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Citi TY Premier

Anonymous — Wed, 15 Aug 2018 13:46:11 GMT

Anyone have this card? Is it one of your daily card? My biggest question however is the use of this card aside from international travel. I wish the JetBlue was 1:1 and I would jump on this 60K offer. Trying to see if it’s worth the app. I love the 3x Travel/Gas and the 2x dining is great as well but I have my Uber card for the 4x.

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mongstradamus — Wed, 15 Aug 2018 14:23:08 GMT

I still have my ty premier I am actually thinking of moving my dining over to that card from my csp/ink cash cards. Its hard to compare travel rewards cards and cash back cards straight up it depends on what you what you value more.

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Anonymous — Wed, 15 Aug 2018 14:43:56 GMT

How do you currently redeem points?

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bondsandloan — Wed, 15 Aug 2018 16:17:54 GMT

Int'l business - Asia miles, Flying Blue & Virgin Atlantic.
Domestic - Jet Blue.

TY points have transfer bonuses run (10% to 30%) often. They had 1,000 TYP to 800 Jet blue points run a few months back.
MR& UR program don't have transfer bonuses running as often. I think.

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Anonymous — Wed, 15 Aug 2018 16:26:50 GMT

I just got approved for this card today and I will only use it for travel and gas after meeting SUB. I have better cards for non category expenses and dining/entertainment.

Points are worth a flat 1.25 cents for me since I don’t use nor do I plan on using any of their transfer partners.

I’m still undecided on what I will do with the card after the 1st year is up though. It really depends on how much I travel or plan too.

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Anonymous — Wed, 15 Aug 2018 17:04:11 GMT

Thanks for the responses guys.

Just trying to weigh whether or not it’s worth it. I can probably get use out of the 1.25 booking through travel with hotels but I would like to maximize for full reward potential with airline transfers. My only issue I’m seeing in my research is it’s primarily international travel. The 1:8 ratio to JetBlue isn’t horrible but would be nice if they had at least one domestic 1:1 transfer. My main travel is domestically and to the Caribbean. I’ll probably be heading out to Europe next summer so maybe there would be some pluses to getting the card.

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K-in-Boston — Wed, 15 Aug 2018 17:10:36 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
Thanks for the responses guys.

Just trying to weigh whether or not it’s worth it. I can probably get use out of the 1.25 booking through travel with hotels but I would like to maximize for full reward potential with airline transfers. My only issue I’m seeing in my research is it’s primarily international travel. The 1:8 ratio to JetBlue isn’t horrible but would be nice if they had at least one domestic 1:1 transfer. My main travel is domestically and to the Caribbean. I’ll probably be heading out to Europe next summer so maybe there would be some pluses to getting the card.

I have the Premier, but haven't put any spend on it since completing the SUB spend. I will also be doing a PC to Prestige from another card next month (assuming it's still available after the rumors). For domestic and Caribbean awards, consider booking Delta flights through either FlyingBlue (Air France/KLM, which I believe still has a 30% transfer bonus going from TYPs) or Virgin Atlantic.

My focus right now is on hitting Marriott Platinum Elite status for the remainder of this year and 2019 since I should be able to qualify through stays going forward but need to do it on spend this year, but I'm going to soon be putting my annual spend into a spreadsheet to figure out what gives me the best bang for the buck going forward. TYPs are certainly in consideration as my go-to program.) Premier is a great all-purpose card, I just wish Prestige had very different earning rates to pair better with it.

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Anonymous — Wed, 15 Aug 2018 17:35:19 GMT

KLM looks to be pretty sweet for international travel however did a quick search and don’t see any domestic flight bookings available from NYC. Although I do see there are plenty KLM operating flights out of here. Weird that no available bookings in next year for anything domestic.

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mongstradamus — Wed, 15 Aug 2018 19:34:22 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
KLM looks to be pretty sweet for international travel however did a quick search and don’t see any domestic flight bookings available from NYC. Although I do see there are plenty KLM operating flights out of here. Weird that no available bookings in next year for anything domestic.

All your domestic flights will be via delta not KLM/AF . I. Am not sure how you can find all of delta partner availability, i remember reading recently that af/Klm don’t post award availability i could be wrong about that . Maybe VS shows delta availability on their site i am not sure

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mongstradamus — Wed, 15 Aug 2018 19:36:13 GMT

@Anonymous

wrote:
How do you currently redeem points?

