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Chase is offering a $200 Bonus after you spend $500 on purchases in the first 3 months of account opening for the Chase Freedom Unlimited®. Annual fee is $0. Thanks helper02
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Chase is offering a $200 Bonus after you spend $500 on purchases in the first 3 months of account opening for the Chase Freedom Unlimited®. Annual fee is $0.
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Call the reconsideration line immediately.
Call the reconsideration line immediately.
If you get rejected sometimes there are errors in their automation side or just simply discrepancies. I have always called the reconsideration lines for credit agencies and sometimes even gotten approved over the phone.
At the least it will tell you why you got denied and it will be a learning experience. In this specific case: Always call
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They just needed the original dated receipt, and a copy of a citi card statement showing a charge matching the original purchase.
They asked for no evidence that card was even still open (though it was)
I would expect the Chase process to be similar but have no direct experience with it.
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Ok, here's the trick. When I called Citi, I was told I could only change from Citi Simplicity to Citi Rewards Plus (the same as online), but when I was sent to retention they pretty much told me I could change to anything including teh Double Cash. With Double Cash I could keep my credit card # but it would change for Rewards Plus (though my entire credit history would transfer in both cases). The drawback is that the extended 24 month warranty which is available with Simplicity (and Rewards Plus) is not available for Double Cash. So, now I am confused as to whether to make a change or not and, if so, to which card.
But it is great to know that asking for the "retention" Department at Citi, gives you a lot of options!
But it is great to know that asking for the "retention" Department at Citi, gives you a lot of options!
Better question might be is there a specific reason you're looking to do a conversion instead of opening a new card (and getting a signup bonus for it)?
Citi Premier for example gets you 60k TYP for 4k in spend (plus the points earned via the spend).... and after a year you can always PC that into a "free" rewards plus or a DC if you wish.
Citi Premier for example gets you 60k TYP for 4k in spend (plus the points earned via the spend).... and after a year you can always PC that into a "free" rewards plus or a DC if you wish.
I just don't want to close my Citi card and at least want it to be of some value.
Separately, do you know if the Chase Flex will have extended warranty and travel protection (trip cancellation insurance, etc) like the Chase Freedom? Also, for the phone insurance that comes with the Flex, do you know for coverage to be effective:
a) Should the phone have been purchase don the Flex card?
b) Should you charge a postpaid or any plan will be find (such as a prepaid plan with Mint Mobile)?
Call the reconsideration line immediately.
Call the reconsideration line immediately.
If you get rejected sometimes there are errors in their automation side or just simply discrepancies. I have always called the reconsideration lines for credit agencies and sometimes even gotten approved over the phone.
At the least it will tell you why you got denied and it will be a learning experience. In this specific case: Always call
What's the reconsideration line number?
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a) Should the phone have been purchase don the Flex card?
b) Should you charge a postpaid or any plan will be find (such as a prepaid plan with Mint Mobile)?
The phone benefit is a result of it being a World Elite Mastercard, they all have the same coverage there...
Benefit guide here:
https://www.mastercard.
Specifically-
You must charge your monthly Eligible Cellular Wireless
Telephone bill to your Covered Card. You are eligible for
coverage the first day of the calendar month following the
payment of your Eligible Cellular Wireless Telephone bill to
your Covered Card
Only language I see regarding pre vs post-paid are an exclusion for:
part of a pre-paid plan;
Regarding warranty I'd expect same coverage as other chase cards.
Fair enough- it seems like it's adding value on the warranty right now at least... if the rewards+ card only gets you 10% back on point redemption though and you're not churning citi points or signing up for any other citi cards with high earning multipliers like premier though then that 10% doesn't do much for you.
The phone benefit is a result of it being a World Elite Mastercard, they all have the same coverage there...
Benefit guide here:
https://www.mastercard.
Specifically-
Only language I see regarding pre vs post-paid are an exclusion for:
So if you brought your own phone to a pre-paid plan it seems like you'd be covered, but not if you got the phone as part of the pre-paid plan.
Regarding warranty I'd expect same coverage as other chase cards.
One area we differ is that you like to have a lot of credit cards (perhaps for all the free sign up points that you can acquire?). Maybe I will get into that game in a later stage of my life. Right now, ideally I'd like to have 2 cards, a Mastercard and Visa and potentially 1 more when a great offer comes by like the 100K Chase Sapphire Reserve that came by a few years ago.
Right now cards that seem appealing but for which I have yet to bite are:
125K offer by Amex
https://slickdeals.net/f/14276708-amex-pre-qual-125-000-points-on-american-express-platinum-with-5-000-spend-in-3-months-can-meet-spending-threshold-paying-rent-via-plastiq?
