Cashback Calendar
Citi has released the 5% cash back calendar for their Citi Dividend for all quarters of 2017. It is as follows:
- Q1: Home depot & Home Furnishing Stores
- Q2: Drugstores & Fitness Clubs
- Q3: Hilton & Airlines
- Q4 Best Buy & Department Stores
Keep in mind that the Citi Dividend is different to the other 5% cash back cards in that you’re given a $6,000 yearly limit that you earn 5% cash back on. Discover it & Chase Freedom limit you to $1,500 per quarter. I obviously prefer the way Citi does it as it means I can max out the full $6,000 in a single quarter if there is a category I like (e.g Q2 & drugstores).
Product Change
Citi does still let you product change to this card even though you can’t apply for the card directly. Some rules:
- Card must be at least twelve months old before downgrading
- Conversions can take up to 51 days (this is usually done much sooner)
- Some representatives will say that product changes must be done within the same product family (e.g an American Airline card must be downgraded to another AA card). This is not the case, rather than arguing, hang up and call again.
Also keep in mind we still don’t really know how product changing affects your eligibility for card sign up bonuses with the new rule.
Hat tip to reader @telewatcr
Just converted my DP to Dividend. Was told it will change in early January. Rep pushed the DC hard and said the dividend is only 1% lol. Finally she gave up and agreed to let me convert.
Today I successfully converted a Citi Hilton card to another Dividend card. Rep said will take effect 10/3/17.
This makes the second card I’ve converted (first was an American Airlines card). I’ll have another AA card eligible in December, so I wonder if I’ll be able to get three of these. 🙂
The rep sure pushed the Double Cash card hard, but I stopped her pretty quick by saying I already had one. She never mentioned that I already had a Dividend card.
can you convert costco anywhere to Citi Dividend? thanks
No. I just called Citi yesterday to ask if I can product change my Forward or Costco Anywhere to any other card and was told that it’s not possible.
I just learned something about the Citi Dividend card that might be helpful to others. I maxed out the $6k spend at the 5% bonus level but my YTD cash back dividend balance looked off.
It looks like the maximum cash back you can earn is $300/year. I thought it was $300 on the 5% bonus categories, then would be 1% after that, but apparently not. It looks like this card will be totally worthless to me until next year now.
Not that 1% is a good rate, but I thought it would at least get something. If I’m wrong, someone please correct me.
Might as well use a 2% card after you max out the 5% for the year.
Yeah – it’s going back into the drawer until January. I just didn’t realize that’s how it worked. I PC’d into this card just a couple of months ago so this is my first time using it.
Just converted my Citi ThankYou Preferred card to Dividend on March 22, 2017. Thanks for the post!
Successfully converted the Citi Double cash to Dividend February 1,2017
Another data point: Successfully converted Citi Premier to Citi Att access more february 3, 2017
Will, I assume you can buy the full 6K in Q2 and max out the yearly bonus, correct?
Correct.
Successfully converted the Citi DC to Citi Dividend Today
You guys seriously buy enough drugs in one quarter to rave about the cap?
Yes, they sell very good Visa gift card drugs.
Not following? You buy gift cards at a drug store in the 2nd quarter?
Yes
I converted TY Premier to Dividend recently. Now AA card coming up and I’m considering options. With $300 max cashback Dividend doesn’t feel very exciting actually. Do you think it’s possible to convert AA to Best Buy card?
Don’t think so, but try it and let us know.