About The Reserve by Citi Travel
The Reserve is Citi Travel’s curated luxury hotel collection, visible to Strata Elite, Strata Premier, and legacy Prestige cardholders. Stays carry daily breakfast for two, a $100 experience credit that varies by property, free Wi-Fi, and an upgrade with early check-in and late checkout when available. The Strata Elite adds a $300 annual hotel credit, applied at booking, on prepaid Citi Travel stays of two nights or more.
This page ranks every Reserve hotel by its cheapest upcoming stay over roughly the next year, shown as two-night totals — a one-night price could never trigger the credit that makes the collection worth using. Prices are open-market estimates with taxes and fees added, refreshed daily; confirm the rate in Citi Travel.
It is the smallest list here, 865 hotels in the late-August 2026 data, and much of it is the Chase lists re-sold under Citi’s label: more than half of its hotels are also in The Edit or Renowned. The median cheapest two-night stay was about $888, and on the cheapest stays — two nights in Dubai, Bilbao or Split for around $200 to $250, or Las Vegas for about $305 — the $300 credit is most of the bill.
Citi’s credit is the only one among these programs that comes off the price at booking rather than posting afterward, and the Reserve list shows the sharpest winter discount of any here, so a first-quarter stay gets both.
Common questions
- Which cards see The Reserve?
- The Citi Strata Elite, the Strata Premier, and the Prestige (closed to new applicants). The $300 hotel credit belongs to the Strata Elite.
- Why are prices shown for two nights?
- The Strata Elite’s $300 credit requires a prepaid stay of two nights or more booked through Citi Travel, so two-night totals are the honest unit here.
- Is the $300 a statement credit?
- No — it’s applied when you book, reducing what you pay up front, and it can split across multiple bookings in the same calendar year.
- Does the credit need a Reserve hotel?
- No — it applies to prepaid Citi Travel stays of two nights or more generally. The Reserve is where the luxury perks live, so pointing the credit at a Reserve stay stacks both.
- How big is the list?
- The smallest here, and Citi has said it will grow. If a city shows nothing on this tab, that’s usually the list, not a filter.
- Are these Citi Travel’s prices?
- No — they’re open-market meta-search estimates for spotting cheap dates. Confirm the rate in Citi Travel via the booking link on each hotel.