[Targeted] Citi Cards: Bonus 4x on Select Categories (Grocery, Gas, Online, Home Improvement)

Update 1/1/23: Deal is back and available until 03/31/2023. Hat tip to AP84

The Offer

Check your email for an offer being sent out on the Citi Custom Cash or Citi Double Cash and other cards:

  • Earn an additional 4 points per $1 spent, up to 2,500 ThankYou Points on eligible purchases you make in select categories. There are various versions of this offer in terms are which category is targeted:
    • Grocery category
    • Gas category
    • Hardware Stores, Home Improvement Stores, Lawn & Garden Supply Stores, Home Furnishing Stores
    • Online purchases

Requires activation.

Our Verdict

Some nice offers here. Offers for places like Grocery should be able to stack with the regular 5% earned on your top category for a total of 9x rewards.

Hat tip to Maybe Frugal

View Comments (40)

  • @chucksithe @will I just got a targeted email for 5x on PayPal on my Citi Custom cash.
    Activate this new offer to earn up to $75 back as a statement credit on eligible PayPal purchases with your linked Citi Custom CashSM Card through 03/31/2023

  • I had an offer for 4 extra points for my Citi Custom Cash on bill payments in
    - Cell & Landline Providers
    - Internet Providers
    - Cable & Satellite Providers
    - Insurance Providers
    - Entertainment Subscriptions

    through 1/31. Oddly, my electric utility bill payment qualified for the extra 4 points. LOL... I have no idea why that would have counted since it coded as "Services - Utilities - Electric, Gas, Sanitary, Water". They must have counted any utility bill payment, not just the stated categories.

  • DP: Got an email for my Simplicity card at 5X (it doesn't earn 1X on normal purchases so the total is the same). Categories are: Restaurants, Movie Theaters, Show Theaters.

  • Received offer of 5x on my prestige card
    "Starting with your next purchase, you’ll earn 5 ThankYou® Points per $1 spent, up to 2,500 points, now through 03/31/2023 on eligible purchases you make with your Citi Prestige® Card at:

    • Gas Stations • Grocery Stores • Drugstores • Mass Transit & Commuter Transportation Vendors "

  • This offer is back today! I got an email with a targeted one-click enrollment link for 'Online Purchases'.

    Email subject line: "(Your Name), use your Citi Card and earn American Airlines AAdvantage® bonus miles on eligible online purchases."

    Fine Print: "This offer starts upon enrollment and will end on 03/31/2023. Earnings associated with this program will equal 4 AAdvantage bonus mile(s) per $1 spent on eligible online purchases. AAdvantage miles earned with this offer are subject to a maximum of 2,500 AAdvantage bonus miles."

  • Citi Custom Cash card offer received by email on 11/1/2022. Email subject line: “[mangorunner], use your Citi Card and earn extra ThankYou® Points on eligible everyday purchases.”

    “EARN EXTRA THANKYOU POINTS on eligible purchases through 01‌/‌31‌/‌2023. Earn an additional 4 point(s) per $1 spent, up to 2,500 points, on eligible purchases such as:
    ✓ Gas Stations
    ✓ Grocery Stores
    ✓ Restaurants
    ✓ Shopping at your favorite retailers”

    Screenshot of offer:
    https://i.imgur.com/fftyed8.png

  • Got a new offer- Extra 4% on 'Retail' purchases.. retail is not one of the regular 5% categories though. not sure if i can still get 9% back total

    "You'll earn an additional 4 ThankYou® Points per $1 spent, up to 2,500 points, now through 11/30/2022 on eligible purchases you make with your Citi Custom Cash℠ Card at:

    • Clothing Stores • Office Supply Stores • Consumer Electronic Stores • Department Stores

    • @guest_1453025
      Just received a similar offer. Did you ever determine if the offer stacked? Did you get 9% back on your top category during the promo period?