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The Offer
Citi is sending out an email offer today on various cards:
- Receive a $30 statement credit after you make at least three purchases of $30 or more each at Amazon.com with your Citi credit card.
- Receive a $30 statement credit after you make at least three purchases of $30 or more each using Paypal with your Citi credit card.
- Get 5% back on Amazon purchases, up to $25 back.
The first offer is very common on Prestige cards, along with some others. The last cash offer is common on Simplicity and Dividend.
The Fine Print
- Your purchases must post to your account between 11/14/2018 and 12/31/2018.
- The statement credit will be applied to your account within 2 billing cycles after the eligible purchases are posted.
- In order to qualify for this offer, the account must be open and current at all times. If your account is closed for any reason, including if you convert to another card product, you may no longer be eligible for this offer.
Our Verdict
Pleasant surprise here. Offer seems to be widely available but not for everyone, at least not yet. Hard to imagine a world where spending 3 x $30 on Amazon and getting $30 back isn’t a win. Lock it in by purchasing 3 $30 gift cards or doing 3 $30 gift card reloads. (Those are our affiliate links. Thanks, as always, to all those who go out of their way to support the site.)
Thanks to all the readers who sent this in.
Charged 3x $30 on PayPal on 11/15 on double cash card, still no bonus yet after 2 billing statements.
I called citi and they said I should be awared for the credit but they didn’t see it applies, so they opened a dispute for me.
DP: 3 purchases posted on 11/27, 12/12, 12/20. $30 statement credit labeled “Purchase Bonus” posted 1/2.
No luck yet for me.
I made two $30 purchases on November 20 and one $30 purchase on November 21 via my linked card to Paypal. Since then, I have had two billing cycles end. Needless to say, I have not received the credit on my account. I tried calling Citi, but they told me that it could take until February, as the promotion ended on December 31 (even though the terms say it is two billing cycles from the date of the transactions posting). This is frustrating, considering others have gotten the credit on their accounts.
Made 3 Paypal purchases 11/26 – 11/27. 30$ statement credit just posted 1/15.
What if I make all 3 purchases tomorrow? Will they “post” in time before the end of 12/31
Anyone get paypal offer see the credits posted on double cash card? my statement closes three days ago, I finished the purchases around 11/20, still no credits posted, seems like amazon credits are posted
My $30 statement credit posted today on my Citi Premier 🙂
after statement close?
Yes, my statement closed today.
Thanks!
Thank you!
I got the paypal offer through citi double cash card. I am assuming that Citibank wants you to use your Citibank card in an online purchase at ebay. I got the paypal debit card thinking I could buy almost anything anywhere with it but it cant be directly linked to a credit card for spending – only a bank account or debit card. I would think that the offer would not hold if I just bought 3x$30 using my paypal debit card and taking money from my paypal balance even though I do in fact have my Citibank card linked to the account. Has anybody tried this? Otherwise the best I could find was Shell gascards for sale on ebay for $54.95 apiece for $50.00 of gas. That would cut the $30.00 reward in half.
I don’t understand the credit card linking. The $90 just comes from your Paypal balance doesn’t it – the “linked” citicard doesn’t get used does it?
Had this on my wife’s Premier. 3 x $30 amazon gift cards via affiliate links in the post on 11/17. Credit posted 11/21
Anyone find a creative way to make 3 x $30 purchases with PayPal yet? I want to cash in on this deal by turning the required spend to cash.
I got the paypal but not the amazon. Any efficient ways to spend $30 x3 and get the $30 back for the paypal option?
Same question!
I also got the Paypal option, but I see Amazon does not accept Paypal.