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I'm trying to summarize success stories mentioned in this thread.
From @TC610
It never hurts to ask - retention is a big YMMV.  If you don't like the offer given to you when you call for retention, ask for a better one.  Scan through the thread (use the search bar - reading through 130+ pages of posts can be time consuming) to see what others have been offered. Please post what you've got if its better then whats in the WIKI

Citi:
AA
Retention: $95 Statement credit after 5 transactions (no minimum...) in the next 3 months
09/17/2014 $95 refunded no need to make any transactions + 1000 Bonus Points per month for 16 months if made purchases of $1000+
05/12/16 AA Executive: $50 credit every month spend $1500 or 15K Miles for $5K in 5 Months
08/14/17 AA Exec $250 credit for spending $3,000/m * 3m OR 15K Miles for $5K in 3m.

Chase: - Call 800-945-2006.
  • IB/IP
     Retention: 10k UR after 5k spend
  •  IC
     Retention: $50 SC
  • UA (Club)
     Retention: $150 account credit
     Retention: 10k Miles for spending $2000 in 3 months.
  • UA (Presidential)
     Retention: $100 account credit
  • BA
     Retention: 9k Avios for spending $1500 in 3 months
  • Freedom (5x catagories)
     Retention: 2,500 UR

Barclay's:
M&M
Retention: Waived by SMing

Arrival
Retention: 5K miles, for keeping the card open randomly.
AF waived, HUCA

US air:
AF waived

American Express

Seems to be clearly spend related while also no rhyme or reason to who gets offers

 • Business gold:5k-15k/$100 statement credit no spend required.
 • Delta Gold Skymiles - 12.5k Delta miles for paying the annual fee (no extra spending required) or $100 Credit on the account
 • SPG personal: 7k for 1k spend in 3 months.
 • SPG business: 10k no spend.
 • Personal Platinum - 20,000 MR for $3,000 spend in 3 months. (Actually gave me 5,000MR immediately, then 15,000 when I spend the $3k)/up to 50k/$150 SC for 1k spend.
 • Personal Platinum (another data point [zow]) - 30,000 MR for $4,000 spend in 3 months.
 • Business Platinum: 10k no spend/20k for 10k spend/30k no spend +50k for 40k spend

Retention contact numbers:
Citi: 800-444-2568
Chase: 800-945-2006
Amex: 800-452-3945
Barclays: 18664084064 (credit dept)
US Bank:

Click on link to get backdoor numbers for most banks:
http://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Cards/Backdoor-Numbers/td-p/408066
« Last edited by zow on May 19, 2019, 06:47:52 PM »

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Re: Credit Card Retention Bonuses
« Reply #3200 on: May 22, 2015, 11:08:58 AM »
any rules as far as downgrading to freedom if you already have it
Apparently you can get more than 1

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Re: Credit Card Retention Bonuses
« Reply #3201 on: May 22, 2015, 11:09:47 AM »
Got his with $450 AF on Citi Executive card. Do they give out anything to make it worthwhile?
Upthread someone reported some success.

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Re: Credit Card Retention Bonuses
« Reply #3202 on: May 22, 2015, 11:14:06 AM »
Got his with $450 AF on Citi Executive card. Do they give out anything to make it worthwhile?

Upthread someone reported some success.

Citi aa executive retention.
I was offered  $250 statement credit after spending 3k for 3 months.

I got 15k miles for 5k spend and then 450 statement credit after 5k spend. Mind I spent 50k over the first 2 months of the card

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Re: Credit Card Retention Bonuses
« Reply #3203 on: May 22, 2015, 11:14:47 AM »
Apparently you can get more than 1
You can have more then 1 freedom. You do need to have the CSP for at least a year in order to downgrade it to a Freedom though.
thanks
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Re: Credit Card Retention Bonuses
« Reply #3204 on: May 22, 2015, 09:29:52 PM »

Just called again for retention bonuses:
9k bonus Avios for $1500 spend in 3 months on BA card
IB $95 statement credit, no spend required
UME $60 statement credit, no spend required
UC $100 statement credit, no spend required.

