The Citi Premier® Credit Card is an excellent general travel, dining, and grocery card with a low annual fee.

Citi ThankYou cards are great because they have a range of interesting and advanced airline partners that you can transfer your points to, including Avianca, Turkish, and Cathay Pacific.

There are frequent transfer bonuses as well. If you are looking to get started collecting ThankYou points, this is the best starter card for the program.

How Does the Citi Premier Earn Citi ThankYou Points?

• 3X Points at Dining
• 3X Points at Grocery Stores / Supermarkets
• 3X Points on Gas
• 3X Points on Flights and Hotels
• 1X Points on All Other Purchases

Other ThankYou Premier Card benefits

• The annual hotel savings benefit will give you $100 off a $500 prepaid hotel booking in the ThankYou travel portal.
• No foreign transaction fees

Thank You points can be transferred to a variety of airline frequent flyer programs, such as Avianca, Etihad, Turkish and Cathay Pacific.

Review: Get a free checked bag and preferred boarding on American Airlines.

Earn 2x AAdvantage miles at gas stations and restaurants, as well as on American Airlines. Also, earn a $100 flight discount after spending $20,000 and renewing your card.

Earn 1 Loyalty Point for every 1 eligible AAdvantage(R) mile earned from purchases

NOTE: In calculating your potential rewards for this card, we are assuming that all spend entered as "Airline" is on American Airlines. If some of your airline spend is on other airlines, that spend will earn 1x rather than 2x miles and reduce your expected rewards.

Review: Get full Admirals Club Membership for the primary cardholder, plus Admirals Club access for authorized users. Get a free checked bag for you and up to 8 companions on the same record, priority boarding, priority check-in, and priority screening (screening where available).

You'll also get access for two guests plus anyone in your family under the age of 18 as long as you have same-day boarding passes for American Airlines or any oneworld^® airline.

And, your Admiral's Club membership additionally grants you the same access when flying oneworld airlines as follows:

• Domestic and international Admirals Club locations
• All Alaska Airlines Lounges (when departing or arriving on flights marketed and operated by American or Alaska Airlines)
• All Qantas Clubs (when departing or arriving on same-day flights operated by Qantas, or operated by American out of Auckland, New Zealand or Sydney, Australia)
• Select partner lounges operated by third parties (on same-day flights operated by American)

Note that your authorized users get entry only at AA Admiral's Club lounges, but do get guest privileges for immediate family (spouse, domestic partner and/or children under 18) or up to 2 guests. Guests must be accompanied by the eligible authorized user and present boarding pass for same-day travel on American or a partner airline.

The Authorized User must present their credit card and be traveling on any departing or arriving flight that is marketed or operated by American, marketed and operated by any oneworld® airline, or marketed and operated by JetBlue (excluding JetBlue flights operating to and from Europe).

Earn American Airlines AAdvantage miles, and earn a bonus of 10,000 Loyalty Points (towards elite qualification) in any calendar year you spend $40,000 on the card.

Also, earn 1 Loyalty Point for every 1 eligible AAdvantage(R) mile earned from purchases.

NOTE: In calculating your potential rewards for this card, we are assuming that all spend entered as "Airline" is on American Airlines. If some of your airline spend is on other airlines, that spend will earn 1x rather than 2x miles and reduce your expected rewards.

Earn Rate

• 3X points for every dollar spent on dining, takeout, and eligible delivery services
• 3X points for every dollar spent at grocery stores
• 3X points for each dollar spent directly with Air Canada
• 1 point for each dollar spent on all other purchases
• Plus, 500 bonus points for every $2,000 spent in a calendar month (up to a maximum of 1,500 points per calendar month)

