Update 5/17/19: Another offer was sent out, this time for 10% back online. Must spend $500+, maximum of $75 back.
The Offer
No direct link to offer
- Citi has sent out some spending offers to Citi Sears cardholders. Here are some of the offers seen:
- Earn 3,000 Citi ThankYou points when you spend $300 or more in May and June
- Update: much better offers available for some people. Check the comments for more info
The Fine Print
- Varies by offer
Our Verdict
Much weaker bonus than we normally see, hopefully somebody else received a better bonus than this. Last months offers were weak as well, but not as bad as this.
Anybody get their bonuses posted yet? I still don’t see anything on my statements…
Has anyone had luck changing their Sears SYW card to earn TYP recently? I got the card in May, made some purchases and paid them off this month. I called in repeatedly and keep getting the run around that they no longer allow changing to TYPs. I called about 5 reps, 1 said they were able to unenroll me from SYW but on calling back I was told i’m still in the program because they assigned me a new card.
Were you ever able to get changed to the TYP version? My spouse got the card the month and tried twice to change with no luck so far. I got the card in April and was able to change within the first month.
I’d also like to know since I plan to apply for the card next week.
Received a new offer today: spend at least $750 in travel category, and earn 15X bonus TYP, up to 15,000 points, from Jul.1st – Sep.30th.
Does anyone know if buying Delta EGC count as airline travel spending for this card? Thanks a lot!
Anyone know when the bonus points typically post? I spend the required amount and received nothing so far. Usually on my other Citi cards, I get it fairly soon.
Just wondering if you got your bonus yet. I’m still waiting for mine to post. Fine print says “Please allow 2 billing cycles after the end of the promotional period for the statement credit to be added to your account.”
Still don’t see anything on my statement and I believe it’s been 2 cycles for me? The offer ended June 30th, statement closed for me in July.
Already got my August and September statements, but I don’t see anything added to my account yet. Maybe it’ll show up in October?
received such offer:
Earn 10,000 Bonus ThankYou® Points*
when you activate this offer and make eligible purchases totaling $1,000 or more with your Sears Mastercard® between 6/1/2019 – 7/30/2019.
it is my first time since got this card last Oct
I got this too. I’m assuming this stacks with my other for 25000 points for 2500 spend on groceries that I have for June as well. Stack it with gas points at Giant and this is a pretty amazing although unscalable deal.
I got another one which I ignored:
Activate now to earn 10x Bonus ThankYou® Points
(up to a total of 10,000 points)
when you spend $700 or more on eligible HOME IMPROVEMENT purchases and use your Sears Mastercard® from 5/1/19 – 6/30/19.
Does anyone know what constitutes “online purchases” per citi sears’ standard? Does paying my rent online count? Thanks!
For folks that got offers on your card, what is your CL and have you tried increasing your CL on their site via the LUV button? If so, was it a hard or soft inquiry?
I just got this card a few months ago, but the language on the CLI request screen looks like the standard HP Citi (where it asks you what CL you want) so I think it may be just like the normal HP / SP depending on the request language. Not worth a HP to find out so I’ll see if the language changes once the acct ages to 6+ months.
Official Citi does not do a hard pull since its verbiage is “We will not obtain a credit bureau report to evaluate your request, and you will receive a decision instantly.” and even before you submit it says “We will not obtain a credit bureau report.”
On the Sears web site, it is a bit more ambiguous: “Completing your online credit limit increase request is easy and takes only minutes. In some cases, we can provide a decision right away.” and “By submitting this form you authorize Citibank, N.A. to obtain the Accountholder’s credit report.” before you submit.
I am guessing the latter suggests a hard pull, which I do not want to waste just for a meager increase…
grr still nothing!
I’ve had this card for few years. Never get any offers. Put some spend on it for a couple months (food/gas/misc) to try and get something. All I have gotten is balance transfer offers for 5.9% + fees. Really?
Can you product change another citi card to the sears card?
Nope. You need to apply for it. PC to this card is not possible
Got the email a few days ago, I didn’t PC to the TYP card yet, but I still got 10% statement credit on “$500 or more on eligible ONLINE purchases up to a total statement credit of $75”
So basically 10% back on online purchases totaling between $500 and $750.
I’m not sure what counts as an online purchase for this card though. Fine print says “Online purchases are transactions made via a computer network or other online service, and as defined by the merchant. We reserve the right to determine which purchases qualify for this offer.”
Some of my other cards like Discover show if the transaction was by chip, swipe, online, phone, etc. I have some bills I could pay to meet the requirements so I wonder if those would count as an “Online” purchase.
I received 5% on up to $2K in purchases. Maximum credit of $100.
Chris what is “PC?”
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