Originally Posted by
jimindc
Curious whether your credit has appeared yet? I paid my GE fee on 5/17, no credit yet. I was planning to cancel (or downgrade) my card after the next billing cycle, so I'm hoping the credit doesn't take forever to appear.
It posted exactly on 5/22, the day my statement ended.
I then went to an AA lounge, using the card for what I expected to be my last time, and called Citi from within the lounge to cancel the card.
...and ended up keeping the card!
These are the retention offers they gave me:
1. Statement credit of $100
5000 AA miles
$1500/month for 3 months
2. $50 statement credit for next 7 billing cycles
$1500/month for 7 months
begins 1 business day from date of acceptance of offer
I ended up keeping the card with #2, so I'll get $350 in statement credits, and by spending $1500/month x 7 months, that'll be an easy 10,500 miles too! I plan to just do it on Simon Mall GCs every month to keep it easy to keep track of.