Comments on: Review Citibank Reward Points Elite Level Premier Pass Card http://financegourmet.com/blog/credit-cards/review-citibank-reward-points-elite-level-premier-pass-card/ Personal Finance, Investing, Banking, Credit Cards, Savings, and More Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:20:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Sooboohttp://financegourmet.com/blog/credit-cards/review-citibank-reward-points-elite-level-premier-pass-card/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Sooboo Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:38:01 +0000 http://financegourmet.com/blog/credit-cards/review-citibank-reward-points-elite-level-premier-pass-card/#comment-67 I've been researching this particular card and the Thank You network that one is forced to use for points accumulation, and this card does not appear to provide very good benefits.I plugged in information to fly to Hawaii in mid-January (not sure if that's peak season or not) through Expedia and two tickets from Los Angeles to Hawaii were coming in at a whopping 168,000 Thank You points. A 4 (out of 5) star hotel - another 136,000 points, for a total for one week for two in Hawaii of 304,000 points No Thank You!The incentive for spending $600 within three months is 20,000 points - that gets you just about nothing through the Thank You network.The most points one can accumulate with the Premiere Pass card per year is 200,000. I wouldn't spend anywhere near that amount in one year, but if I did, that amount of spending wouldn't even get me a week in Hawaii.The amount of points one must accumulate to redeem a decent reward through the Thank You network is stunningly high. I'll pass, Thank You. I’ve been researching this particular card and the Thank You network that one is forced to use for points accumulation, and this card does not appear to provide very good benefits.

I plugged in information to fly to Hawaii in mid-January (not sure if that’s peak season or not) through Expedia and two tickets from Los Angeles to Hawaii were coming in at a whopping 168,000 Thank You points. A 4 (out of 5) star hotel – another 136,000 points, for a total for one week for two in Hawaii of 304,000 points No Thank You!

The incentive for spending $600 within three months is 20,000 points – that gets you just about nothing through the Thank You network.

The most points one can accumulate with the Premiere Pass card per year is 200,000. I wouldn’t spend anywhere near that amount in one year, but if I did, that amount of spending wouldn’t even get me a week in Hawaii.

The amount of points one must accumulate to redeem a decent reward through the Thank You network is stunningly high. I’ll pass, Thank You.

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