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Predicting Citi ThankYou Point Transfer Bonuses to Max Out Citi Rewards+ 10% Rebate

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Good afternoon everyone.  A few weeks ago, I received a shocking and unexpected email from Citi regarding my beloved Citi Rewards+ Credit Card.  On July 20, 2025, the Citi Rewards+ Credit Card will be converted to the new Citi Strata Credit Card.  With that change, this credit card is about to lose its two best features:

  • Rounding up to the nearest 10 points on every purchase
  • Receiving 10% points back for the first 100,000 Citi ThankYou Points (TYPs) redeemed per calendar year.

With those losses looming, I’ve been strategizing how to max out the 10% rebate before the July 20 deadline.  This quest sent me down a rabbit hole figuring out how many rebated points I already received in 2025 and trying to predict which TYP transfer bonuses might come around in the next two months.  Follow me down the rabbit hole…

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Should I Transfer All My AMEX Points to Hawaiian Airlines?

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Good afternoon everyone, I hope you had a great weekend.  I am excited to share that Laura and I are having a baby girl in August.  With our upcoming Player 3 little bundle of joy, our travel plans will be on pause for a while, but I wanted to build up a big Alaska Airlines mileage balance so that when we take to the skies once more, we will have plenty of miles available.

As of May 2025, I have 1.3 million Alaska Airlines miles in my account.  We built up this balance in the last year by transferring lots of AMEX Membership Rewards Points to our Hawaiian Airlines accounts, applying for Barclays Hawaiian Airlines credit cards, and then by consolidating all our miles into my Alaska Airlines account.  For a step by step guide on how to do that, please read How to Transfer, Combine, or Move Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines Miles (with Direct Links).

With all that said… Should I transfer all my AMEX Membership Rewards Points to Hawaiian Airlines?  After reading this post, please let me know your thoughts.

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How to Transfer, Combine, or Move Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines Miles (with Direct Links)

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Republished on 5/18/25 since AMEX announced that American Express Membership Rewards Point transfers to Hawaii Airlines will end on June 30, 2025.

Good afternoon everyone, I hope your week is going well. In this post, I will show you how we moved Alaska Airlines Miles into Hawaiian Airlines Miles, transferred those miles between Hawaiian Airlines accounts, and then transferred those miles to Alaska Airlines.  We wanted all of our miles to be in a single account (my Alaska Airlines account) to make award booking easier since we would book all of our award tickets from a single account.  Transfers between Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines were free and instant.  Here are the steps we did…

A few weeks ago, Laura and I transferred large chunks of American Express Membership Rewards Points into Hawaiian Airlines Miles when AMEX had a 20% transfer bonus to Hawaiian Airlines.  I transferred 417K AMEX MR Points into 500K Hawaiian Airlines Miles on August 29.

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Discover It Credit Card $20 Statement Credit for Using Virtual Card on Google Chrome (Targeted Offer)

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Good afternoon everyone, I hope you had a great weekend.  I just received an email from Discover about a targeted offer on my Discover It Credit Card where I can get a $20 statement credit after making a $200 virtual card purchase on Google Chrome.  The email came from discover@card-e.em.discover.com with the subject line: “Congrats, Grant: You have a $20 cash back offer”.  Check your email to see if you are eligible for the offer.

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InKind $50 Referral Bonus + 25% Discount on Gift Cards at Costco

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Good morning everyone, happy Mother’s Day! I just noticed that InKind has doubled the referral bonus from $25 to $50 if your referral signs up and spends $50 with InKind by June 30, 2025. If they don’t meet the requirements by the deadline, you’ll still receive the standard $25 referral bonus once they spend $50. There’s no special referral link for this promo, so you can continue using your current referral link. If you’d like to use my InKind referral link, you will get a $25 bonus after you spend $50 or more with InKind.  If you are a Costco member, you can buy a $100 InKind eGift Card for just $74.99.  See the details below for more info.

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