Originally Posted by Rommie2k6

I had it with Barclays. Those .......s are just a bunch of idiots .....es/.......s, that's impossible to do any business with them.

I have been denied twice in a row, even skipped them in my last AoR. Not enough activity on your card, too many credit cards recently opened. Maybe you should wait for 12mths(!?!) and not open any cards and reapply... up yours dude!!! They even record down your calls, so that the next person you spoke to knows what you talked about previously! Hanging up and calling back doesn't seem to work.

And those .......s won't even negotiate. I offered to cancel my existing card, but no they won't budge. Since my existing card has an AF, and I am not using it, I am canceling my one and only card with those SoB. Besides, I have another 20 tradelines in my report, so my AoA won't be affected.

Maybe us flyertalkers should just boycott them entirely! If you get a signup bonus, fine. But sock drawer it and don't use it for normal spending (if flyertalkers have normal spending at all).

Originally Posted by Rommie2k6

Seriously, the Barclay apologists are starting to piss me off. Of course I know why Barclay is doing this from their perspective, but I don't give a damn. We don't need a sermon from the Barclay apologist of why they are doing this, what we need is creative solutions to how to get past their policy/restrictions.

This is FT, we do churning. Have to wait for 12mth without an app in order to get approved kills the churning. FYI, I have done 6mth without an app, and they won't budge.