{"id":2002,"date":"2021-07-19T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/?p=2002"},"modified":"2023-04-18T12:25:59","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T18:25:59","slug":"a-thought-for-your-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/19\/a-thought-for-your-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"A Thought for your Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m sure you\u2019ve heard by now but just in case you haven\u2019t, here\u2019s the background for today\u2019s post: Citi Thank You Points can be transferred to AA<\/a> between now and November 23rd. (Why this date? No idea.) People<\/a> are<\/a> celebrating<\/a> this and frankly with good cause. Until now, Citi Thank You Points have been my least favorite bank currency amongst the major players \u2014 so much so that I\u2019d choose 1.0 Ultimate Rewards or Membership Rewards over 1.2 Citi Thank You Points. In general I think of Thank You Points as worth exactly a penny and move on to bigger and better things (say, 15x \u201cshop small\u201d with an American Express Platinum from Resy<\/a> as a great example).<\/p>\n

I hear your rebuttal, and yes, the Turkish Airlines Miles & Smiles program has some sweet-spots <\/a>and Citi Thank You Points are uniquely positioned to take advantage of that; but booking Turkish awards can be a long and frustrating process involving multiple unanswered calls and weird email bookings, and the rest of the Citi Thank You Points transfer partners range somewhere between \u201cChase and American Express can also do that\u201d, and \u201cI\u2019d rather stab myself in the eye with a fork because if I\u2019m going to be in that much pain, I\u2019ll do it to myself.\u201d<\/p>\n

But now with Thank You Points transferring 1:1 to American Airlines\u2019 AAdvantage program, there\u2019s some real value<\/a> to be had. I\u2019m excited, but I\u2019m also very cautious and won\u2019t be transferring all of my Thank You Points to AA miles for one reason: AA Miles are ready to devalue<\/strong>, and for better or worse, that\u2019s coming sooner rather than later. Consider:<\/p>\n