Via r/churning, there might be a $100 signup bonus coming to the Citi Double Cash card. Reddit user gotthatitch had the following popup in their Citi login:
It offers $100 signup bonus after an unspecified amount of spend. Unfortunately, the link it brought to did not state anything about a bonus. Some sort of glitch there, but hopefully that means something is coming.
When the Double Cash card launched there was a targeted $200 signup bonus. With the card’s popularity, they nixed the bonus entirely, and that’s how it’s remained since then. It might be with the proliferation of 2%+ cards they feel a signup bonus is necessary. Else the $100 offer might come as a targeted offer only.
Interestingly, r/churning member GCBlueBlueBlue notes recently getting an offer to product change an old Diamond Preferred card into a Double Cash with a $100 conversion bonus.
The $100 Citi Double Cash offer appears to have gone live. Its a $100 cash back bonus after $500 in purchases
Thank you!
Somewhat unrelated question, but not sure where else to ask it. Does the issuing bank get the ‘level 3’ transaction detail (i.e. what exactly was purchased) if I use a mobile wallet?
I rather hope they change it to 2.5% or 3% flat cash back card than the sign up bonus
3% flat cash back would be the bomb-diggity but don’t think that’s gonna happen.
USAA tried that with the 2.5% Limitless cashback card and then discontinued it. Alliant still offers their 3% the first year and 2.5% going forward, but there’s a $59 AF after year 1.
If this happens, I wonder if I can get them to extend the offer to me. I’ve had the card for 2 years and had no signup bonus. I have another 2% card, so worse case, I can punish Citi by not using their card.
I just signed up for a Citi TY Premier. Once I get the sign up bonus, would I be able to PC it to a Citi Double Cash?
can’t product change within 1st yr.
also product change MAY count as account closing for the Premier for the purpose of resetting 24 months clock, depends on if you get a new card number (no way to know in advance).
I did this exact product change over the phone about year ago, everything was pretty smooth except for a problem with getting charged the annual fee for the premier the month after I changed it, but they refunded a prorated 11 months of the AF on the next months statement. Good enough for me, 50000 point sign up bonus…
I also received a targeted offer in the last few months to turn an old Thank You Preferred card into a Double Cash card with a $100 bonus for $500 spend. So it looks like they are trying to get people onto the Double Cash card and have some budget to do so, but are rolling it out slowly.
Was it an email that you received?
I remember there was a reddit comment about the OP met Citi IT guys at a university job fair and stated Citi was going to push Double Cash this year.
Interesting corroboration
Here is the comment I was talking about: https://www.reddit.com/r/churning/comments/7tbwos/daily_discussion_thread_january_27_2018/dtbqban/
If you’re taking a hit by opening a card I’d rather open a card with a better bonus (TY card, AA card…) and downgrade it later on. Assuming you’re eligible for bonuses that is.
My Double Cash card started its life as one of the AA Plats with a 60k AAdvantage pts bonus.
Damnit I should have done that instead of closing my last Citi AA. Did the date of your product change to Double Cash reset the 24 month clock for the AA to be eligible for the bonus again?
This and US Bank Altitude are my daily drivers. I get 4.5% back (when redeemed on travel) on all in person purchases with USBA (by using android pay), and 2% cash back on everything else with citi double cash
Hi, there! I thought US Bank Altitude is no good for MSing, U.S. bank may shut down all your other U.S. bank credit card if caught, right?
yeap us bank is very sensitive to MS
Yes they will. Appear to be more sensitive than Amex. OP didn’t say anything about MSing on them.