IMO 6 citiPM miles is worth it SOMETIMES. Note that this promo is only limited to bookings made on expedia.com.sg, expedia.com.my, expedia.com.hk, expedia.co.th, expedia.co.id, expedia.com.vn , expedia.com.ph , expedia.co.jp , expedia.co.kr , expedia.com.tw and expedia.co.in
Why not always?
- Sites like Expedia USA/Canada/UK are commonly found on cashback sites (i know in the expedia.co.uk hotel bookings freatures 12.6% cashback for 5-6 days PER MONTH which will be credited directly into your bank account) - but the citibank promotion featured here currently extends only to expedia sites of certain asiapac countries so these cashback isn't stackable with the citibank one above.
- But cards like BOC shop/frank are
So you can use the latter method to hit 12.6% cashback paid directly into your bank account a few months after your stay and then get a further 5.5% credit card rebate credited into your next month's bill.
- This is definitely my preferred method, I use the UK site with my topcashback account and pretty much get 18.1% back assured.
Now I still say that the citiPM MAY be worth it, but only if i can get certain greater returns with the PM miles. From the above you can see that it is worth if the citiPM mile can get me more than 3.01667 cents (I am disregarding the $25 conversion fee to FFP) - 6 miles must give me more than 18.1% **. That is generally hard to meet for my flying pattern unless I'm going for one-way premium cabin flights - now this is a gigantic topic left for another day, all I can say is that it's up to you to do the sums carefully for yourself if you are gian png like me