The most overlooked benefit of the Citi Prestige card is the 3 free rounds of golf that is offered per calendar year. I made a mistake during my Hyatt Diamond Challenge by not booking TPC Stadium Course in Scottsdale three days in advance so I thought that I would forfeit two free rounds of golf. I did book the Legends Course in Carlsbad, California which goes for $150, money better spent somewhere else.
I won’t be anywhere warm until 2016 but was happy to find that rounds of golf can be booked six months in advance.
This is great news because I will be in Orlando in January to see Michigan take on the Gators in the Citrus Bowl and may make use of one of my rounds then.
From there, I may be off to Phoenix to take care of unfinished business at TPC.
The benefit of booking rounds in advance also helps in the event I choose to cancel this card. This may be hard to do with all its benefits but it’s good to know nonetheless.
I love golf. I hate the cold.
Note: You can only book one round of golf at a time.
So does that mean that I don’t have to play my 3 rounds this year? I just need to book them in this calendar year?
Good question, I will add this above. You can only book one round at a time. So you would lose two of them unless you booked for 3 people.
Got it. Any tips on booking for more than one person at a time on a tee time while using only free rounds?
Yeah just select 2 players and when you check out, it will apply the credit. Alternatively, if you’re playing at a course that you may go to more than once, it wouldn’t hurt trying to book 2 people then asking for a rain check for the 2nd person and going back at a later date. It might work.
Hmm, I’ve tried that before and it lets me only pay for one of the players with my credit even.
Interesting. It should work…but this is what I’m getting now.
did you ever call?
I’ve been so busy with moving. I have to do it this week!
I found this out right now: http://thepointsoflife.boardingarea.com/i-support-donald-trump-for-free-citi-golf/
i booked 2 rounds for next year and they are 2 days apart.
Well I intended on booking for 2 in January so I guess I’ll call and let you know what they say. If you call, please let me know as well.
You can use 1 round credit at a time. Even if you have a course, that doesn’t require minimum of two golfers, you can still only apply 1 credit per round.
Lame. Thanks for sharing. So much for my stealth hack. But at least I can save one round from going to waste.