The main issue i have always had with TYP is they don’t have a domestic partner like UR and MR have, but i have redeemed points with SQ before was trying to pool all my points from MR and UR to fly J with SQ to Far East.

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K-in-Boston — Wed, 15 Aug 2018 19:49:17 GMT

@mongstradamus wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:
KLM looks to be pretty sweet for international travel however did a quick search and don’t see any domestic flight bookings available from NYC. Although I do see there are plenty KLM operating flights out of here. Weird that no available bookings in next year for anything domestic.
All your domestic flights will be via delta not KLM/AF . I. Am not sure how you can find all of delta partner availability, i remember reading recently that af/Klm don’t post award availability i could be wrong about that . Maybe VS shows delta availability on their site i am not sure

Correct; it's not legal for foreign carriers to operate itineraries between two US destinations (marketing codeshare flights on US carriers is perfectly fine). As long as you know there is award availability, you can always call KL or AF to book. Usually the search engine works fine, but I can't seem to be able to have it show any availability today. Here's a pair of screenshots showing that it usually will show domestic awards, and how you need to be careful when booking because it can be really crazy at times. Note that there are hourly flights from BOS-LGA that should be ultra cheap, but this is what came up.

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Anonymous — Wed, 15 Aug 2018 20:40:20 GMT

Got it.. it seems like some strategy needs to be involved to find the best flight for domestic. I’m really not too sure this card would be best for me. I guess the 1.25 redeeming through the portal can be beneficial but may not be worth it.

I’m really just looking for a Travel card to pair with main daily of the Uber card. I’m going to PC my Venture soon which is now a waste after the SUB and AF kicking in.

I’m contemplating the Marriott Rewards Premier Plus as well since I do stay at them a decent amount and still get the ability to transfer to domestic partners like United. I like the 2x back on all other purchases. Even with an AF the free 35k night is more than worth it.

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Anonymous — Wed, 15 Aug 2018 23:33:56 GMT

A SUB worth 750 minimum can go a long ways though. I knew going into the application I wasn’t going to bother with their transfer partners. Not to mention, I’ll rather not jump through hoops to get the best value out of my points.

Im perfectly fine with getting 3.75% back on travel given how I will use the points. This card will pair well with my Savor and Fidelity.

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Anonymous — Thu, 16 Aug 2018 01:31:00 GMT

So it’s 1.25 no matter what travel you redeem for through their portal? So I can book hotels through it and get 1.25? It’s misleading because on the app it says only for airfare.

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K-in-Boston — Thu, 16 Aug 2018 01:49:12 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
So it’s 1.25 no matter what travel you redeem for through their portal? So I can book hotels through it and get 1.25? It’s misleading because on the app it says only for airfare.

Specifically says “flights are worth 25% more” at ThankYou.com too, but I just tested it and it seems to be true for hotels:

Just keep in mind that you usually will earn no points or loyalty credit and amenities when booked through an OTA.

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Anonymous — Thu, 16 Aug 2018 02:10:29 GMT

I thought u could earn elite status booking through the portal? Or is that just for flights?

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K-in-Boston — Thu, 16 Aug 2018 02:39:45 GMT

When you book airfare through an online travel agency (OTA such as a portal, Expedia, etc.), you are generally eligible to earn miles as well as elite qualifying miles, segments, and dollars.

I am not aware of any hotel loyalty programs where you earn elite credit or points when booking through an OTA. (That’s why with the 4th night free feature of Citi Prestige it’s better to book through the concierge rather than through the portal.) Individual hotels will ultimately make the decision as to whether elite benefits are given to members booking through an OTA, but they are certainly not required to.

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Anonymous — Thu, 16 Aug 2018 14:47:56 GMT

That’s actually not too bad of a redemption for hotels.

Are heir any major partners in the portal to redeem from as well as domestically?

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K-in-Boston — Thu, 16 Aug 2018 15:38:35 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
That’s actually not too bad of a redemption for hotels.

Are heir any major partners in the portal to redeem from as well as domestically?

Major partners in the portal? You should be able to redeem for pretty much most airlines and hotels that would appear in any OTA. As for actual transfer partners, TrueBlue (JetBlue) and Sears Shop Your Way are the only US companies. Of course you can actually book domestic tickets through the majority of the international partners due to code shares.

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Anonymous — Thu, 16 Aug 2018 17:00:24 GMT

Got it.

Have to now weigh my decision on whether to app for this or Marriott card to pair with my Uber.