Card Benefits

• Status Boost: Automatically receive Aeroplan 25K Elite Status for the remainder of the first calendar year, plus the following calendar year, allowing primary cardmembers to enjoy benefits such as priority check-in, early boarding, upgrades and more on Air Canada flights. Cardmembers can requalify as follows:
  • Earn 25K Status through the next year after spending $15,000 in a calendar year
  • Existing status holders earn a one-level status boost to 35K Status or higher for the next year after spending $50,000 in a calendar year
  • Additional spend thresholds starting at $100,000 of spend in a calendar year will unlock unprecedented Aeroplan redemption benefits, including 50% off Priority Rewards and companion benefits
• Pay Yourself Back: The Aeroplan Credit Card is the first co-branded card to do this (starting soon, not right at launch) and you will be able to Pay Yourself Back with up to 50,000 Aeroplan points annually. This will be good for any all travel from Ubers to flights and will be at 1.25 cents per point in value, so $625 a year max.
• No foreign transaction fees
• Global Entry / PreCheck / Nexus reimbursement once every four years (This is the only credit card in the US that reimburses Nexus, which is like a Canadian Global Entry and is available to US citizens as well)
• Free checked bag for you and up to 8 companions on the same itinerary
• Trip Cancellation/Interruption Insurance
• Baggage Delay Insurance
• Trip Delay Reimbursement
• Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver
• Roadside Assistance
• The card is a World Elite Mastercard, so you’ll get all of those benefits.

Spend Threshold Bonuses

• At $100,000, $250,000, $500,000 and at $750,000 spend in a calendar year you get a 50% off reward certificate. These vary in utility based on your tier but if you have top tier Air Canada status, they are good for 50% off any award you can find.  In fact, you can even use them to book an Aeroplan-metal economy award (if that is what your status allows) and then use eUpgrade credits to get into Business Class.
• At $1,000,000 in spend, you het a GLOBAL +1 Award, which grants you 100% of your points back for all redemptions in all cabins on any metal for a designated companion.

NOTE: If you used our Credit Cards Optimization Tool to find this card, please remember that the 3X bonus rate for Air Canada flights only applies to paid flights booked via Air Canada. Other flights would earn 1X.

o% APR Offer - Balance Transfers

0% Intro APR on balance transfers for 15 months from date of first transfer and on purchases from date of account opening. After that, the variable APR will be 18.49% - 28.49%, based on your creditworthiness.

There is an intro balance transfer fee of 3% of each transfer (minimum $5) completed within the first 4 months of account opening. After that, your fee will be 5% of each transfer (minimum $5).

Earning ThankYou Points

Earn 2x at supermarkets and gas stations for the first $6,000 combined per year, and 1x everywhere else, before rounding up. Excellent for small purchases. Round up to the nearest 10 points on all purchases.

Note: Your earnings will be larger than those shown in our calculations because we cannot factor in the "round up" feature of this card as it correlates to each exact transaction you will make.

The Citi Custom Cash℠ Card earns ThankYou points which are worth a penny per point (1% cash back) unless you also have a Citi Premier card or Prestige in your Citi portfolio.

Assuming you do, then these should combine to your overall ThankYou pool once linked.

You will earn 5% cash back (as ThankYou Points) on purchases in your top eligible spend category each billing cycle, up to the first $500 spent, with 1% cash back thereafter. You do not have to select anything at any time. It's automatic.

The eligible spend categories are:

• Restaurants
• Gas Stations
• Grocery Stores
• Select Travel
• Select Transit
• Select Streaming Services
• Drugstores
• Home Improvement Stores
• Fitness Clubs
• Live Entertainment.

You'll earn an unlimited 1% cash back on all other purchases.

The 5X applies to your top category each month.

O% Intro APR Offer - New Purchases and Balance Transfers

0% Intro APR on balance transfers and purchases for 15 months.

After that, the variable APR will be 18.99% - 28.99%, based on your creditworthiness.

Please note: If you are finding this card in your results for our Rewards Optimization tool, due to system limitations the tool will calculate a maximum of $6,000 per year for your top categories at 5%, but it will not factor in exact monthly spend.

This no-fee card offers 1.25x on all purchases.

Compare this card with the standard Venture which earns 2x miles on all purchases. Spend your miles on travel at a penny per mile or transfer them to more than a dozen airlines.

Most people would fare better with the standard Capital One Venture card, despite its annual fee, because it earns at the rate of 2x per dollar instead of 1.25x.