Awesome! But, why didn't you take the 10k UA instead when they first offered it?  I'm going to try for that today.

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Re: Credit Card Retention Bonuses
« Reply #3205 on: May 22, 2015, 09:52:09 PM »
Also got 9k bonus Avios for $1500 spend in 3 months on BA card and $100 statement credit (no spend) on UME after paying AFs!  Working on the AA Exec, Plat, and SPG Biz in the next couple of days.

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Re: Credit Card Retention Bonuses
« Reply #3206 on: May 26, 2015, 03:10:17 AM »
Awesome! But, why didn't you take the 10k UA instead when they first offered it?  I'm going to try for that today.
I did. That was two months ago. What I wrote in the first post, were the retention bonuses that I received in March. What I wrote in the 2nd post were the retention bonuses that I'm receiving now. To be clear, I'm getting both/all.

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Re: Credit Card Retention Bonuses
« Reply #3207 on: May 26, 2015, 03:36:59 AM »
Got his with $450 AF on Citi Executive card. Do they give out anything to make it worthwhile?
I got the annual fee waived but if you plan on canceling anyways then that's nothing

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Re: Credit Card Retention Bonuses
« Reply #3208 on: May 26, 2015, 04:04:52 AM »
I got the annual fee waived but if you plan on canceling anyways then that's nothing
how did you get that ? any big spend ? after huca'ING alot of times I finally got 1500 spend for $50 statement credit for 7 months to a total of $350 but nothing more.
can I still huca for a better offer after accepting one offer ?

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Re: Credit Card Retention Bonuses
« Reply #3209 on: May 26, 2015, 04:09:43 AM »
how did you get that ? any big spend ? after huca'ING alot of times I finally got 1500 spend for $50 statement credit for 7 months to a total of $350 but nothing more.
can I still huca for a better offer after accepting one offer ?
Zero spend. Huca'd two times I think. I don't deal with low level reps

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Re: Credit Card Retention Bonuses
« Reply #3210 on: May 26, 2015, 04:12:30 AM »
Zero spend. Huca'd two times I think. I don't deal with low level reps
how do you skip them ? any direct number to higher ups ?

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Re: Credit Card Retention Bonuses
« Reply #3211 on: May 28, 2015, 10:45:32 AM »
Amex personal SPG: 1500 spg points
#TYH

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Re: Credit Card Retention Bonuses
« Reply #3212 on: May 28, 2015, 12:23:07 PM »
Amex personal SPG: 1500 spg points
Chat?

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Re: Credit Card Retention Bonuses
« Reply #3213 on: May 28, 2015, 12:23:26 PM »
#TYH

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Re: Credit Card Retention Bonuses
« Reply #3214 on: May 28, 2015, 12:27:21 PM »
yup
I'm having a very hard time to get to a chat on my phone. Is it possible?

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Re: Credit Card Retention Bonuses
« Reply #3215 on: May 28, 2015, 12:33:45 PM »
I'm having a very hard time to get to a chat on my phone. Is it possible?
never tried chatting on mobile
#TYH

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Re: Credit Card Retention Bonuses
« Reply #3216 on: May 28, 2015, 08:25:59 PM »
Amex personal SPG: 1500 spg points
What did u say? U asked if its possible to receive a retention bonus?

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Re: Credit Card Retention Bonuses
« Reply #3217 on: May 28, 2015, 08:28:11 PM »
What did u say? U asked if its possible to receive a retention bonus?
Yes. I said that i understand that they cant waive the fee but i know that they can issue bonus points.  Took some convincing
#TYH

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Re: Credit Card Retention Bonuses
« Reply #3218 on: May 28, 2015, 09:32:46 PM »
AMEX is so stingy on SPG points these days.
Although I did get 3k via phone a month ago. (it was hard)

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Re: Credit Card Retention Bonuses
« Reply #3219 on: June 01, 2015, 10:03:34 PM »
Any recent luck with the $95 AF waived on Citi AA card? They're saying they can't waive and I can't convert to a no AF product.. called three times now.