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Airlines, hotels and, well, just about everyone now, have proprietary points that you can use only for their products. Got American Airline miles? Good luck using them on United; they’ll only be good for American and American’s partners. But ThankYou Points (Citibank Points) are a different story. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s why I find credit card points to be so useful. All of the major credit card companies have their own rewards schemes. The major ones are American Express Membership Rewards, Chase Ultimate Rewards and Citibank ThankYou Points. Each bank has several partners that you can transfer to, instead of using them for just one reward. Today, I’m going to hit on Citi ThankYou Points (TYP) and do the other two at a future date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Earning Citibank ThankYou Points<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

There are two main ways to earn Citi ThankYou Points: You can have a bank account with them or a credit card. The bank account rewards<\/a> can be painful. Points are slim and you must have several relationships with them. Unless you already have a Citi account, it is not<\/em> worth it to open one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Credit cards are better. Depending on where and how much you spend, the points can range from not particularly beneficial to extremely valuable. There are a range of cards from Citi, but the most valuable one is the Citibank Premier card<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Citi Premier<\/a>: <\/strong>Currently has an 80,000 point sign-up bonus when you spend $4,000 in the first three months as a cardholder. The bonus is good for anything ranging from 80,000 American Airlines miles (or any of 16 other airlines) to $800 in gift cards to MGM properties (or about 100 other merchants). the card also has several other benefits, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n