[Expired] Citi Double Cash $150 Signup Bonus

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The Offer

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Clients who have had this card within the last 24 months are ineligible.

Card Details

  • 2% cashback on all purchases; 1% with the purchase and another 1% at time of payment; no caps or category restrictions
  • No annual fee
  • 0% Introductory APR on purchases & balances transfers for first 15 months
  • 3% foreign transaction fee

Our Verdict

Card typically doesn’t have a sign up bonus, recently it has had a bonus of $100 with the same spend requirement. I think it briefly had a bonus of $200 when first launched as well, but that was a long time ago. $150 isn’t a huge bonus, but the spend requirement is low and it’s a cash bonus plus the card earns 2% cash back on all purchases. That’s basically as good as it gets when it comes to unrestricted earning. This card might make sense for somebody who doesn’t already have a good every day earning card and values cash sign up bonuses. I also think as restrictions get tighter and tighter what’s an acceptable bonus on these sorts of cards will change. As always if you have questions about Citi cards, read this first.

Hat tip to neverchurningbutter

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Mimi
Mimi (@guest_666688)
November 1, 2018 23:17

I got the same offer on one of my CDC cards and part of the fine print says:

“You are limited to a maximum of 20 referrals and 5 bonus awards per 12-month period beginning from your enrollment date. Maximum Cash Back Bonus accumulation for this offer is $500 Cash Back in a 12-month period beginning from your enrollment date. You cannot earn a referral award for those who currently have the Card you recommended. This program intends for you to invite friends, family and known acquaintances to take advantage of the Card Offer above. You must refer a friend within 12 months of the send date of this email.”xxxxx

I understood this as max limit of 20 referrals and even if all of them sign up and get approved, the max reward I’ll get is $500 CB.

I wonder why there is NO incentive for the family/friend referred? Bank being true to its reputation.

Tim
Tim (@guest_666658)
November 1, 2018 22:07

There is a new Citi Double Cash back bonus! Earn a $100 Cash Back Bonus for every friend that you refer and is approved for the card—up to $500 bonus cash back in a 12-month period. Your Cash Back Bonus will be added to your cash back balance within 1-2 billing cycles after your friend is approved and you meet the qualifying spend (Spend $500 in purchases using your Citi® Double Cash Card in 12 months beginning from the date of your enrollment). My link references my account so I don’t want to post it but suspect you can troll for the offer on the web.

JuicyJosh
JuicyJosh (@guest_666675)
November 1, 2018 22:44

Received same email 45 min ago. No mention of bonus to applicant.
Edit: and Chuck just posted about it.

Tim
Tim (@guest_667012)
November 2, 2018 17:44

I don’t think the new applicant gets anything but the card. I was planning to have my college age daughter sign up for the card via the promotion but it has taken Citi more than a day to send the sign up invitation. I will let you know if the offer she receives via the promo has any incentives.

Tim
Tim (@guest_667277)
November 3, 2018 16:35

Very good news, I invited my daughter to apply for a Citi Double Cash Back card so I could get a $100 bonus and she could get my favorite 2% cash back card. The offer she received from my invitation said she would get a “$125 Cash Back Bonus after $625 in purchases within the first 3 months of account opening”. I would be happy to invite others if they want to receive an invitation. It took a couple days for the invitation to arrive.

Nick
Nick (@guest_649972)
October 1, 2018 20:01

Offer appears to be dead when clicking on the Apply Now button. Able to apply for the card w/o the promotion, but not with.

bryan
bryan (@guest_624620)
July 31, 2018 18:25

been waiting for sign up bonus. Applied and received instant 10,400 CL
already have Costco Citi card for gas

Jan B
Jan B (@guest_624539)
July 31, 2018 14:57

I have a question on this card.

Is redemption immediate on the cash back? Or maybe better put, what’s the wait and minimum required?

Andrew Donshik
Andrew Donshik (@guest_624549)
July 31, 2018 15:18

$25 minimum, not awful considering that it is a flat 2%

Jan B
Jan B (@guest_624528)
July 31, 2018 14:46

Thank you, DOC! Good info.

It’s nice this one hasn’t gone to $1K spend.

Andrew Donshik
Andrew Donshik (@guest_624409)
July 31, 2018 11:54

make me feel even worse for getting this card in april before even the $100 sign up offer was available why don’t you

Fang
Fang (@guest_624472)
July 31, 2018 13:08

Same here! I saw the $100 bonus but I applied without using that link and then I called several times and citi did not honor my mataching request, and now that I saw the bonus went to $150

Rob
Rob (@guest_626796)
August 3, 2018 21:40

Same happened to me 🙁

Rob
Rob (@guest_624331)
July 31, 2018 09:22

Even though this card isn’t that sexy.. its one of my daily drivers for the price protection claim alone. Even though it is getting nerfed to $1000.. its still $1000 a year in benefits on a no AF card.

Ron
Ron (@guest_624320)
July 31, 2018 08:39

This offer is not expiring after July 31 2018 right ?

Stan
Stan (@guest_624308)
July 31, 2018 07:38

thank you for posting these.
the 500 spend cards are some of my favorites.
aarp, disney, uber, etc, etc.
easy to meet MSR, and 20-40% return, easy peasy.
one strategy i use is acquiring one big MSR card and one 500 MSR at same time. not too complicated.