Citi ThankYou Preferred Rewards Card $150 Gift Card Bonus

Update – This card has just tripled it’s bonus offer to provide $150 in gift card rewards.

In an effort to provide consumers with a credit card they can use for just about anything, Citibank has launched a new line of cards, focused on high rewards and low fees.  One of those cards is the Citi ThankYou® Preferred Rewards Card and for a limited time, all new cardholders will receive 15,000 bonus ThankYou points, enough to redeem a $150 gift card through the ThankYou rewards network.  Cardholders must spend $1,000 within the first three months to qualify for this bonus.

Citi Thank You Preferred CardThis Citi ThankYou Preferred Rewards Card has a 0% intro APR on balance transfers and purchases for 12 months, and then the standard purchase APR is 12.99% – 22.99% variable goes into effect, based on the applicants credit history.

The rewards program for the Citi ThankYou® Preferred Rewards Card is straightforwards.  Points are earned on every purchase and be broken down in the following way:

  • Earn extra points when you shop through the ThankYou Bonus Center, a network of 600+ retailers you know and love
  • Earn 1 ThankYou Point for every $1 you spend on all purchases

So long as you make one purchase every 12 months, your ThankYou points will never expire and the longer you are a cardholder of the Citi ThankYou Preferred Rewards Card, the more points you will earn as a bonus!  Each year, cardmembers will receive a bonus based on the length of time they’ve been with Citi.  The bonus is a percentage of the overall points earned on the year and is currently in three tiers:

Membership Year
Anniversary Bonus
0-1
1%
1-2
2%
2+
3%

Last but not least, the Citi ThankYou Preferred Rewards Card has no annual fee, meaning your $150 gift card doesn’t come with a catch. This spring, if you need a card that earns a high reward for all of your gift purchases and gives you a little something extra on the side, consider applying for the Citi ThankYou® Preferred Rewards Card.




Last Edited: April 10, 2013 @ 1:56 pm
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3 comments
merchant account
merchant account

Citi certainly appears to be trend surfing these days. I mean it’s currently popular to offer initial rewards bonuses to new customers who open certain cards and spend a certain amount in the first few months. Everybody’s doing it. I also read somewhere that gift cards are the most popular gift like six years running. The Citi ThankYou Premier Card - $100 gift card combines those two things, giving you an initial rewards bonus in the form of a $100 gift card after you spend $500 in the first three months.

Krystle C.
Krystle C.

Cool, although I don't know if a $50 gift card would entice me to get another credit card... and I know my husband signed up for a no-fee credit card once and now it's expiring and they're changing the terms to start charging a fee for it! Clever of them, but kind of disappointing.

Paying in cash and staying debt free is the way to go ;)

Briana @ GBR
Briana @ GBR

Looks like a great card. I have a Citi Forward card, and love the Thank You Rewards. Could be something to consider in the future. Don't want to get all my credit at one time.