Hi everyone!
I got the gold card in April, got my 50k points, upgraded to platinum and got the extra 25k points, and last night I asked to downgrade to green. they said that they need to charge me the $95 annual fee for green. i told them that i'm still in my first free year of my original gold card, so can they retain the original waiver of the first year's fee (i even asked if it would work if I just switched back to my original gold card as opposed to a green card)? They said no dice because first year free is only on a brand new card, not a transfer, so apparently I need to pay the $95 soon.
Does this align with people's experience?
Does anyone have any suggestions? I suppose the only thing I can think of is to sign up for a new first-year-free MR card, transfer all the MR points, and cancel the green card, all before they post the AF on my green card. But i'm not at a point where i'm comfortable signing up for new cards every few months, so i'd rather pay the fee.
Does this make sense? Am I going about this the wrong way?
Thanks!