100K offer by Chase United Club Infinite Card
https://www.theexplorer
I already have a United Explorer Mileage Plus card for which I received a 60K bonus a few months ago. Am I eligible for the 100K offer on the united card? The terms state "This product is not available to either (i) current Cardmembers of any United Club credit card, or (ii) previous Cardmembers of any United Club credit card who received a new Cardmember bonus for this credit card within the last 24 months. If you are an existing United Club Visa Signature Cardmember and would like this product, please call the number on the back of your card to see if you are eligible for a product change".
I assume the United Explorer Mileage Plus card is NOT a Club card and therefore I should be eligible for the 100K bonus of the United Club Infinite Card, correct. Of course, I won't be able to travel for the next possibly 12 months because of corona but I am looking at 100K miles for the $525 fee.
Typically for any given month if we're doing a new card signup bonus we put everything on that (outside of things we might want some specific other-card benefit from like a car rental or a longer warranty).... and when NOT doing a new signup we're usually using 2 or 3 specific cards for most things to maximize rewards in given categories, and then 1 other card for any non-category stuff.
In general for folks who don't want to be doing frequent new card signups that's what I recommend- you have 2 or 3 cards with the best possible rewards for the categories you spend the most in, and 1 card with the best rewards for non-cat stuff.
Which those cards should be vary by what sort of rewards you're looking for (travel vs cash for example)- and especially if looking for cash it'll depend on having BoA Plat Honors status since that's the best cashback ecosystem if you do, but not so great if you don't.
(chase is probably the best ecosystem for regular spend/bonus earning for travel rewards, but there's some cases where amex or citi might be better depending what partners you mostly want to travel with).
As to the united card- I believe that's correct and the club cards are treated as their own product so no conflict with the explorer card....
There is that $525 annual fee though.... Worthwhile if you're planning to get a club membership anyway of course, but since you not you probably won't travel for a while no value to that perk.... so might be better choices depending how you value United miles.... for example $95 with a CSP signup gets you 60,000 chase UR, which transfer to United (AND a bunch of other places) 1:1.... so if there's any value in the flexibility of use of points that might be a better (and cheaper AF wise) option.
Over at Amex if you can actually GET the 125k plat offer (it's highly targeted) then yeah that's a good deal (though better once you can actually travel enough to enjoy the centurion lounges)
1. Which those cards should be vary by what sort of rewards you're looking for (travel vs cash for example)- and especially if looking for cash it'll depend on having BoA Plat Honors status since that's the best cashback ecosystem if you do, but not so great if you don't.
2. (chase is probably the best ecosystem for regular spend/bonus earning for travel rewards, but there's some cases where amex or citi might be better depending what partners you mostly want to travel with).
3. There is that $525 annual fee though.... Worthwhile if you're planning to get a club membership anyway of course, but since you not you probably won't travel for a while no value to that perk.... so might be better choices depending how you value United miles.... for example $95 with a CSP signup gets you 60,000 chase UR, which transfer to United (AND a bunch of other places) 1:1.... so if there's any value in the flexibility of use of points that might be a better (and cheaper AF wise) option.
4. Over at Amex if you can actually GET the 125k plat offer (it's highly targeted) then yeah that's a good deal (though better once you can actually travel enough to enjoy the centurion lounges)
#1: if only BoA had cell phone protection. The smart phones are very expensive.
#2 : if only chase had 2% on everything like Citi double cash
#3: I already used the CSP and CSR miles. Will play the game again in the next 12 months.
#4: The play is purely for the miles. I previously qualified for 100k miles but passed since I had zero chance of travel for 12 months. I think I would qualify for 125k but again there is low chance of travel so it would be purely a play of 125K points for Delta Skymiles for $550.
#1: if only BoA had cell phone protection. The smart phones are very expensive.
Still, you could have a card you keep in a drawer that just auto-bills your cell bill and you never even have to think about for that specific purpose- no need to be carrying it or anything.
Though it may or may not be better than 2x Citi TYP if you're able to get value out of those (since you can use the citi DC for TYPs)
Have you already churned through the Amex Delta cards? Because you can get a lot of sky pesos that way too (with many cards having low or no fees, though with smaller signups... but AFAIK you can get multiple signups from different Delta cards)
#1 Those (Chase) cards are only churnable once every 48 months (and one 1 of em)
#2 Have you already churned through the Amex Delta cards? Because you can get a lot of sky pesos that way too (with many cards having low or no fees, though with smaller signups... but AFAIK you can get multiple signups from different Delta cards)
#2: I did and I think quite a few. Amex seems to think I only had done it once (per their phone rep, which is weird). But, if you think skymiles are really worth skypesos that there is no reason to shell $550 right now.
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