bdschobel

Moved by SkiAdcock and seconded by bdschobel:

"The TalkBoard recommends to the Community Director the creation of a Citibank | ThankYou Rewards forum in the Credit Card Programs/Partners category."

Forum description:

"Discuss Citi cards which earn ThankYou Rewards points including Preferred, Premier, Prestige and CitiBusiness cards. This forum also hosts limited discussion of co-branded American Airlines and Hilton Hotels cards issued by Citibank. However, reward redemption and valuation topics are covered in the AAdvantage and HHonors forums."

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philemer

I'm fine with this in general. But I'd suggest some changes:

1. Just use "Citi' and not "Citibank" (We didn't use "Chase Bank", just "Chase") for consistency. Not a deal breaker though either way.

2. Drop the word "Rewards" and use the correct term "ThankYou Points" (like "Chase | Ultimate Rewards", but "Rewards" is part of the actual title).
See https://www.citi.com/credit-cards/cr...l-credit-cards

3. Add the words/letters "AA" and "Hilton" (Citi is big on these 2 programs).

So the final product would look like this:

Citi | ThankYou Points, AA and Hilton

I know this is a work in progress and I'm sure others will have some good input.

philemer

bdschobel

I would take that as a friendly amendment.

Bruce

wharvey

Personally, I see no reason to add AA and Hilton. We do not do that for other programs where you can transfer miles/points. I think the forum description is adequate to highlight those programs if we feel we should highlight a particular airline or hotel program (I do not believe we should).

I do support creation of this forum.

SkiAdcock

Citi has a ThankYou Rewards program. Aren't TY points what is earned under the program?

I'm fine with Citi vs. Citibank; both are correct. Citi has a citi.com & citibank.com. Chase is simply chase.com

I think AA & Hilton should be in the program description, not in the title.

BTW - mia was kind enough to write the forum description for me, as I'm not that familiar with the Citi cards/program.

Cheers.

bdschobel

In accordance with the guidelines that we'll announce if a motion has passed or failed once enough yes or no votes have been recorded by TB members, this is the public notice that this motion will pass as it has secured at least 6 yes votes.

Please note that not all TB members have voted yet, and so a final announcement with who voted yes/no will not be posted until all 9 have voted or the voting period ends.

Bruce

philemer

The only problem with this is that people don't normally read the description so Citi AA & Hilton related posts will end up in the CCP forum. This happens in the Chase | UR forum--people start new threads daily in the CCP forum when they should go in the Chase forum, because the thread is not UR related. I tried to get "& other Chase cards" added to the forum title in the beginning but I was overruled.

philemer

You missed my point. All programs could be deemed "rewards" programs. But that word is not part of the official CITI TY Points title. But "Ultimate Rewards" is the official title of the Chase program. The CITI program is simply called "ThankYou Points". I don't think adding on the word "Rewards" is necessary.. I surrender.

mia

I do so hate to disagree with my colleague from the Mountain Time Zone, but the official name is: ThankYou Rewards

See here: Welcome to ThankYou® Rewards

philemer

Well, kiss my grits! I stand corrected.

Mary2e

I disagree with adding another forum for credit card rewards.

The game is slowly being shut down as issuers tighten up the application and reward process.

Chase has just changed their T&C to specifically allow them to close the accounts due to churning. MS, IMHO, is going to die off eventually as well.

We don't need another forum that is going to become unused in a short period of time.

mia

Credit card forum discussions are not just about churning or manufactured spending. Flyertalk had card forums long before either of these practices were prevalent, and neither has been common outside the USA. Cards provide travel related benefits in addition to rewards.

Mary2e

I know that I actually frequented the few that existed more often than I do now because there are so many of them.

Now in order to see if there's a good deal out there for a card I have to check several of them.

Most of those forums are now about churning and MS with little other stuff mixed in. I do still check them from time to time

SkiAdcock

Oh my gosh - I haven't heard kiss my grits in a long time (Southern relatives). Thanks for the chuckle

Cheers.

roki

On the Citi/Citibank issue, Citi is the correct way to go. The rewards are earned cross-entity, so the parent/umbrella name is probably right:

Citi (or Citigroup)
>Citi Cards
>Citibank
>Citi Mortgage
>Citi Personal Wealth Management


<--former Citi employee