Do A Good Deed With Your Citi ThankYou Network Points

Written by David Long on June 12, 2011 – 11:13 pm

One cool feature of many credit card rewards programs is that they give their members the opportunity to redeem their rewards in the form of a charitable donation. Instead of cashing in your rewards for cash back, gift cards, or merchandise, you can donate them to a charity. Today we are going to look at the options the Citi ThankYou Network offer their card members when it comes to making a charitable donation. You will also find a list of credit cards that a part of the Citi ThankYou Rewards Program.

There are 8 different Citi® credit card that are part of the Citi ThankYou Network. With these credit cards you earn points for doing the things you do every day, like banking, shopping. You can also earn points for banking with Citibank with an enrolled checking account, booking eligible travel with Expedia® or shopping at over 300 retailers through the ThankYou Bonus Center run by Citi. Heres a quick summary of the various ways you can earn ThankYou Points:

Participating Citi® credit card, which include the Citi Forward card
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney FMA® Card enrolled in ThankYou Network
Having an enrolled Citibank checking account and other linked banking products and services
Shopping through the ThankYou Bonus Center with over 300 major retailers, or in-store using a participating Citi® credit card
Plus, get bonus points through special ThankYou® Network promotions
You can also purchase ThankYou® Points in increments of 1,000 points for $25, up to 10,000 points per calendar year. You may not purchase points to offset any PremierPass Flight Points.
Points with Citi®: You can earn points for every $1 spent on purchases with your Citi Credit Card. You can get points for using your Citibank checking account and other qualifying Citibank products and services.
Points with Expedia.com®: Expedia.com® is the exclusive travel sponsor of ThankYou Network. You can earn points when booking eligible travel on Expedia.com® no matter how you pay. If youve got a Citi Credit Card or Citibank Debit Card, use it to book your travel and earn even more points.
Points for Shopping: You can get rewarded for shopping at your favorite retailers. Points are earned when you shop online by linking through thankyou.com, or in-store by using your Citi Credit Card. Shop at over 400 online retailers, such as Macys, Best Buy, and Target—and earn additional points for every dollar you spend. Use your Citi Credit Card at a growing number of stores, such as Timberland, Eddie Bauer or FAO Schwarz—and earn additional points for every dollar you spend. Also, when you make purchases from participating catalogs or purchase gift certificates, youll earn additional points for every dollar you spend.

Citis rewards credit cards allow you to redeem points for charity donations. Once you earn points They have ten charity partners which you can donate to. You have the option to cash in your points for a charitablie gift. You can redeem ThankYou Points for charitable contributions, issued in the form of a check made payable to the charity, in denominations of $5, $25, $50, $75 and $100 only.

March of Dimes
American Red Cross
JA Worldwide
Pro-literacy Worldwide
Plan USA
American Lung Association
American Institute for Cancer Research
Arthritis Foundation
American Heart Association
American Forest Plant A Program

If you find that you dont have enough points its not a problem because you can purchase more points. You can purchase ThankYou points in increments of 1,000 points to get the rewards you really want. You can purchase up to 100,000 point cap per calendar year, you can purchase points at any time, and there no redemption required. For point purchases exceeding 30,000 points, you have to contact Citi directly at the ThankYou Service Center at 1-800-THANKYOU (1-800-842-6596).

Currently there are 8 Citi Cards that participate in the ThankYou Network. Each card offers a variety of benefits for their cardmembers. Check out the cards listed below for more details:

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