Keep in mind, though, that Citi
ThankYou points work a bit differently than points from other programs.
Not exact matches
You get 2x the
ThankYou points on this, regardless of whether its procrastinating from class
work, or a treat and study break.
The
ThankYou Premier Card
works on a
points system.
Citibank deserves kudos for
working hard to improve their program, even though I wrote a takedown of it a few months ago as part of my series on the downsides of flexible reward currencies (see «Just How Terrible Are Citi
ThankYou Points?
The way it
works here is that Best Buy will charge the full amount to your card, and then Citi
ThankYou will give you statement credit based on how many
points you want to use.
Citi
ThankYou points is one of the best travel reward currencies out there, but you need to understand how they
work or you might find your
points forfeited.
Citibank will be losing Hilton Honors as a transfer partner in just a few weeks time but, while that will leave the
ThankYou Points program without any hotel partners at all, at least Citi is still
working on the airline side of things.
It's worth
pointing out that even with full access to
ThankYou's transfer partners, Membership Rewards is a slightly better program because of the quality of the carriers it
works with.
If you want some flexibility in how you can put your
points to
work, you'll appreciate the Citi
ThankYou ® Program.
A credit toward the cost of revenue flights
works just like using
ThankYou points or Ultimate Rewards
points to pay for a ticket through the Chase or Citi travel agencies.
Or, you could
work Citi
ThankYou cards in the mix like the Citi
ThankYou Premier, which earn
points you can transfer at a 1:1.5 rate, so that every 10,000
points earns you 15,000 HHonors
points.
The new transfer partner tool
works for Chase Ultimate Rewards, American Express Membership Rewards, Citi
ThankYou and SPG
points.