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Their no annual fee card that earns 2% back is about to become much more useful, but travel protections are out the window from most of their cards in a matter of days. What’s the best Citi Rewards cards out there in light of these changes?
I’m going to show you one of the remarkable uses of Citi points. Would you believe 60,000 points is enough for (8) flights to Hawaii — and not just from the West Coast, but including connections from the East Coast as well?
Gone effective September 22 are rental car insurance; trip cancellation and interruption; travel accident insurance; trip delay; baggage delay; lost baggage; price rewind; 90 day return protection; Medical Evacuation coverage; Missed Ticket Protection; roadside assistance dispatch service and travel and emergency assistance.
Reader Daniel asks, how can Citi even do this?
I’m now questioning whether to get the Citi Prestige card again, after all. The card’s 5 points per dollar on air will no longer come with trip delay and baggage delay coverage. Notably of course many of these benefits don’t come with American Express cards, but it makes my Chase-issued premium cards more attractive.
I wrote off the fourth night free hotel benefit when the changes were announced in November, capitalizing it as though the restrictions were already in place. It looks like the limitation on what rates can be booked may already be in effect.
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New variable Air France KLM Flying Blue points pricing is live and often makes no sense. Some awards are more expensive, some less expensive. Instead of a hidden award chart they have a calculator.
But they still offer various routes at 25% or 50% off each month and new ones are up for booking in February and travel in March and April.
On Saturday I wrote about four great ways to earn LifeMiles, points in Avianca’s Star Alliance frequent flyer program.
They’re now an American Express transfer partner as well as a Citibank transfer partner.
Last month Chase added JetBlue as a transfer partner. Chase transfers are one-to-one.
Responding to this competition Citi is introducing improved transfer ratios to JetBlue effective September 13.
I just signed up for the CitiBusiness® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® World Mastercard®, taking advantage of the best-ever offer of 70,000 miles after spending $4,000 within the first 4 months of account opening.
Citibank just launched improvements and faster points-earning fro the Citi® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® World Elite™ Mastercard®. Now they’ve improved earning and benefits on the business card, too.
Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel -- a topic he has covered since 2002.
Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. More About Gary »
