Originally Posted by
Boraxo
No love for me
Called to say I was considering cancellation of Marriott card due to category creep (i.e. Cat 1-5 cert is useless). Reached a very pleasant CSR but she was unable to offer any incentives. 2014 annual spend was $3k and has declined substantially over past few years as I have 4 other Chase cards that offer better rewards. So I suspect they are not too worried about losing my business. Transferred CL to other cards and will cancel shortly. Should have done this a year ago as I would like to apply for RC card.
Interesting.
Called today on my Marriott - anniversary date was June 2nd shown by Marriott account per the anniversary cert. Chase hasn't billed the AF despite the card was approved on May 30th on a recon call but it was not issued until Marriott verified the membership number, then popped up online on 6/02. So I get till July 1st to see the AF.
Back in Feb received a 15 transactions 5K pts offer and earned that 5K pts. SAME offer was made today. Rep even said no limit on the amount charged, just the number of transactions, a $1 charge would work. (In practice, $0.10 would work also.) No other offer attached, unlike some were given $1K spend for a Cat 4 cert. I actually prefer the 5K pts than the Cat 4 cert. Took the offer, hope to see the bonus after Jul 1st statement. Then X the card.
For the background, have 3 biz cards and 4 personal cards for a total of 7 Chase cards, including the UA Personal approved on June 2nd via reallocation of CL. Only spent to meet the initial bonus requirement on Marriott card as earning ratio is very poor when it comes to the redemption point levels.