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One of the best ways to lower the cost of a trip is to use travel points earned through credit cards. Fortunately, one of our favorite Citi credit cards — the Citi Premier® Card — is currently offering a record-high 80,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on the card within the first three months after opening the account.
You could redeem those Citi ThankYou points for gift cards or through the Citi travel portal and get 1 cent apiece for them, making the 80,000 bonus points worth $800. But there are ways to get even more value for them by transferring them to some of Citi’s 16 partner airlines. While this takes a little extra time and work, it’s well worth it and will help you book your next trip at a significantly lower cost.
Not sure where to start? Here are my five personal favorite ways to spend 80,000 points from the Citi Premier card on flights to destinations around the world.
Citi recently announced a temporary transfer partnership with American Airlines that’s available through Nov. 13, 2021. This means if you act fast, the 80,000 bonus points earned from the Citi Premier sign-up offer can turn into 80,000 miles in your American Airlines AAdvantage account. And if you’re familiar with American’s program, you already know it’s a great way to get awards on American flights, or more often, on American’s partners.
If you’re looking to literally travel around the world, you can use American Airlines miles to fly to Tokyo on Japan Airlines, one of American’s partners. These flights can be booked one-way from the US at an incredibly reasonable…
