[Targeted] Citi Rewards+: 30,000 Point Sign Up Bonus

Update 5/5/20: Variation of this offer has been sent out. This time it requires $2,000 in total spend. Still better off with the Premier offer. Hat tip to echen1024

The Offer

No direct link to offer, sent out via snail mail

• Citi is offering an increased sign up bonus on the Citi Rewards+ card of up to 30,000 points. Broken down as follows:
  • Receive 15,000 points after $1,000 in spend within the first 3 months of account opening
  • Receive an additional 15,000 points after $4,000 in total spend within the first 12 months of account opening

Card Details

• No annual fee
• Card earns ThankYou points
• Earn 2x points on grocery and gas, up to $6,000 per year, then 1x
• Earn 1x points on everything else
• Bonus ThankYou Points are not available if you received a new cardmember bonus for Citi Rewards+℠, Citi ThankYou^®Preferred, Citi ThankYou^® Premier/Citi Premier℠ or Citi Prestige^®, or if you have closed any of these cards, in the past 24 months.
• Low intro rate on purchases and balance transfers
• 3% foreign transaction fee
• 10% rebate on all redeemed points each year, on up to the first 100,000 redeemed points

Our Verdict

Previous best bonus has 20,000 points. Although a higher bonus was available in branch. Card isn’t really worth considering in my opinion because if you get this card you’ll be excluded from getting the Preferred/Premier/Prestige for 24+ months and those cards usually have much bigger sign up bonuses. For example you can get 65,000 points on the Premier currently.

Hat tip to reader Andrey