[Not implemented] Citi ThankYou Points To Be Transferable To BA, AA & Singapore Air
May 20, 2012, 11:59 am
#196
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The May issue of Inside Flyer states on page 40 that Citibank ThankYou points can be transferred to BA and SQ accounts.
"Citibank hasn't officially released an announcement on the new transfer option, but members report being able to log into their account and transfer points into miles with British Airways and Singapore Airlines."
Has anyone done so?
"Citibank hasn't officially released an announcement on the new transfer option, but members report being able to log into their account and transfer points into miles with British Airways and Singapore Airlines."
Has anyone done so?
May 31, 2012, 11:13 am
#197
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Still waiting for this to happen, but a Paris-Nice flight for 10k TY points each r/t which would cost me $140 ai is not a bad deal for TY points at 1.4 cents each. May have to go ahead and start spending some of these. I don't plan on holding on to these points when it comes time for annual fee on Citi TY card and I cancel (which i'd lose the points).
May 31, 2012, 11:38 am
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Still waiting for this to happen, but a Paris-Nice flight for 10k TY points each r/t which would cost me $140 ai is not a bad deal for TY points at 1.4 cents each. May have to go ahead and start spending some of these. I don't plan on holding on to these points when it comes time for annual fee on Citi TY card and I cancel (which i'd lose the points).
If you open a no fee TYP card or just downgrade to one, wont you be able to keep the points?
May 31, 2012, 12:11 pm
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Either way, i'm not sure how long I want to hold off for the transfer option to come around. It is now 2 months after when Dan said it was supposed to be allowed. We have points to use them of course, and sitting on 700k AA and 200k BA, both of those transfer options aren't something we HAVE to have extra for. Cash is something we keep running short on due to a bathroom renovation, so points may need to be used now
.And good point about the other TY points card. I wasn't aware that there was a free one. Thanks!
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May 31, 2012, 12:14 pm
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In the past Citi gives 30 days for you to clear out the points associated with the canceled sponsor cards.
May 31, 2012, 12:17 pm
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Sorry to ask again, but is this so when you downgrade the card as well?
May 31, 2012, 12:21 pm
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Yes. In fact the language is in the small print and it covers the conversion of card scenario also. There is no way to preserve your TYPs should you cancel your sponsor card unlike the AMEX membershp reward which does not identify points earned from various AMEX cards (internally they do, but not you can see online.) TYP specifically identifies each pts earned from what card, and in the past, the expiration dates as well. In my situation I have 160K+ TYPs associated with my existing Premier card that will expire March 2013 and there is no way I can extend it despite it is 2/3 of my total TYP pool.
Jun 3, 2012, 7:04 am
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Citibank is so incompetent that they managed to give this rumor traction by confirming it on the phone, yet NOTHING at all is happening.
Jun 6, 2012, 12:52 pm
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Just got off the phone with a Citi CSR. She had been on vacation for a month and just got back today. I asked about the possibility of transferring points to airline miles and she said she thought it was possible, put me on hold to do some research and came back: yes, transfers to BA and Singapore. She took my KrisFlyer # and entered all the data but it came back with an error message. She checked with a supervisor who said that the transfer option was going to be offered but that Citi had decided not to go ahead with it. I asked her to to check with the supervisor to clarify: was this not yet available, or was this never going to be available. Unfortunately, she came back with "never". Not good news, but maybe not the last word.
Jun 6, 2012, 1:00 pm
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Just got off the phone with a Citi CSR. She had been on vacation for a month and just got back today. I asked about the possibility of transferring points to airline miles and she said she thought it was possible, put me on hold to do some research and came back: yes, transfers to BA and Singapore. She took my KrisFlyer # and entered all the data but it came back with an error message. She checked with a supervisor who said that the transfer option was going to be offered but that Citi had decided not to go ahead with it. I asked her to to check with the supervisor to clarify: was this not yet available, or was this never going to be available. Unfortunately, she came back with "never". Not good news, but maybe not the last word.
Jun 6, 2012, 3:14 pm
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Darn.
Jun 6, 2012, 4:02 pm
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Just got off the phone with a Citi CSR. She had been on vacation for a month and just got back today. I asked about the possibility of transferring points to airline miles and she said she thought it was possible, put me on hold to do some research and came back: yes, transfers to BA and Singapore. She took my KrisFlyer # and entered all the data but it came back with an error message. She checked with a supervisor who said that the transfer option was going to be offered but that Citi had decided not to go ahead with it. I asked her to to check with the supervisor to clarify: was this not yet available, or was this never going to be available. Unfortunately, she came back with "never". Not good news, but maybe not the last word.
Jun 6, 2012, 4:04 pm
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I think they were not happy about the leak. So now they want people to stop expecting it and then surprise us.
Jun 6, 2012, 4:06 pm
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Jun 6, 2012, 4:09 pm
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I think, dude, that you're probably in the wrong line of gender as well. I suspect she was on maternity leave.