Citi Platinum credit card promo - spend $1000.00 receive 50,000 QFF pts

[kaz]

Hi
I received an application in the mail today for Citi Platinum credit card.
It says for a limited time, if I apply and spend $1,000.00 or more within 1st 3 months of activating the card I receive a bonus 50,000 QFF points. and that's not a typo

Card fee is $250.00 plus $49.00 to join the Citibank Qantas rewards program to enable the points to be transferred direct to QFF account.

Does the total card fee of $299.00 represent good value to receive 50,000 points (plus the $1K spend required in 3 months) We'll only keep the card for the first year and cancel it before the 2nd lot of annual fees kick in.

My question is, although I don't want to apply for the card myself, can my husband use the application form that I received and still receive the same bonus points offer.
The form is not pre-filled with my details, however there are a group of letters and numbers pre-printed on the top of the form.
Would these numbers etc relate back to my name and hence only I can apply using that form ?

I was thinking of ringing them to ask the question, but having dealt with their call centre years ago when I wanted to cancel a card brings back some fond memories.


Tks
karen

[oz_mark]

kaz,

There is another thread on this promotion (http://www.australianfrequentflyer.c...0-a-28134.html (Citibank Platinum VISA - 50,000 Bonus Points (expiry: 31 March 2011))) that you might wish to refer to for some peoples thoughts on the value of the offer.

As the promotion is available on the web, I suspect there would not be much of an issue in your husband getting the points - but maybe apply through the weblinks. The letters and so on probably are codings for the promotion itself.

[kaz]

kaz,

There is another thread on this promotion (http://www.australianfrequentflyer.c...0-a-28134.html (Citibank Platinum VISA - 50,000 Bonus Points (expiry: 31 March 2011))) that you might wish to refer to for some peoples thoughts on the value of the offer.

As the promotion is available on the web, I suspect there would not be much of an issue in your husband getting the points - but maybe apply through the weblinks. The letters and so on probably are codings for the promotion itself.

Thanks Oz_mark for the link
I didn't realise that there was a specific discussion board for 'current credit card promotions'.

[deft]

Just received the card. Will Citibank send me a PIN a few days later for the card? Nothing was mentioned in the letter that came with the card.

[jdlover23]

There is an ad in the age magazine today - where you can get 60k points

www.citibank.com.au/MELBOURNE

Cheers
A

[delfredo]

There is an ad in the age magazine today - where you can get 60k points

www.citibank.com.au/MELBOURNE

Cheers
A

And there is no minimum spend requirement! Woot!! T&C clearly states that points will be credited in the next statement cycle following the first retail spend using the card.

[kingjjj]

Someone made the point on a related thread that this 60k offer does not specify qantas points (just Citibank points).

[albatross710]

following the first retail spend using the card.

I'm wondering about this term "retail spend" that Citi are using in their promos.


Does it mean
* not business related?
* not an online bill pay?
* in a retail store?

Or, will it just be trigged by any spend on the card?

So many questions on Citibank...so few answers. Thoughts form others experience appreciated.

[kingjjj]

I'm wondering about this term "retail spend" that Citi are using in their promos.

I think they're trying to distinguish between retail spends vs cash withdrawals.