Free round-trip ticket (20K TYP) w/ $25K Citi MM+ deposit

40,000 TY points?

I am in...
I just opened an account with MVS4.

Need to figure out what's the minimum effort to do direct deposit or 2 bill payment.
(Prefer pay my bill by credit card but I remembered I read somewhere that you can use bill payment for my other checking accounts (other MM accounts also?))

Do we need a code for phone and branch visit ?

What are the requirements for this MM account? Do you have to maintain the $25k balance the whole time? Is there a link to this offer?

do you have an offer code or anything?
No there is no offer code as yet. Must be different offer in other locations. I'm in Santa Rosa, California. I picked up the flyer at the 4th steet branch. The CSR stated you did not have to maintain the MM ballance for any lengh of time only deposit $25,000 of new money.
Also it does Not say "existing Citibank Checking customers are not eligible." on my flyer

I've never done one of these "Frequent Flyer" programs before, so forgive my naïveté . . .

How quickly are these miles available to be redeemed and can they apply to any carrier?

Thanks.

TYTBUDGET

TYTBUDGET said: I've never done one of these "Frequent Flyer" programs before, so forgive my naïveté . . .

How quickly are these miles available to be redeemed and can they apply to any carrier?

Thanks.

TYTBUDGET

Check these threads:

Thread 1

Thread 2

In short, to be able to redeem using the fixed point option, you need to hold a qualifying card or product.

Points become available in your TY network account as soon as your account statement closes, showing that you have earned certain points. W/ credit card opening bonuses, the points posted in the first statement during which I made the qualifying purchase.

One could also use the Citi TYP to get gift cards or re-pay student loans.

I have a checking account and savings account and I have some 25k sitting in savings account can any one tell me how can I make use of it and get this promotion?
I called up the CSR and she is not aware of this so she is going to request to send more information by mail to me.
I am in Illinois and hope there is a promotion there too. I thought of going to the branch but it might be closed on sunday.

I will really appreciate if any one could help me on this.

Thanks

JohnMcLarty said: I asked about how long the $25000 must remain in the MM account as it is not stated on the Promo. I was told there was no time limit you could open the account & remove the money right away.
I bet that they won't credit you the bonus if you withdraw money before 120 days (bonus pts shuld be credited withing 120 days according to OP).

tolamapS said: In short, to be able to redeem using the fixed point option, you need to hold a qualifying card or product.
tolamapS . . . "qualifying card" means, what, a Citibank credit card? any Citibank credit card?

What about Co-Branded's (eg. Associated Bank, which is issued by Citibank)?

I really wish there were a PDF of this deal somewhere.

TYTBUDGET

"Fees could reduce earnings. Regular account charges apply"

Are there any monthly/annual fees for the MM account?

lhendricks92 said: OP, thanks for posting.

chevauchee said: 20,000 ThankYou Points will be awarded within 120 days from the date of satisfaction of offer terms. Customer must redeem points within six (6) months after receipt of written confirmation that the promotional qualifications have been met to receive one (1) round-trip airline ticket to anywhere in the continental U.S., valued at up to $400.

6 months? How quickly do TY Points normally expire?

I noticed that the sign-up bonus points earned through the AT&T Universal card expired in 6 months. I was surprized to see that happen, because most of the expirations were showing 2010, 2011, 2012. I guess some sign-up bonuses expirer sooner.

I don't get what you mean by "They just revert to regular Thank You points".

What's the difference between "regular" TY points and the points we get for the first six months? I don't think it matters where the TY points came from. As long as there are enough TY points in my account, I am able to redeem them for fixed point flights (done this twice so far).

This is the relevant section: 20,000 ThankYou Points will be awarded within 120 days from the date of satisfaction of offer terms. Customer must redeem points within six (6) months after receipt of written confirmation that the promotional qualifications have been met to receive one (1) round-trip airline ticket to anywhere in the continental U.S., valued at up to $400. Points required for this promotion are subject to increase after this time as provided in terms and conditions.

I think what this means is that (and maybe this is what you meant too): If you are redeeming the 20k points within 6 months of receiving them, they can redeem at the rate of up to $400/20k points. After this time is over, the maximum $ value of tickets you can buy with the 20k points can change.

Am I reading this right?

The brochure in CA specifies to open a new checking account. Does this mean new customers only? Can I get a second checking account?

vwet9394 said: The brochure in CA specifies to open a new checking account. Does this mean new customers only? Can I get a second checking account?
No
Also it does say "existing Citibank Checking customers are not eligible." on my flyer

Citi bank is having huge writedowns > $10B from the mortgage market. So they need money injection from outside.

If they get money from commercial bank, it is much cheaper than borrowing from financial market. Usually they have to sell some stocks or options to the lender.

Now they are betting that customers won't withdraw the money too quickly so that they can use those money to save themselves. Air tickets are one way to attract customers.

By the way, customers won't lose anything since all are insured by FDIC.

stone701 said: I opend a citi EZ checking w/o a promotion code and closed it a long time ago (before knowing fatwallet)
So am I an existing customer?

Citi can answer your question (1-866-424-5335)

Here are the terms and conditions I have: pretty complicated! Changes of having to call Citi - probably 100% .

Key points:
* You need to have $26k, $25k for MM+ and $25 for a checking account.
* The citibank account has a $6k minimum and that includes Credit Card balances. $12.50/mo fee otherwise!
* You get the points after 3 months.
* No minimums in MM+ account.

Question: Has anyone tried to fund this via credit card to earn the extra 1-2% there?

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1. Open a Citibank regular checking account, link it to a new or existing Citibank Money Market Plus Account and complete qualifying banking activities.*

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Another question for anyone who has done this is: I'm pretty sure Citi pulls credit on opening those accounts - which agency do they pull?

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Can you please tell what sort of bank accounts you had with citibank(if any) before you got this offer?