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The Citi Premier® Card earns 3 ThankYou Points per $1 spent on airfare, hotel, gas station, supermarket, and restaurant purchases. The card also offers an annual $100 credit after spending $500 or more on a hotel stay through the ThankYou Rewards Portal.
The Citi Premier Card is one of the best credit cards for travel and is a great option for building rewards you can redeem towards travel.
There is no limit to the amount of ThankYou Points you can earn spending in these categories and no limit to the amount of ThankYou Points you can earn with the card overall.
3X Airfare
The Citi Premier Card earns 3 ThankYou Points per $1 spent on airfare. This applies to airfare booked directly with an airline or airfare booked through travel agencies which includes the thankyou.com portal.
3X Hotel
The Citi Premier Card earns 3 ThankYou Points per $1 spent on hotels. This applies to hotels booked direct as well as hotels booked through travel agencies which includes the thankyou.com portal.
3X Gas Station
The Citi Premier Card earns 3 ThankYou Points per $1 spent at Gas Stations. This applies to merchants that are in the business of selling gasoline.
You will typically not earn bonus points gas stations with warehouse clubs, discount stores, and other merchants that do not use the gas station merchant code.
3X Supermarket
The Citi Premier Card earns 3 ThankYou Points per $1 spent at supermarkets. Some online supermarkets may qualify, but it will still need to code as a supermarket purchase.
This will not apply to warehouse clubs, wholesale clubs, and other merchants that does not code as supermarket.
3X Restaurant
The Citi Premier Card earns 3 ThankYou Points per $1 spent at restaurants. This includes cafes, bars, lounges, fast food, fine dining, and take out.
1X Everything Else
All other purchases on the Citi Premier Card will earn you 1 ThankYou Point per $1 spent.
Every year, you'll receive a $100 credit on any $500+ hotel stay booked through the ThankYou.com portal with your Citi Premier Card.
Citi ThankYou Points Transfer
As a Citi Premier Card holder, you'll be able to transfer ThankYou Points to all of Citi's airline and hotel partners at a 1:1 ratio. This includes points earned with other ThankYou Rewards credit cards.
Outside of the excellent return on spend the Citi Premier offers, this is the most important benefit of the card as it allows you to redeem ThankYou Points for more than their average value of 1 cent per point.
Citi Premier points value
Redemption Option
Average Value (in cents)
Point transfers to airline and hotel partners
0.6 - 2.0
Redeeming points through Citi ThankYou travel portal
1
Cash back redemptions
0.5
Point redemptions on Amazon.com
0.8
Citi Premier Points have an average value of 1 cent per point, but can be worth as much as 2 cents per point when transferred to Citi's airline and hotel partners.
Citi Premier transfer partners
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The Citi Premier Card grants the ability to transfer to all of Citi's airline and hotel partners at a 1:1 ratio. Without the card, you will only be able to transfer ThankYou Points to a handful of partners at a less-than-favorable ratio.
Citi points calculator
Use the Citi Points Calculator to determine how many points you can earn with the Citi Premier Card based on the weekly or monthly spending amounts you enter.
You can calculate the cash value of the Citi Premier Card alongside up to two other credit cards from any issuer.
Any spend entered into the primary card column (the first column) will carry over to all credit card calculators on the site, so there's no need to re-enter spend when viewing other credit cards.
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Bonus Categories:
Loyalty & Memberships
Loyalty: When adding hotel rewards cards (and a select few others) you'll be able to factor in the points earned from elite status. If a card offers complimentary status, the proper status will be selected by default.
Loyalty is reflected by a blue LOY image. Adding a card with loyalty attached to it will add it to the calculator. It becomes its own entity once added to the calculator and can be removed independent of the card that added it.
Membership: If a card offers any kind of bonus rewards based on your membership in a program, the option will be listed here. Do note that some options calculate automatically.
Welcome Bonus: Any welcome bonuses that changes the earning rates of a card will also be listed here. This allows you to toggle the bonus on or off.
Category Spending
Use this section to enter how much you plan on spending either monthly or yearly across different categories for each card listed.
You can click on the option button for access to a lot of useful tools you can use to quickly adjust spending for the calculator.
Change the order of the categories in the Category Spending section. This has an impact on cards that have spend limits and bonus caps on categories.
Resets all fields in the Category Spending section for all columns. Also clears all saved spend values that carry from calculator to calculator.
Add Categories
Search for categories and click 'Add Category' to add it to the calculator. If you want to be more specific, you can specify domestic or international spend.
Type at least 3 characters.
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Category Spending Total
The amount of rewards earned from card spending.
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Rewards & Bonuses
If a card earns bonus points, miles, or cash back, it will be listed here. You'll be able to edit or toggle on/off most bonuses listed here.
Do note that some bonuses may be automatically calculated based on spend entered in the Category Spending section.
If you want to factor in an intro or welcome bonus, you can also do that here by entering it in the Extra Value field. You can click on View Offers when applicable to see current sign up bonuses for all top credit cards by category.
Extra Value
Use this field to add additional rewards to include in the calculation such as an intro or signup bonus.
Extra Value
Use this field to add additional rewards to include in the calculation such as an intro or signup bonus.
Extra Value
Use this field to add additional rewards to include in the calculation such as an intro or signup bonus.
Rewards & Bonus Total
The amount of rewards earned from card bonuses.
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Total Rewards
This is the total of all points, miles, and cash back earned between Loyalty/Memberships, Category Spending, and Reward Bonuses.
This is how much we value the rewards earned with the card on average based on our valuations. Cards that may offer bonus/additional value are reflected here.
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Transfers To Partners
Redemptions to do with transferring rewards to partner loyalty programs and redeeming them for high value (when applicable). These redemption values typically require knowledge of the best transfer partners.
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Cash Back, Statement Credits
Redemptions to do with turning your rewards into cash back or using it as a statement credit to offset purchases made to the card.
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Travel
Redemptions to do with using your rewards towards travel such as airfare, hotels, and car rentals (not including transfers to partners).
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Gift Cards
Redemptions to do with using your rewards towards the purchase of gift cards.
The total amount of rewards earned from the Category Spending and Rewards & Bonuses sections.
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Currency Worth
Enter how much you value a single rewards point or mile in cents or regional currency equivalent (X.XX). The value of cash back cannot be changed.
Rewards Cash Value
The average cash value of rewards earned in the Grand Total section based on the set Currency Worth.
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Monetary Bonuses
This section lists all monetary bonuses. This includes annual credits and top-tier benefits that can offer great monetary value.
If there's a perk or benefit missing that you find valuable, you can add how much you value it in the Extra Cash Value field.
Extra Cash Value
Use this field to add additional cash value to the calculations.
Extra Cash Value
Use this field to add additional cash value to the calculations.
Extra Cash Value
Use this field to add additional cash value to the calculations.
Total Cash Value
The total cash value of all listed benefits plus the cash value of rewards earned.
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Fees
With great benefits comes great annual fees. If a card has a fee that you have to pay annually (or monthly in rare cases), it will be listed here. You have the ability to change it.
If the card charges a fee for adding authorized users, it will also appear in this section.
Annual Fee
This is the fee you must pay annually to have the card.
Authorized User Fee
This is the cost to add additional users or supplemental cards to the account. Enter total amount of authorized users.
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Total Card Value
This is the total cash value of each listed card when factoring in all rewards and all fees.
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FAQ
How much are Citi Premier points worth?
Points earned with the Citi Premier are worth 1 cent towards travel or as much as 2 cents each when transferred to partners.
Can you transfer Citi Premier points?
Points earned with the Citi Premier Card can be transferred to over 15 partners, all at a 1:1 ratio.
