Update 5/5/25: FM reports the Rewards+ card is available now for product changes, both from ThankYou cards and from AA cards. Update: YMMV, readers in the comments were not able to do a product change.
Update 4/8/25: Looks to be paused or discontinued now
Update 4/2/25: another rumor notes that the Rewards+ and Student Rewards+ will be paused for new applications on April 8 for both online and in-branch.
Original Post 3/15/25:
A report on r/creditcards states that the Citi Rewards+ card will be no longer be available for application in a few days. They also indicate that the card will be discontinued for good. The card launched back in 2019.
A lot of people hold this card in order to get the benefit of 10% rebate on their first 100,000 redeemed Thank You points (10,000 points bonus), even points earned on other cards.
Assuming the card is getting discontinued, we can hope that existing cardholders will be able to keep the card as-is for many months or year until they eventually completely sunset the product.
The Citi Rewards+ card is still available for signup at the time of this writing. It comes with a signup bonus of 20,000 Thank You points after spending $1,500 within 3 months.
DoC has a whole new article on this, which is about the big changes to the card as it’s being renamed and its benefits are being overhauled:
https://www.doctorofcredit.com/new-citi-strata-card-to-replace-rewards-card-benefits-added-removed/
Tried to PC from AAPS to Rewards+ today and the csr could see it as a choice, but it gives an error when chosen. Also noticed a note attached that said this PC option is not allowed.
Tried to product-change TY Preferred to Rewards+ on May 7 and was told it was not possible.
Eleven days until Strata card anniversary date and they said I can only change to a Citi Costco card. I’ll check back in 11 days.
If you seek Avios, a good way in to still maximize the Rewards+ benefit would be TYP>Qatar. Qatar is running a 30% points bonus. I can confirm that the points (and bonus points) posted instantly. A few minutes later, I got confirmation email from TYP of my 10% back:
“Your recent order xxxxxx for xx,000 ThankYou Points received xx,700 Points Back from your Citi Rewards+® card. Your Points Back will post to your ThankYou Member account following your next statement cycle.”
Avios is good for several different airlines. I still use them but not on Qatar or British Airways.
Called twice to pc from double cash, no luck
Brothers, send your swiftest product changes whilst there still is time!
Just checked, the rep did not allow me to pc my mileup card to Rewards+. Said the system does not allow
Me too yesterday. I’ll try again later this week.
I tried to PC to the Rewards+ from an AA MileUp card, since there were recent DPs of successfully PC-ing from AA cards, but the rep could not complete the PC, though it was available on her screen as an option initially. She said there is now a note by that option disallowing PCs to the Rewards+. Guess I’ll just wait for the debut of the Strata Select card.
I saw that it is being refreshed as the Strata Select.
Where did you see that it it’s being renamed that way?
Was it a reliable source of information?
Current reports are that it is being renamed to just Strata, not Strata Select. But benefits are changing radically.