Author Topic: Credit Card Retention Bonuses (Read 1839109 times)

moko · « **Reply #220 on:** August 04, 2011, 11:09:39 PM »

Quote from: Dan on January 12, 2010, 04:15:23 PM

Bonuses that I got today for keeping cards open after an annual fee:
Starwood AMEX consumer: 3,000 points.
Diners Club: Waived $95 annual fee, 10,000 points.

Post your own experiences!

Citi AA platinum- $85 statement credit
Starwood AMEX cons-4000 pts
Chase SWA Visa sig- got charged the $99 annual fee even before i received my card sent a SM complaint received 3000 pts

Avid Reader · « **Reply #221 on:** August 04, 2011, 11:14:11 PM »

Quote from: AsherO on August 04, 2011, 11:01:10 PM

Quite some time, I should really close it, eh?

I have that card open since December, which I've meant to close several times, and then there was some new goodie that made keeping it open well worth it (match to 100k, PP, GE). At this point I think it's worth leaving it open

AsherO · « **Reply #222 on:** August 04, 2011, 11:15:18 PM »

Quote from: Avid Reader on August 04, 2011, 11:14:11 PM

I have that card open since December, which I've meant to close several times, and then there was some new goodie that made keeping it open well worth it (match to 100k, PP, GE). At this point I think it's worth leaving it open

Exact same thing here.

yaakov s · « **Reply #223 on:** August 04, 2011, 11:51:15 PM »

Quote from: moko on August 04, 2011, 11:09:39 PM

Citi AA platinum- $85 statement credit
Starwood AMEX cons-4000 pts
Chase SWA Visa sig- got charged the $99 annual fee even before i received my card sent a SM complaint received 3000 pts

when was the SPG. I'm having a real tough time with 2 SPG cards ( one which I spent over 25K in the last year ) the max offer I got was 1K

moko · « **Reply #224 on:** August 05, 2011, 09:06:41 AM »

Quote from: yaakov s on August 04, 2011, 11:51:15 PM

when was the SPG. I'm having a real tough time with 2 SPG cards ( one which I spent over 25K in the last year ) the max offer I got was 1K

spoke to them on 8/3 still waiting for the points to post
(though the first option she offered was downgrade to blue cash when i hesitated she offered 4000 pts)

txtmax4 · « **Reply #225 on:** August 14, 2011, 01:34:04 AM »

Got a "lousy" full refund for the $85 at Citi AA.

joeb1 · « **Reply #226 on:** September 01, 2011, 02:46:56 PM »

Well i applied for the ty premier card and got accepted two weeks ago.
Well today i called up retention and complaioned that they are not waiving my fee. Well the lady would not budge for close to 10 min.
Finally I am just about giving up when i thought of asking them would i get a refund for the 125 if i cancel now...suddenly she perks up and puts me on hold for about 5 min
She gets back on the phone and says she can give me a statement credit after spending 4500 within 3 months!

BTW i called about a week ago for the aa visa to waive the 85 and the guy waived it in about 5 seconds flat and told me double miles for spending>750 for the next 6 months

Avid Reader · « **Reply #227 on:** September 02, 2011, 09:41:30 AM »

@ joeb1 Nice!

bubbles · « **Reply #228 on:** September 04, 2011, 10:44:45 PM »

Quote from: yaakov s on August 04, 2011, 11:51:15 PM

when was the SPG. I'm having a real tough time with 2 SPG cards ( one which I spent over 25K in the last year ) the max offer I got was 1K

Nothing major but I just got 2500 for the spg. Called and asked them about referring other people for amex and before i hung up was like btw can i have points since the annual fee went up

Yisrael · « **Reply #229 on:** September 05, 2011, 01:04:31 AM »

I had a Canadian SPG which was up this past month. i called and asked them downgrade my card however they said they can't do that in Canada and the membership fee is a whopping $120 here. The rep offered me 3000 points and I said no thanks. he then offered me 5000 and half off the fee but since I had opened another SPG a few months ago I said no thanks and to close the card. He then said he could transfer the credit limit to my other SPG card. I asked him if I could have 3000 points even though I was closing the card and he said sure!

I also had a citi mastercard AA renew this month. I called and they took away the $85 fee and gave me 1000 miles.

Yisrael

shmooz · « **Reply #230 on:** September 05, 2011, 10:31:20 AM »

called to cancel citi aa business, no offer.
cancel aa personal, $85 credit plus 750 bonus for 12 months for 750 spend.
took it but am wondering how that affects being able to reapply 1 or 2 years from now. i know churning is hard but would it not be easier if i closed it ?

stevesteve · « **Reply #231 on:** September 05, 2011, 01:33:31 PM »

My CO OPP yearly fee is coming up in October. Should i wait till they charge me and then call asking to waive the fee or should i call now before they charge me, I do alot of charging on the card, just wondering if its easier to get waived before or after the fact.

thank You

Dan · « **Reply #232 on:** September 05, 2011, 01:46:12 PM »

How much do you spend on it per year?
Why not switch to Sapphire Preferred?

stevesteve · « **Reply #233 on:** September 05, 2011, 02:00:19 PM »

Quote from: Dan on September 05, 2011, 01:46:12 PM

How much do you spend on it per year?
Why not switch to Sapphire Preferred?

I have Sapphire Preferred as well, and i do alot of charging on both i would say between 125k-175k a year.
So do u suggest i call before or after they charge me the annual fee?

Bp · « **Reply #234 on:** September 06, 2011, 01:57:51 PM »

Called the citi Retention dep, shmoozed them up a little bit, these are the current promos they can offer, for the consumer cards if your currently not enrolled in any promo they can give 1.5 mpd (im not sure till when this promo is) if your enrolled in a promo, they can offer 2 mpd for spending in the next six months with a cap of 10k,
For the Biz card they have a promo of 10k bonus points is you spent 5k in the next six months.
I wasn’t eligible for the 1.5 promo since i currently have a promo of 75k miles after spending 1.5k/4k in the first six months, Ive already spent that the first month and got the bonus points, so go figure out citi.
anyway extra 30k AA

puddles · « **Reply #235 on:** September 07, 2011, 01:43:44 PM »

Just had my $65 fee kick in. Spoke to amex and they trasferred me over to cancellation department. I told them i had been a customer for almost 10 years (due to my parnets adding me as an AU) and that I think they should offer me something, as ideally I wouldnt like to cancel.
they said that the best they could do would offer me 1000 points or a $10 statement credit. I told them I would call back after thinking about it... Any suggestions?

njmacman · « **Reply #236 on:** September 07, 2011, 03:25:54 PM »

LAst night I called about 2 cards- I called to cancel my Consumer Amex (I have a business one I just opened) and they didn't offer me anything to keep it, even though I spent on it alot as my primary card. We called Continental Onepass to cancel my wife's card (I have the presidential plus card) and they offered us either 10000 points or $100 credit to keep it. I asked about my United card and whether I should close it (I only used it to get points) and Chase said to hold it since they don't know yet how the cards will be merged.

joeb1 · « **Reply #237 on:** September 07, 2011, 08:39:04 PM »

what # did u call for the continental op?

njmacman · « **Reply #238 on:** September 07, 2011, 10:38:19 PM »

Just the number on the back of the card.

Thingywingy · « **Reply #239 on:** September 26, 2011, 12:35:08 AM »

Anybody get anything for keeping open Chase Continental recently? Any tips to getting good offer?

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