From: "Duncan"
Newsgroups: alt.consumers,misc.consumers
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Subject: Re: Waive Annual Fee from Credit Card
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Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 19:24:38 GMT
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Indeed, what was posted below is exactly correct, in regards to your general
and inaccurate statement.
Until I got this travel rewards card, I'd never paid an annual fee for a
card before. But this card was awesome in the beginning, with $1/point and
only 15k points/per free airfare ticket. Since I was charging $50k a year,
I was getting 3+ free tickets a year, and didn't so much mind the $45 annual
fee.
Unfortunately, they bumped the free ticket level to 25,000 in points, and
added a bunch of restrictions that has made actually getting free tickets
somewhat of a hassle. So I asked them to waive the annual fee, since I had
no fear they'd remove my (devalued) travel awards.
"OracleofBugtussle" wrote in message
news:2b1d10f0.0307091222.a9469f0@posting.google.com...
> "Duncan" wrote in message
news:...
> > As many of you probably have credit cards with annual fees, you probably
> > have heard you might be able to get the fee waived.
> >
> > I just did it with my MBNA account, waiving a fat $45 fee from my
statement.
> > When I first asked, they said no, since it was a travel rewards card,
but
> > when I said some magic words "well, I guess I'll have to find another
credit
> > card" they put me on hold, and 2 minutes later, presto, they reversed
the
> > fee.
> >
> > Bottom line: CALL YOUR CREDIT CARD COMPANY. The worst they can do is
say
> > no. It's a 5-10 minute investment on your part.
>
> Sheesh, you were still paying an annual fee for a c.c.?
> You should never pay this, regardless of the cash/travel/other
> rewards offered (assuming good credit).
>
> ---
> Oracle