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Who doesn't like additional transfer partners? We're big fans of having many options for how to use our points and miles, and you can now transfer Citi ThankYou® Points to Accor Live Limitless for hotel stays. However, transferring Citi points to Accor might not be the best use of your points.
Here's what you need to know about this new Citi ThankYou transfer partner.
Transfer Citi ThankYou Points to Accor Live Limitless
If you log into your Citi ThankYou portal, you might notice a new option to transfer points to Accor Live Limitless (ALL). Accor encompasses more than 5,400 hotels in 110 countries across more than 40 hotel brands. These include Fairmont, Ibis, Novotel, Raffles, Swissôtel, and more.
With the addition of Accor, Citi now has 21 transfer partners. Accor is the third hotel transfer partner for Citi, joining Choice Privileges and Wyndham Rewards. Accor is a 2:1 transfer partner.
Thus, if you transfer 10,000 Citi ThankYou Points, you'll receive 5,000 Accor points.
To make a transfer, log into your Citi account and head to the points transfer page. After clicking on Accor, you'll choose how many points to transfer and then provide your ALL member number.
Related: How To Transfer Citi ThankYou® Points to Partners
Keep in mind that you'll need to have either a Citi Strata Premier® Card or Citi Prestige® Card (no longer available to new cardholders) to transfer Citi ThankYou Points to Accor Live Limitless.
- Earn 60,000 bonus ThankYou® Points after spending $4,000 in the first 3 months of account opening, redeemable for $600 in gift cards or travel rewards at thankyou.com.
- Earn 10 Points per $1 spent on Hotels, Car Rentals, and Attractions booked on CitiTravel.com.
- Earn 3 Points per $1 on Air Travel and Other Hotel Purchases, at Restaurants, Supermarkets, Gas and EV Charging Stations.
- Earn 1 Point per $1 spent on all other purchases.
- $100 Annual Hotel Benefit: Once per calendar year, enjoy $100 off a single hotel stay of $500 or more (excluding taxes and fees) when booked through CitiTravel.com. Benefit applied instantly at time of booking.
- No expiration and no limit to the amount of points you can earn with this card.
- No Foreign Transaction Fees on purchases.
- 10X on Hotels, Car Rentals, and Attractions booked through CitiTravel.com
- 3X – Earn 3 Points per $1 spent on Air Travel and Other Hotel Purchases
- 3X – Earn 3 Points per $1 spent on Restaurants
- 3X – Earn 3 Points per $1 spent on Supermarkets
- 3X – Earn 3 Points per $1 spent on Gas and EV Charging Stations
- 1X – Earn 1 Point per $1 spent on All Other Purchases
Should You Transfer Citi Points to Accor?
Accor Live Limitless is an interesting rewards program. You don't redeem X amount of points for a stay or use hotel categories like other rewards programs. Instead, 2,000 Accor points are always worth 40 euros. You redeem the number of points required to pay the cash rate for the hotel room you want.
The positive here is that you never have to guess how much your points are worth or worry about award availability. The negative aspect is that you won't get more than 2.1¢-2.2¢ in value per point — depending on the exchange rate from euros to dollars.
Given the 2:1 transfer ratio, you'll need 4,000 Citi points to wipe 40 euros off your hotel bill.
AwardWallet booking data points show that AwardWallet users typically get 2.2¢ per point. That would make 4,000 Citi points worth ~$86 if used with other partners rather than ~$43.50 if used with Accor. That means Accor won't be Citi's most valuable transfer partner.
That said, we've seen other transfer partners start with 2:1 transfer ratios and later improve to 1:1 transfers. Could that happen with Accor? Only time will tell. Also, we don't know yet how long these transfers will take, but you can keep an eye on the AwardWallet transfer times page for data points from other travelers.
Related: Do Accor Live Limitless (ALL) Points Expire?
Our Take
Having more options for using your points is great news. Even if the transfer partner isn't especially valuable (e.g., using your Citi ThankYou Points with Accor), it's good to have choices. If your next destination lacks other hotel redemption possibilities or you're fixed on a certain property in the Accor portfolio, you'll be happy to know you now can use your Citi points on these stays.
What do you make of this new transfer partner? Do you plan to transfer Citi points to Accor?
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