The Points Mom

Citi ThankYou Premier Card-LIMITED TIME OFFER 10 TOTAL POINTS PER $1 SPENT ON HOTEL & CAR RENTALS when booked on the Citi Travel portal through 6/30/2024

Card Highlights Citi ThankYou Premier Card is a Credit Card With a credit card, you can carry a balance and accrue interest if necessary. Note this is not advised by me. The points game does not work well, if you are carrying a balance and accruing interest. See #4 in Let’s Get Started To Earning […]

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If You Collect Citi ThankYou Points With A Citi ThankYou Premier Or Prestige, You Should Think About A Citi Double Cash Card-I Did And Then Got One!

The Citi Double Cash Card is a CASH BACK card that has no annual fee.  It is very appealing because you earn cash back on your purchases twice — You earn 1% unlimited cash back on all your purchases and an additional 1% on payments based on those purchases.  Before today, you were able to redeem your cash back for […]

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What Does The Bonus Category “Entertainment” Mean For The Citi ThankYou Cards?

  You earn 2X ThankYou Points on Entertainment with the Citi ThankYou Premier card.  The full definition of Entertainment from Citibank is below, I have bolded the main entertainment categories…As you can see it is a very broad definition!!!! “select entertainment merchants, include sports promoters, theatrical promoters, movie theaters, amusement parks, tourist attractions, record stores and […]

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What Does The Bonus Category “Travel” Mean For The Citi ThankYou Cards?

You currently earn 2X Citi ThankYou points when you use your Citi ThankYou Premier Card on travel purchases that include airfare, hotels and travel agencies.  Starting 4/19/2015, you earn 3X ThankYou Points on Travel that includes the above as well as gas and parking and more.  The full definition of Travel from Citibank is below, I […]

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Comparing Travel Redemption Options of the Major Banks

In this post, I am going to talk about redeeming points for travel.   This post will not focus on transferring points, but rather on, using points to pay for travel.  Also, as you will see below, some of these cards offer a point discount/bonus when redeeming and others offer a point rebate.  You can […]

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