Originally Posted by
tobegold
Per Rewards Canada, MBNA and Choice have split and on checking on the Choice website the link to the MBNA card no longer works.
Do you have a link to the page on Rewards Canada that mentions the split-up? I tried to search for it, but could not find.
As you say, the Choice website no longer shows the MBNA Choice MC. Just to add, also at mbna.ca and at GCR, I no longer see the card offered.
Now, I know that the elevated 24K promo just ended on June 9th, but before this the card was promo'd at 8K at both mbna.ca and GCR, so indeed they have yanked all (?) signup pages for this Canadian version of the card. Could it be that they are just revising their pages due to the expiration of the elevated 24K promo? Give it a week and see if it reappears.
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Otherwise, had applied for card in early May, used it. First bill cycled on June 12th, statement notification received via email on the 13th evening. Just logged on to download the bill and at the bottom of the statement it shows:
24,000 FIRST USE BONUS
However, still have not seen the 24,000 (nor any of the points from the first statement) deposited into the Choice Privs account yet...and I did verify the Choice Priv number in the statement is correct (MBNA screwed this up once before with an Alaska Air account number, so check your membership number is correctly assigned).
Applied for another card on the final day of the elevated 24K promo. I've noticed that GCR had sent me notification that $60 has already been added to my cash rebate account, so I presume I've been approved for this new card, and I'll expect to see the 24,000 points too, even if MBNA and Choice Privs have split up. Won't go down without a fight, since I wasted a credit pull for this card.