UPDATE 4/6/2019: Citibank has also announced changes to the redemption rates for AirAsia BIG and Asia Miles. The article has been updated.

Citibank’s Points Transfer programme allows eligible Citibank cardholders to redeem their rewards points for air miles with participating travel loyalty programmes. This month, Citibank will be revising the redemption rates for all of its travel loyalty programmes.

The new redemption rates will take effect on 6 June 2019, except for the AirAsia BIG and Asia Miles programmes which will see their new rates kick in later on 23 June 2019.

Loyalty Programme	Previous Redemption Rate	New Redemption Rate
AirAsia BIG	3,800 points = 500 BIG Points	7,500 points = 500 AirAsia BIG Points
Asia Miles	3,250 points = 500 Asia Miles	7,500 points = 500 Asia
British Airways Executive Club	7,000 points = 1,000 Avios	15,000 points = 1,000 Avios
Etihad Guests	8,000 points = 1,000 Guest Miles	16,000 points = 1,000 Guest Miles
Eva Air MileageLands	12,000 points = 1,000 Infiniti MileageLands Miles	25,000 points = 1,000 Infiniti MileageLands Miles
Garuda Indonesia	9,200 points = 1,000 GFF Miles	18,000 points = 1,000 GFF Miles
Malaysia Airlines Enrich	10,500 points = 1,000 Enrich Miles	25,000 points = 1,000 Enrich Miles
Qatar Airways Privilege Club	9,200 points = 1,000 Qmiles	18,000 points = 1,000 Qmiles
Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer	3,500 points = 500 KrisFlyer Miles	7,500 points = 500 KrisFlyer Miles
Thai Royal Orchid Plus	11,000 points = 1,500 Royal Orchid Plus Miles	24,000 points = 1,500 Royal Orchid Plus Miles
IHG Rewards Club	6,000 points = 1,000 IHG Rewards Club Points	12,000 points = 1,000 IHG Rewards Club Points

The revision will not be applicable to all Citi credit cards, however. The credit cards that will be affected by this change are:

• Citi Rewards Card
• Citi Rewards Platinum Card
• Citi Gold Card
• Citi Silver Card
• Citi Clear Card
• Citi Choice Card
• Citi Business Card (Personal or Business underwriting)

Meanwhile, the redemption rates for the Citi Prestige Card and Citi PremierMiles Card will remain unchanged and are not affected by the above amendments.

(Source: Citibank [1], [2])

 

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