Comments on: What are Citi ThankYou points worth? Here’s how to get the most out of them

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 21 May 2021 15:22:59 +0000

I have a Premier card and my rate for cash back or a statement credit is 1 point = 1 cent, not the 0.5 noted in the article. Maybe they have recently changed their policy? Either way, it’s the same value as gift cards, at least with a Premier card, it seems.

By: Ron Rahhal

Ron Rahhal — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 15:43:42 +0000

When comparing the relative value of TYP, MR and UR, it is also important to remember the ease of which these can be obtained. For regular spend, my #1 category is dining, 5x on the Prestige, whereas the most you can get from the others is 3x UR and 4x MR. Also, the Premier is increasing supermarket spend to 3x, a definite boon. I only use TYP through the portal for rental cards, sucks that it will go from 1.25 to 1 cent per point. Anyway, value of TYP, MR and UR is not static and highly personal – I can wring equal value out of all three. Pays to diversify!

By: Dom

Dom — Mon, 09 Mar 2020 19:14:03 +0000

When I read about the Citi Premier card on Citi’s website, it says you only get the 1.25 per point towards airfare. However, this article states on all travel through the portal. If it is on all travel through the portal it would help persuade me to sign up.

By: TimD

TimD — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 16:02:53 +0000

Have had the Sears citi card for a while I used it once recently then got offers for 5x gas grocery restaurant and if i spend 300 will get 3000 points is that worth it?

By: Jordan

Jordan — Sun, 04 Aug 2019 03:23:06 +0000

In reply to sarah strang. That sounds like a very difficult payout on your employer since the points value is relative. What you could do is find the retail rate of the item or trip you bought and show them that.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Sun, 04 Aug 2019 03:11:29 +0000

The best transfer partners for Citi are LifeMiles & Asia Miles. Reason being is that you are getting almost identical mile rates as their US partners United & American and they can be used for all of the Star Alliance & OneWorld Partners. Getting 5 miles per dollar for basically American Airlines flight is better than the AA card itself.

By: Chad

Chad — Sat, 08 Jun 2019 20:29:19 +0000

In reply to Chad. I misread, its 1000 pts per dollar, making the TY points worth 1.2 cents.

By: Chad

Chad — Sat, 08 Jun 2019 20:12:59 +0000

I see that I can get 12 Shop Your way points per 1 TY point, if those are valued at 1 cent, this is double any other partner. Any comments? I love using shop your way with the 100 (used to be 200) pts that Uber gives you.

By: sarah strang

sarah strang — Thu, 04 Apr 2019 17:31:20 +0000

I want to turn in a receipt for cash value of personal pts used for business trip- is there a chart to show what I would have paid for a certain flight which is not offered on cash only schedule?

By: Harlan Vaughn

Harlan Vaughn — Wed, 09 Jan 2019 20:33:31 +0000

In reply to Michael Nahum.

You could definitely do that! That’s a better deal for hotel stays.

The only down side would be if you wanted to redeem for a stay with the Prestige 4th night free perk – then the points would have to be in your Prestige account. It would work out to a 25% off with either card.

Still, I’d run the numbers both ways to see what’s more beneficial as far as points options.

For airfare, it doesn’t matter until later this year (September 2019) when the Prestige points value decreases to 1 cent each. You can use either card account to get the same value – for now.

Just note, once you combine accounts it cannot be undone. But you can transfer between accounts all you like.

Hope that helps!