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Old Jan 8, 2021 | 5:26 am
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radonc1
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Originally Posted by Jetsfan27
Two of my Citi credit cards were shut down. The Citi premier card and the American airlines business platinum card. I'm very disappointed.

I used mostly the citi premier card about 900k spend over the course of 2 years, and only about 30k spend on the American airlines card over 1 year. I got a call from citi 1 year ago that my card was flagged for review and answered their questions very honestly, I really did not think I was in violation of any of their terms or conditions. Then recently received another call about 3 months ago. This time around got some weird questions which I also answered honestly. They asked me where my credit card payments were coming from, and I told them they were coming from my personal bank account (which they were). Then they asked me why I was making my payment in pieces and not just paying the whole balance at the end of the statement. I told them and this is true that I don't want a large debt to build up so usually make payments as I use it (ie 2-3 payments a week). Apparently they don't like that and prefer you just make one payment at the end of your cycle. In any case on 1/7/2021 both cards were shut down and I received 60 days to use or lose my Citi premier points.

Please also note that I couldn't ransfer the points to any partners after credit card shutdown. Hope this helps someone in the future. Also i wanted to mention that I manufactured spend through gambling websites and I don't actually think its even MS because I really did use the websites as gambling websites require 1x rollover (meaning you have to bet your funds that you deposit).
I believe betting sites are one of the areas that is excluded from earning TYPs.

The fact that you got away with it for 2 years and that Citi allowed you to keep your points without a fight is a big plus (although I know that Citi has lost the confiscation fight before). Furthermore, it wasn't as if Citi didn't fire a shot across your bow (twice !!) with phone calls about the account.

However, this is just another DP which shows that cycling your CL is one way to perk up the rats ears. This also shows you that when you get a personal phone call from a bank or CC company about your activities, there is something they don't like and you need to desist if you want to keep the account open.
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