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Old Dec 15, 2013 | 11:10 pm
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Originally Posted by sargenet
I just signed up for the Wyndham Rewards card through the Wyndham website. It offered me 30K points for sign up.
That's what you should get, imho.


Originally Posted by sargenet
Having been a Chase and American Express customer for many years, I know if you see a different offer within a certain amount of time they will match that offer as a courtesy.
This does not sound like an accurate summary of their practices.

Originally Posted by sargenet
I get someone who does not speak English as a first language and then …….
I could tell he was still having trouble understanding me. I asked him to please let me speak to someone in the United States because I felt like there was a language issue happening.
Blatant bias. You lose credibility here.

Originally Posted by sargenet
I did speak to someone finally in the US...but was told that what ever offer I signed up for is the one I get. They don't match offers. Doesn't matter if you see a better offer a few minutes later. Won't match it.
Sounds fair. I like a company that follows their own rules.

Originally Posted by sargenet
It was very frustrating to say the least. It took an hour to even get to that point.
You wasted an hour of THEIR time, too.

Originally Posted by sargenet
Every year we stay at a Wyndham in Hawaii. We love it there. Using the Wyndham card helps out but after dealing with Barclay I realize I will cancel card as soon as my annual fee comes up. I won't do business with a company like this.
Barclay did nothing wrong in this situation. You're misguiding your frustration.
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