Citibank is devaluing factors transfers to 2 of their companions efficient April 19, 2026. Premium ThankYou Rewards playing cards will see a worse switch charge to Choice Privileges and to (*19*) Hotels I Prefer beginning at the moment.
- Currently 1,000 ThankYou Rewards Points switch to 2,000 Choice Privileges factors. Effective April 19, that charge will likely be reduce by 25% to 1,500 Choice Privileges factors.
- Currently 1,000 ThankYou Rewards factors switch to 4,000 (*19*) Hotels I Prefer factors. Effective April 19, that charge will likely be reduce by 50% to 2,000 I Prefer factors.
Ironically, Citibank emails to cardmembers sharing this modification shut, “A little ThankYou… can go a long way.”
These are considerably area of interest companions, however (*19*) Hotels supplied actual worth on the previous 1:4 ratio, providing you with 2-3 cents per Citibank level. It’s arduous to think about there will likely be many alternatives for transferring Citibank factors to (*19*) Hotels at cheap worth with this modification. Meanwhile, I worth Choice factors at maybe half a cent apiece. I wouldn’t switch on the previous charge. This new charge makes them a non-partner in my calculations.
Here’s Citi’s switch companions.
- oneworld: American Airlines AAdvantage, Cathay Pacific Asia Miles, Malaysia Airlines Enrich, Qantas Frequent Flyer, Qatar Airways Privilege Club
- Star Alliance: Avianca LifeMiles, EVA Air Infinity MileageLands, Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer, Thai Airways Royal Orchid Plus, Turkish Airlines Miles & Smiles
- SkyTeam: Aeromexico Club Premier, Air France KLM Flying Blue, Virgin Atlantic Flying Club
- Non-alliance: Emirates Skywards, Etihad Guest, JetBlue TrueBlue
- Hotels: Leading Hotels of the World Leaders Club, Accor ALL – Accor Live Limitless, Choice Hotels Choice Privileges, (*19*) Hotels I Prefer, Wyndham Hotels Wyndham Rewards
There’s worth in American AAdvantage, Cathay Pacific, Qantas, and Qatar (which might additional switch to different Avios packages like British Airways and Finnair). There’s worth in LifeMiles, EVA Air, Singapore, Air France KLM Flying Blue and even Virgin Atlantic.
I view Malaysia airways, THAI, Aeromexico and Turkish largely simply working up the rating on having companions at this level. Turkish used to supply sturdy worth however they’ve largely eradicated these alternatives.
EVA Air is an actual sleeper by the best way as a result of they provide higher availability to their very own members than to companions. It’s really attainable to get enterprise class awards, say, from Seattle to Asia by way of Taipei utilizing Infinity MileageLands factors whereas doing so with United or Air Canada miles is uncommon.
