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Poll Question: Meet Minimum Spend or Redeem Citi Thank You Points?

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Good morning everyone, happy Fourth of July!  I have this really weird habit where I book a new trip while currently on a trip.  For example, I am currently in Orange County hanging out with my family this weekend, but I just made plans to visit Portland at the end of July with my brother.  I spent a few minutes searching on Google Flights and found the perfect flight: San Francisco (SFO) to Portland (PDX) on Alaska Airlines.  When I use the OnTheFly app (basically ITA Matrix in an app), I see that American Airlines has a codeshare flight for the SFO-PDX Alaska Airlines flight.  (I took a bunch of screenshots on my iPhone while I was in the car, so please excuse the lame images.)

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Receive up to a 30% Bonus for Transferring Citi Thank You Points to Qantas (June 1-30)

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Good morning everyone.  I received the below email from Qantas this morning telling me to transfer my Citi Thank You Points (TYPs) to my Qantas frequent flyer account.  If you transfer Citi TYPs between now and June 30, 2016, you will get the following bonus Qantas miles (reminder, transfers must be in increments of 1,000 Citi TYPs):

  • 15% bonus for transferring 1,000 – 99,000 Citi TYPs
  • 20% bonus for transferring 100,000 – 499,000 Citi TYPs
  • 25% bonus for transferring 500,000 – 999,000 Citi TYPs
  • 30% bonus for transferring 1,000,000 Citi TYPs or more

I’m not sure there are many people sitting on 1,000,000+ Citi TYPs, but Qantas definitely wants to find them.  As for me, I have never transferred any Citi TYPs to Qantas.

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Transfer Times to KLM / Air France from Chase Ultimate Rewards, AMEX Membership Rewards, Citi Thank You Points & SPG Starpoints

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Update 8pm PT on 5/24: My 1500 SPG points posted to my KLM / Air France account within 48 hours of making the transfer (Tuesday afternoon).  SPG may do a bulk transfer at the same time for everyone, so your transfer times may vary.

Good morning everyone, I hope you all had a great weekend.  I was in Portland over the weekend and had my fair share of food carts, Voodoo Donuts, rain drizzles, and weird people.  But enough about me… it’s all about KLM / Air France today.  Yesterday, Frequent Miler reported that KLM / Air France was added as a Chase Ultimate Rewards transfer partner.  This is great news because you can now get KLM / Air France Flying Blue miles from all 4 major points currencies: Chase Ultimate Rewards Points, Citi Thank You Points, American Express Membership Reward Points, and SPG Points.  In this post, I will show you how long transfers from each points currency takes to post to your KLM / Air France account.  This post is a sequel to Transfer Times to Singapore Airlines from Chase Ultimate Rewards, AMEX Membership Rewards, Citi Thank You Points, and SPG Starpoints.  I have always wanted to book a KLM / Air France promo award, so hopefully that dream comes true.

KLM Air France Chase Ultimate Rewards Transfer Partner

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Chicago Seminars Scheduled for October 14-16th, 2016, Book Cheap Virgin America Flights Now

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Good morning everyone, I hope your week is off to a great start.  My friend Jim just told me that the dates for the Chicago Seminars have been announced and scheduled for October 14-16, 2016 (FlyerTalk thread).  I love going to the Chicago Seminars and I feel like it is the best-valued travel conference available.  Even though the registration link is not available yet, I already booked my flights to the event.

FT Chicago Seminars Post

Virgin America has some very good prices with flights from SFO-ORD starting at around $130 each way.  I love getting to Chicago early on Friday afternoon so I can catch up with old friends and meet new people before the conference kicks off later in the evening.

SFO-ORD RT Google Flights $312

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How to Share or Transfer Citi Thank You Points to Another Account

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Good morning everyone, I hope you had a great weekend.  In this post, I will show you how to share (aka transfer) points from your Citi Thank You Points account to another Citi Thank You Points account.  This process is different than The Easy and Hard Way to Combine Citi Thank You Points into 1 Account.  To get started, sign into your Citi Thank You Points account by going to thankyou.com.  After signing into your account, click the More Ways to Redeem tab, and click SEE ALL.  Don’t click the Points Transfer option.

Citi Thank You Home Page

If you mistakenly click Points Transfer, you will see the below page.  This page is great if you want to transfer Citi Thank You Points to one of Citi’s travel partners (see my tutorial here), but you cannot transfer Citi Thank You Points to another account from this page.

Do Not Transfer Thank You Points

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