Citi Cardholders Can Earn Extra Points and 60K Bonus with New Checking Account
Citi has a new combo deal for cardholders. You can earn as much as 60,000 ThankYou bonus points for opening a new checking account, plus get an extra 25% back on all your purchases made with your Citi card. The offer was sent out by email, and you need to have received the offer directly in order to qualify. We have seen similar offers in the past and they can be a good option to earn extra ThankYou points, miles or just cashback, depending on what offer you receive. let’s get into the details.
The Offer
Earn 25% more ThankYou® Points on Purchases
- Earn 25% more ThankYou® Points on purchases with your Citi Premier Card for 12 months for opening a Citi Priority checking account, as long as your checking account remains open. For example, if you earn 1,000 ThankYou Points in a billing cycle per the terms of your Card Account, you will earn an extra 250 ThankYou Points for that billing cycle.
Earn up to 60,000 ThankYou® Points
- Earn 10,000 to 60,000 ThankYou Points when you make a minimum deposit of $5,000 to $200,000 in New-to-Citibank funds into your eligible deposit account within 30 days of account opening and maintain the minimum balance for 60 days and 1 qualifying bill payment for 2 consecutive months after account opening.
| “Eligible Packages”: | Additional ThankYou Points | Minimum Balance | Qualifying Bill Payment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citigold® | 60,000 | $200,000 | and 1 or more for 2 consecutive calendar months |
| Citi Priority | 50,000 | $50,000 | and 1 or more for 2 consecutive calendar months |
| Citibank® | 30,000 | $15,000 | and 1 or more for 2 consecutive calendar months |
| Basic Banking | 10,000 | $5,000 | and 1 or more for 2 consecutive calendar months |
This promotion is targeted. Check your emails of online accounts to see if you have this offer.
Key Terms
- You must open an eligible consumer checking account between January 5, 2021 and March 31, 2021.
- To receive the Cash Back Booster, both your Card Account and Eligible Checking Account must remain open, current, and in good standing from the time of your enrollment in the Offer throughout the term of this Offer.
- Must have received a direct communication or advertisement from Citibank inviting them to participate in this Offer
- “Eligible Customers” are (1) primary Citi® ThankYou Preferred, Citi Premier, Citi Prestige and Citi Rewards+ cardmembers (2) who have not been an owner of a Citibank checking account within the last 180 calendar days (3) at least eighteen (18) years of age (4) have received a direct communication or advertisement from Citibank inviting them to apply for the Citi Account Package Offer and (5) have or furnish a valid W-9 on file with Citibank and are not subject to backup withholding.
Conclusion
A good promotion for those who have a Citi credit card and receive an email directly. It comes with a unique link or a unique code that you need to enter when applying for a new checking account.
There are four different accounts to choose from and the bonus ThankYou points that you earn depend on how much you can deposit and keep in the checking account for two consecutive months. Then you get the extra earning on your Citi card for 12 months.
Let us know if you received this offer, or anything similar.
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1. All Citi TY points are watermarked to the Credit Card/Bank Account that earned them; this includes Customer Service Adjustments (e.g., 5k points as an apology given by a customer service rep for a customers inconvenience – for a billing mistake, etc.)
2. It is important to note that taxable TY points *cannot* be transferred to partners. Customer Service Adjustment TY points *are* taxable, and cannot be transferred to partners. If checking-account point-bonuses are taxable (I don’t know for sure as I’ve never had a checking-account bonus), then those TY points *also cannot* be transferred to partners.
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