(EXPIRED) Citi Premier Welcome Offer Back Up To 80,000 ThankYou Points

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Update 1/4/23: This increased welcome offer on the Citi Premier card has been around for more than 6 months. We’ve been advised that this higher bonus will be ending soon, so there’s not long left to be able to take advantage of it.

Citi has returned with its best ever welcome offer on the Premier card, giving 80,000 bonus ThankYou points when spending $4,000 in the first three months. That’s an excellent offer on a great all-round card.

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The Offer & Key Card Details

Card Offer and Details
60K Points ⓘ Affiliate
Earn 60,000 bonus ThankYou® Points after you spend $4,000 in purchases within the first 3 months of account opening.
$95 Annual Fee
FM Mini Review: Very strong earnings for spend. Excellent bonus categories. Points transferable to select airlines. Recommend pairing this card with Citi Double Cash and Citi Rewards+. Sadly, this travel card doesn't provide any travel protections. Click here for our complete card review
Earning rate: 3X grocery ✦ 3X dining ✦ 3X gas stations ✦ 3X flights, hotels, travel agencies
Base: 1X (1.45%)
Travel: 3X (4.35%)
Dine: 3X (4.35%)
Gas: 3X (4.35%)
Grocery: 3X (4.35%)
Card Info: Mastercard World Elite issued by Citi. This card has no foreign currency conversion fees.
Noteworthy perks: Transfer points to airline partners ✦ $100 Annual Hotel Savings Benefit

Quick Thoughts

80,000 ThankYou points is as high as the welcome offer has ever been on the Citi Premier card. It’s a fantastic bonus for a transferable currency that’s become more well-rounded in the past year seeing as they finally added a couple of hotel transfer partners – Wyndham at 1:1 and Choice at 1:2.

One of the best features of the Citi Premier card is that it offers 3x ThankYou points for several categories where you’ll organically spend a significant chunk of your monthly expenditure:

  • Groceries
  • Dining
  • Gas stations
  • Flights, hotels, travel agencies

If you were to meet the $4,000 minimum spend requirement by spending that all at 3x, you’d end up with 92,000 ThankYou points. That could get you 6 round trip economy flights to Hawaii booked on United after transferring points to Turkish Miles & Smiles, 184,000 Choice Privileges points, 6 nights in a one bedroom Vacasa property booked using Wyndham Rewards points among many other great redemption options.

One of the other great features of the Citi Premier card is that the 3x grocery store category is uncapped. While many people will prefer to earn 4x Membership Rewards points on the Amex Gold card, that’s capped at $25,000 spend per year per Gold card. While that’s plenty for the average household, for people who can maximize their spend at grocery stores, earning a potentially unlimited number of ThankYou points makes it a wonderful additional option for when you need to spend a lot on “groceries”.

Bear in mind that Citi has the following 24 month rule when applying for this card:

To get bonus on any ThankYou card, you must wait 24 months after receiving a new cardmember bonus or closing any ThankYou card account. Applies to Preferred, Premier, Prestige, and Rewards+.

My wife’s eligible for this card and so it’s very tempting to apply for it. The dilemma is that she’s due to fall below 5/24 in a few months; if she applies for the Citi Premier card then she won’t drop back below 5/24 for another year. What to do, what to do…

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