The Offer
- Citi are offering a 25% transfer bonus when you transfer your Citi ThankYou points to Leading Hotels Of The World program through October 19, 2024. Normally you can transfer 1,000 Citi ThankYou points and receive 200 Leading Hotels Of The World points and with this transfer bonus that changes to 250 points.
The Fine Print
- Valid until October 19, 2024
Our Verdict
This is the newest transfer partner for Citi that was added in October 2023.
Has anyone successfully used this transfer bonus yet? I’ve been trying but my transfer keeps getting canceled. Names on both accounts match and I can transfer to other programs fine. Tried over the phone but even the Citi TY rep got an error claiming their system was down but not buying it. Citi transfers are so frustrating.
it’s been fixed
Randomly worked this morning after waiting ~12 hours. I transferred 5k TY points first rather than the 95k I needed initially, not sure if that had anything to do with it. Might be worth trying a smaller transfer first in case anyone else runs into similar issues.
Link goes to Lifemiles, not Leading Hotels…
maybe i’m not understanding this program but i’m going to spain next year and i saw a hotel for 3400 points per night or 250 per night cash rate..seems pretty awesome? what am i missing?
Now i see, its not 1 for 1
Conversion rate from Citi to LHW is normally 5:1 With this 25% promo it changes to 4:1 so your $250 room will cost 13,600 TY pts. Ok deal but still less than getting 2% cash back.
The Citi TYP transfer to LHW used to be 1,000 : 200. With this transfer bonus, the ratio is 1,000 : 250.
To get 3,400 LHW points, you would need to transfer 14,000 Citi TYPs into 3,500 LHW points.
14,000 Citi TYPs is worth about $140, so that is a better deal than the $250 cash rate, plus taxes and fees are usually waived for award stays.
Taxes are not waived for LHW hotels. And you can’t erase it with points.
Hey, the link takes you to Avianca LifeMiles. Can you please correct it?