The bonus value for the early spend bonus on this card assumes you will transfer the points to miles. If you use to book travel, the early spend bonus value will be $200, exactly.

You can transfer to more than 15 airline and hotel partners. See the full list of Capital One Miles transfer partners and transfer times.

Enjoy 0% intro APR on purchases and balance transfers for 15 months; 19.74% - 29.74% variable APR after that; 3% fee on the amounts transferred within the first 15 months

This no-fee card earns 2x AAdvantage miles at grocery stores, as well as 2x on American Airlines.

Earn 1 Loyalty Point for every 1 eligible AAdvantage(R) mile earned from purchases.

NOTE: In calculating your potential rewards for this card, we are assuming that all spend entered as "Airline" is on American Airlines. If some of your airline spend is on other airlines, that spend will earn 1x rather than 2x miles and reduce your expected rewards.

The ABOC Platinum Rewards Mastercard® Credit Card offers an intro 0% APR for your first 12 months.

It earns 1 point per dollar and also earns 5X points on categories that rotate each quarter, up to $1,500 per quarter, like dining, groceries, Amazon.com, gas, etc. 

ABOC points are redeemed for gift cards or travel and are worth approximately 0.8 cents each - equating to about a 4% cash back on the rotating quarterly categories. 

This is also a popular card for people with credit rated "Fair" or "Average".

This Student credit card earns 2x on supermarkets and gas, up to a combined $6,000 per year.

It earns 1x ThankYou Points on everything else and gives you the ability the ability to get 10% Points Back for the first 100,000 ThankYou points as you redeem them each year.

The Citi Double Cash® credit card is one of the "gold standards" in cash back cards.

This card earns a flat 2% cash back in a slightly different way.

You will earn 1% cash back twice: first when you make the charge, then when you pay. That's 2% total.

Cash back will be earned in the form of ThankYou Points, redeemable for cash or combinable with your other ThankYou points.

You can redeem your points directly for cash or you can convert Double Cash points to JetBlue. And if you have a Citi Premier or Citi Prestige, then you can also transfer them to Citi's participating travel loyalty programs at a 1:1 ratio, making this card worth a look for points and cash aficionados alike.

Balance Transfer Offer

0% intro APR on Balance Transfers for 18 months. After that, the variable APR will be 18.99% - 28.99%, based on your creditworthiness.

The Citi Diamond Preferred credit card isn't about travel rewards. It's designed for those that want to take advantage of its 12 month long 0% intro APR and 21 month Balance Transfer offers.

Citi Diamond Preferred 0% APR Balance Transfer Offer:

0% Intro APR for 21 months on balance transfers from date of first transfer and 0% Intro APR for 12 months on purchases from date of account opening.

After that the variable APR will be 17.99% - 28.74%, based on your creditworthiness. Balance transfers must be completed within 4 months of account opening.

The Bilt Mastercard® is the only credit card that lets you pay your rent with no surcharges and earn one point per dollar in the process.

This works with any landlord, up to $100,000 in rent per year as long as you make 5 other purchases per statement cycle.

• Earn up to 1X points on rent payments without the transaction fee, up to 100,000 points each calendar year
• 2X points on travel
• 3X points on dining
• 1X points on other purchases
• Earn points on rent when you make 5 transactions that post each statement period.
• When renting at a Bilt Alliance property, you can choose to have your rent payments automatically reported by Bilt to the three major credit bureaus each month; Experian(TM), TransUnion(TM), and Equifax(TM).

Signup Bonus

The card does not have a traditional signup bonus, however, once you are approved you will be sent an email offering you 5X on everything (except rent) for 5 days, up to $10,000.

So, timed well, you could conceivably get a bonus of up to 50,000 points.

Bilt Transfer Partners

• American Airlines AAdvantage
• Aer Lingus Avios
• Air Canada Aeroplan
• Air France Flying Blue
• British Airways Avios
• Cathay Pacific Asia Miles
• Emirates Skywards
• Hawaiian Airlines
• Iberia Avios
• IHG Rewards
• United Airlines MileagePlus
• Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles
• Virgin Atlantic
• World of Hyatt