$100 Gift Card after first purchase by applying for Citi Diamond Rewards Card

Update: As of 11/12/2005

Call 1-800-640-1426 to inquire about the deal or inputing Code F3K5 by visiting the link:

http://citi.bridgetrack.com/usc/multicard/CVG/default.htm?BTData=C02167B76667C605556484CAAB4A7AEAB849A8D87F6E1E6F89EAA772&BT_TRF=162353&ProspectID=02E7D4094F0642C2930E2473B274B3DF

Expiration day by Jan 15, 2006


0% APR on BT until Nov 1, 2006. No BT fee. Earn 5 points on supermarket, drugstores, and gas for 12 months and 1 point after. Everything else is 1 point.

Offer details: Receieve 10000 thank you points after your first purchase, redeem for merchandise or your choice of a $100 GC.

Thanks to yt52 for the update!!

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Got a flyer in the mail today from citi bank, apparently the same deal that enables you to grab a $100 gc after the first purchase from Christmas is back!

Call 1800-642-5893 and mention about the 100 gc deal.

Offer details: Receieve 10000 thank you points after your first purchase, redeem for merchandise or your choice of a $100 GC
Check the participating merchants at https://www.thankyouredemptions.com/asp/Home.asp

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Does this card also come with the virtual CC# generation feature as well?

can you convert this card to a diviends after you recieve your bonus?

Be prepared to wait a bit for the GC. Most of the ones I wanted were on backorder and I was told 4-6 weeks until they'd be "on hand" and then another 4-6 weeks for shipping. I don't know if this is just a standard CS response or not, but I was a bit disappointed at the response. Perhaps they'd come in quicker (but IME, no less than 2 weeks after your order).

FWIW, I also got a 1,000 point "card activation bonus" with this card. Not sure why, but I'll take it.

In fact, I have the card, and just received the 10000 points towards redeeming the gc; therefore, i think this is a great deal to share with everyone.

Signed up for the offer, just mentioned that I got a flyer in the mail, there's no offer number to worry about. This rewards program seems pretty solid, there's no annual fee on the card, they give you $100 right off the bat after making your first purchase, and if you want to use the card for BTs you can get 0% for 12 months.

On the website it says that you can get no BT fee if you make a BT when you sign up, but I asked the CSR abou tit and he said that it's not available for this particular offer. Their BT fee is 3% (min $5 to max $50).

Be careful about on-time payments too... Citi likes to ream you if you're late. They're deliquent accounts APR is prime + 23.99% !!!

I ordered 2 gift cards with my 10,000 points. It's been 5 weeks and I've only just received one of them.

montreid said: That sucks. I just ordered mine last week. Waiting for the Office Depot cards to come to use. 10,000 points posted about 2 months after acceptance.

FWIW, I received my item in roughly 2.5 weeks (ordered mid-December). The points took about a week after receiving the card to credit on citicards.com (the end of my billing period) and another week to show up on TYR.com. The "order history" still shows no shipping date or tracking number.

I've ordered a few giftcards with my thankyou points, with turnaround ranging from 3 to 6 weeks on them. All of them came with no problem, but nowhere near as quickly as Discover CashBack bonuses.

Ad in Parade magazine:

Call 1-800-815-1387 to apply by 4/15/05
Points for $100 gift card if you make purchase within 3 months of account opening.
Bonus points post within 1 to 2 billing cycles.
0% APR for BTs, but there's a 3% fee, min $5, max $50

I order a $100 JCPenney gift card and received it in the mail in *4* days! This was last week.

Now, I am intrigued. Do you have any info on this and did you in fact sign up when you were offered this? For $200 gc I would jump. Thanks!

finalflash said: Actually if you don't accept it for several times, the bonus will go up to 20,000 points, which means $200 GC or almost an air ticket~ Just wait!!

I have a citi platnum select you think i can upgrade to this card and get the gift card or could i just apply for a new card.

i can email you the printed offer if you want me to ... but i don't know how to post the link on this message board. I applied for the card and received it, but just received the card a couple of days ago.

So I received my card after calling in about this deal and was told numerous times by CSR that I get 10k bonus points after first purchase and a no fee BT if I make the BT before the end of Feb. So I made my purchase and paid it off online and called today to do a BT and suddenly there is a 3% BT fee and the CSR says all offers have a BT fee even though I was told at sign up that there would be no fee. I'm pissed because this is the second time Citi has done a bait and switch with me (the other time was on my AT&T card, was told I would get 5% on all purchases but do not). I'm skeptical if I will even get the 10K bonus points now, they say wait for 2 billing periods.

In. Thx OP.

How long did it take for the 10K points to show up? I got the card about a week ago, $200 in purchases are showing up (not itemized), points for that but no 10k.

Well, as much as I HATE calling in to apply for a credit card (I could have applied online much faster) I just called and the terms are still valid. I had read somewhere that if you debate them or ask a bit, they sometimes bump you up to 20,000 points to sign up but I wanted to get off the phone and get it over with.

The rep did say "All gift cards take 4 - 6 weeks to be received" so I am not sure if they gets them off the hook for some of the late deliveries I've read about, but we'll see.

My 10K points showed up online some time after my $100 purchases but even before my 1st statement. I registered for a gift card, and it arrived fairly promptly (~2 weeks).

andy2812 said: jlgrandam said: Then I did a BT to myself for 90% of the credit line.

How do you do a balance transfer to yourself? I thought it has to be to another creditor

Have them cut you a check or do the BT direct to checking...they allow it (most of the time)

psychtobe said: newest offer:

10,000 TY Points
5x TY Points on gas, grocery, Drugstore for 12 months
0% APR until either 5/1/07 or 1/1/08 depending on credit review. No BT fee
No annual fee
apply by Feb 15, 2007
call 1-800-961-4841

INterestingly, I don't see any online application website or code listed. We got this in the Sunday paper a few weeks back.

Thanks for sharing--I just called up, and applied. I find out my eligibility in 3 - 4 weeks. Isn't this a bit slow? (I thought these credit companies usually are able to verify/confirm everything during the same phone call.)