FIA sent out a promo at the beginning of June to earn an extra 50% points on spend (so 3% total.) I didn’t even go crazy on it because of all the fraud blocks on the card. Eventually I think they had had enough of me. I called in last week to clear the fraud […]
A reader got shut down on his Synchrony Amazon card. He’s not the only one; I had heard a few other people got the axe too a few weeks back. In his words: “My Synchrony Amazon just got axed too! Opened less than 2 months ago with 5.6k CL, Spent about 10k on 1st statement, […]
There aren’t that many CNB shutdown stories since most people have voluntarily closed the cards, but a handful of us are still using the card. Anyway a couple of readers got shut down yesterday; they were notified by snail mail. This is the letter: Naturally the first question you ask after a shutdown is – […]
I was applying for the AMEX Schwab Platinum card the other day and got a PENDING message. I also got the email to check on my status, but the link said they were updating their systems. I called the next day to check on the status and the overseas rep told me I had hit […]
It’s been a while since I’ve had a card shutdown. This was the first time I’ve heard of a Paypal PPBDC shutdown. I’m surprised they didn’t wipe out my entire account – it’s just the card. No word yet on whether I can get another one down the road. What caused it? Well I had […]