/150 so that's an additional 5.8k. Bookings have to be via Smartbuy.
Smartbuy doesn't have a multi-city option on the portal, you can try calling them and booking over the phone but I've found their agents to be fairly incompetent.
Smartbuy doesn't have a multi-city option on the portal, you can try calling them and booking over the phone but I've found their agents to be fairly incompetent.
May 22, 2018, 4:23 am
#474
Moderator: GLBT travelers, India-based Airlines and India; FlyerTalk Evangelist
Original Poster
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Asia
Programs: Yes!
Posts: 15,512
Thanks for the info, Anish.
Yup, I quickly lost patience with the smartbuy portal and lack of multicity options. Phone wasn't much help either as you had predicted.
Ended up using the Prestige card and booked it directly on the SQ website.
Yup, I quickly lost patience with the smartbuy portal and lack of multicity options. Phone wasn't much help either as you had predicted.
Ended up using the Prestige card and booked it directly on the SQ website.
Jun 13, 2018, 8:28 am
#476
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 47
Can I just signup for EY Guest, transfer Citi PM miles and redeem instantly or do I need to fulfill some qualifying criteria/activity with EY before being able to redeem..like Tier points or minimum no. of flights. I am not currently a member of EY Guest.
Jun 13, 2018, 10:13 am
#477
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: BOS
Programs: BA Gold, AA Platinum, SQ Gold, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 1,582
I hope someone can answer it here, if not, you may want to ask a mod to move your question to EY group.
Jun 13, 2018, 10:37 am
#478
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Sep 2003
Programs: BA Silver, EY Gold, HH Diamond, IHG Plat
Posts: 12,210
Unless things have change you can just open account, transfer miles and book tickets.
Jul 25, 2018, 9:29 am
#479
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: around the bend
Posts: 400
Just noticed that QF, VS and TK have been added as airline transfer partners for the Prestige and Premiermiles cards. Were QF and VS on the list already? Can't remember. Anyway, it's a total of 14 airline partners now.