How to Transfer Citi ThankYou Points to Airline Partners

If you’re a Citi Prestige, or Citi ThankYou Premier cardholder and Points and Miles enthusiast, one of the best options to redeem more for your travel with less money is transferring your flexible points to airlines and hotel partners for more award flights and stays.  You can get astonishing deals booking for Business and First Class award seats (worth thousands of dollars) when you transfer Citi ThankYou Point to designated airlines partners and depending on how you use your miles and points could very well be the ultimatum towards achieving huge discounted award flights and stays.

Editor’s Note: Keep in mind that transfers must occur in 1,000-point increments. Citi ThankYou points transfer at a 1:1 ratio with all of the above partners except Virgin America (2:1 ratio) and Hilton (2:3 ratio).

Eligible Citi Credit Cards: 

• Citi Prestige® Card
• Citi ThankYou Premier

Alternative Citi Credit Cards: 

• Citi Hilton HHonors Visa Signature Card
• Expedia®+ Voyager Card from Citi
• Citi® Hilton HHonors™ Reserve Card

Editor’s Note: Keep in mind that these cards may not be  will not be eligible for points transfer.

Citi Airlines Partners

Here is a list of current Airlines Partners you can transfer points towards:

• Hilton Hotels (2:1)
• Asia Miles (Cathay Pacific) (1:1)
• EVA Air (1:1)
• Etihad Guest (1:1)
• Flying Blue (Air France / KLM) (1:1)
• Garuda Indonesia (1:1)
• Malaysia Airlines (1:1)
• Qantas (1:1)
• Qatar Airways (1:1)
• Singapore Airlines (1:1)
• Thai Airways (1:1)
• Virgin America Elevate (2:1)
• Virgin Atlantic (2:1)

How to Transfer Citi ThankYou Points:

1. Sign into your Citi ThankYou Account
   1. click on “ThankYou From Citi.”
2. Select Point Transfer
   1. Look for “More Ways to Redeem” then click on “Points Transfer.”
3. Choose the specified Airlines you’d like to transfer points to
   1. Then click “Transfer Now” on your designated transfer partner.

1. Transfer Your Points
   1. Enter the amount of Citi ThankYou points you’d like to transfer (remember, it must be in 1,000-point increments).
   2. Fill in your name and airline frequent flyer number.
   3. Accept the terms and conditions and click “Transfer Points.”

Editor’s Note: Once when you transfer your point, you cannot transfer it back, so be extra careful!

Previous Airlines Transfer Examples:

In early July of 2016, JetBlue had a match-up promotion (Which is sadly no longer available) where after taking your JetBlue Roundtrip flight, you would receive a match-up for points transferred in regards to the chart below. We took advantage of this promotion and transferred 31,500 Citi ThankYou Points to Virgin America and was generously rewarded with 50,000 TrueBlue Points. Quite the attractive transfer promotion, so I recommend being on the look-out for new Transfer Match-up Promotions from Citi’s Airlines partners! Also, it only took a mere 2 hours to receive the points so it wasn’t an inconvenience in any way.

Conclusion:

There’s plenty of ways to earn points to maximize your travel experience without spending a hefty price tag. Individuals who’re new to points and miles should now be familiar with Transfer points and how they could easily earn you more points then actually having to put spend on hotels stays or airline flights. In just minutes, you can transfer Citi ThankYou points to airline partners for exponentially more Travel with less money!  Keep in mind that the transfers can take up to 14 days, though typically it takes 1 to 2 days. Also, you can only transfer Citi ThankYou points to partners if you’re a Citi Prestige® Card, or Citi ThankYou Premier cardholder. Find out which card is fit for you by checking out our complete list of Credit Card Promotions today!