The $95 annual fee became due on my personal American Express Starwood Preferred Guest card. I never use this card because I also have an Amex SPG Business card that I use when I choose to use a Starwood card. I was planning on canceling my personal card and called Amex to do so. Before […]
Category: Negotiating In Lieu Of Canceling
Citi Offers Me Easy Task In Exchange For A Credit Back Of My $95 Annual Fee
Awhile back, I posted that Citibank may have stopped offering incentives to entice you to keep a card instead of canceling it when the annual fee becomes due. After all, Citi offered me absolutely nothing when I called to cancel my Citi/AAdvantage Platinum Select World Elite MasterCard. So I did cancel it. Fast forward, I received a […]
Uh Oh, Citibank May Have Stopped Crediting Back Annual Fees In Exchange For Card Use
Recall that in the past, Citibank has waived my annual fee in exchange for me using it. For example, awhile back, I negotiated an offer regarding my Citi/AAdvantage Platinum Select World Elite Mastercard. Citi made me an offer in which I need to use the card for 5 purchases of $20 or more over the […]
Upon Annual Renewal, If Citi Will Negotiate Your Annual Fee, Make Sure You Pay It First And Then Get The Credit Back
As I have posted about a few times now, Citibank will negotiate with you when you tell them that you do not want to pay your annual fee and want to cancel the card. For example, awhile back, I negotiated an offer regarding my Citi/AAdvantage Platinum Select World Elite Mastercard. Citi made me an offer […]
I Knocked $75 Off My $95 Annual Fee On My CitiBusiness/AAdvantage Platinum Select World MasterCard
I just received the bill for the $95 annual fee on my CitiBusiness/AAdvantage Platinum Select World MasterCard. I did not want to pay this fee. After I satisfied the terms of my offer and got my 45,000 American AAdvantage bonus miles, I stopped using the card. I did not want to pay $95 for […]
Amex Offered Me $150 in statement credits to not cancel my American Express Premier Rewards Gold Card
I traded in my American Express Premier Rewards Gold Card in favor of the Amex Everyday Preferred Card. Upon calling to cancel my gold card, Amex offered me $150 in statement credits to keep the card, $75 now and $75 after I met a spend threshold. Despite the fact that this would have technically brought […]
Citibank Will Waive My $95 Membership Fee If I Make 5 Purchases
As you know, many times the reason I apply for certain cards is because of lucrative sign-up bonuses. Once I meet the spend requirements for the bonus, I usually retire the card into a drawer, not to be taken out again unless there is some other incentive associated with the card. So what do […]