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Updated code for 50,000 AA miles:  WD3QFS2Y4C  valid till 3/31/2016
Citigold 50k

50k TY or 50k AA miles for opening a CitiGold checking account.
Requirements:
  - Bill pay at least 1 non citi bill a month for 2 calendar months
  - Spend $1k on debit card (only required for the 50k aa offer the 50k ty only requires bill pay)

Has $30/month fee (waived by keeping $50K in account) starting in month 3.
Miles/points post 90 days after completing reqs.


Update: As of 2/9/2016, credit card can no longer be used as a funding source.

For AA bonus it is very important that you have either the Citi AA plat or executive card first, as the bonus offer is only offered to cardholders, and they get your AA number from those cards.
Similarly for TY points bonus requires a TY Citi credit card.

A lot of info with detailed instructions here: http://www.doctorofcredit.com/step-by-step-guide-to-citigold-checking-bonus/
Read that page and make sure you understand all the steps everything before you start!

Steps:
1. Apply online as described in link above
2. Call new accounts: 1-800-745-1534 option 1 to check on status of your account and what else they need from you
3. You will need at least to fill out their signature card, which they should email out to you, and you fax back
4. Wait for debit card and checks to arrive in the mail
 4a. You can now withdraw from the account, but leave at least $90 to cover any monthly fees
5. Do requirements as above (1K debit card spend, 2 months bill pays)
6. Wait for miles to post after 90 days after the end of the month when you complete your requirements
 6a. You might want to SM them to make sure they have your AA number and will post the miles properly
7. Once miles post you can close or downgrade to a no monthly fee account.
« Last edited by Iz on July 07, 2016, 12:34:43 AM »

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Re: Advantage card/citigold checking bonus 50k offer
« Reply #660 on: March 28, 2016, 12:02:34 AM »
Forgive me for being paranoid but does paying a citi cc count as bill pay?

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Re: Advantage card/citigold checking bonus 50k offer
« Reply #661 on: March 28, 2016, 12:20:34 AM »
Forgive me for being paranoid but does paying a citi cc count as bill pay?
DoC says to pay a different bank.

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Re: Advantage card/citigold checking bonus 50k offer
« Reply #662 on: March 28, 2016, 10:15:52 AM »
Is there a way to confirm with Citi that the promotion code is attached to my new checking account?

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Re: Advantage card/citigold checking bonus 50k offer
« Reply #663 on: March 28, 2016, 10:33:29 AM »
Is there a way to confirm with Citi that the promotion code is attached to my new checking account?

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Re: Advantage card/citigold checking bonus 50k offer
« Reply #664 on: March 28, 2016, 10:45:50 AM »
Chat them.
I just did that. Pretty quick & painless.

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Re: Advantage card/citigold checking bonus 50k offer
« Reply #665 on: March 28, 2016, 10:58:37 AM »
I opened the account today with the promo code and live chatted with them and they said they couldn't see the promo code attached to the account yet?

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Re: Advantage card/citigold checking bonus 50k offer
« Reply #666 on: March 28, 2016, 04:44:04 PM »
I opened the account today with the promo code and live chatted with them and they said they couldn't see the promo code attached to the account yet?
Call cs, they should be able to see it, I had that also where the chat people couldn't see it, but phone CS could

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Re: Advantage card/citigold checking bonus 50k offer
« Reply #667 on: March 28, 2016, 05:15:52 PM »
got email offer for 50k AA, any reason to/not to open the account in branch ?
can I fund it by card in branch as well ?

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Re: Advantage card/citigold checking bonus 50k offer
« Reply #668 on: March 28, 2016, 05:42:29 PM »
got email offer for 50k AA, any reason to/not to open the account in branch ?
can I fund it by card in branch as well ?
Until recently it was better to open online to fund by CC (that was never available in branch). However, they have since discontinued credit card funding altogether.

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Re: Advantage card/citigold checking bonus 50k offer
« Reply #669 on: March 28, 2016, 05:53:02 PM »
Until recently it was better to open online to fund by CC (that was never available in branch). However, they have since discontinued credit card funding altogether.
so how do I fund my account now ?

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Re: Advantage card/citigold checking bonus 50k offer
« Reply #670 on: March 28, 2016, 07:07:37 PM »
so how do I fund my account now ?
transfer from an existing bank account at another bank

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Re: Advantage card/citigold checking bonus 50k offer
« Reply #671 on: March 28, 2016, 07:18:25 PM »
got email offer for 50k AA, any reason to/not to open the account in branch ?
can I fund it by card in branch as well ?
My banker had no clue how to attach the offer to account, he just put a note on the account.

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Re: Advantage card/citigold checking bonus 50k offer
« Reply #672 on: March 28, 2016, 07:27:50 PM »
Call cs, they should be able to see it, I had that also where the chat people couldn't see it, but phone CS could
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Re: Advantage card/citigold checking bonus 50k offer
« Reply #673 on: April 04, 2016, 02:05:51 PM »
Totally forgot to sign up before it ended. Hopefully they will extend it again.

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Re: Advantage card/citigold checking bonus 50k offer
« Reply #674 on: April 05, 2016, 03:35:43 PM »
does anyone know how the typ post? bro got 50k deposited as cc promo into his typ # associated with his cc when he had a different # for his bank acct

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Re: Advantage card/citigold checking bonus 50k offer
« Reply #675 on: April 05, 2016, 04:09:28 PM »
TY offer on the other hand I find myself going in circles with Citigold, Citicards and Thankyou. Citigold says they posted on January 20th, TY says never received it, and that the only points there are from earned points on credit cards. Nobody has a good answer to where they are, been like this the past two weeks. Anyone else have such issues?

Finally got them to manually issue the points to my account.

Now what is best use for these 50,000 points, which don't have the same value as the credit card points?

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Re: Advantage card/citigold checking bonus 50k offer
« Reply #676 on: April 05, 2016, 04:11:33 PM »
Finally got them to manually issue the points to my account.

Now what is best use for these 50,000 points, which don't have the same value as the credit card points?
why dont u combine typ accts with cc

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Re: Advantage card/citigold checking bonus 50k offer
« Reply #677 on: April 05, 2016, 04:20:54 PM »
why dont u combine typ accts with cc

Don't think it would allow these to be transferred to airlines. Have you tried?

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Re: Advantage card/citigold checking bonus 50k offer
« Reply #678 on: April 05, 2016, 04:27:37 PM »
Don't think it would allow these to be transferred to airlines. Have you tried?
no but i doubt they have these points marked even after u transfer to a diff typ#

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Re: Advantage card/citigold checking bonus 50k offer
« Reply #679 on: April 05, 2016, 04:52:47 PM »
no but i doubt they have these points marked even after u transfer to a diff typ#
Was reported up thread that they are.