After much delay Citi has finally launched a new travel portal powered by booking.com. Yesterday the portal went live and it’s an improvement on the old system (the old system was so terrible it would be difficult not to be an improvement).
The portal is basically just a rebrand of booking.com and can be used to book flights, hotels, cars and attractions. I did find a few instances where the Citi portal was pricing higher than booking.com though. There are a few reasons why you’d want to use this portal:
- Prestige cardholders get their 4th night free on hotel stays (once annually)
- Premier cardholders get $100 off $500+ on hotel stays (once annually)
- Prestige & Premier offer 10x points via the portal (Rewards+ & Preferred earn 5x)
If the new Strata cards launch I also expect them to offer some sort of portal benefit as well.
Source: doctorofcredit.com