Originally Posted by
1KChinito
Thank you for sharing. A new GE card is not required after approval of renewal and activate an existing card is something new. Perhaps they want to save some money. However, new expiration date does not magically appear on your existing physical card.
The activation is for the new physical card that WILL come at some point. I got my new card and it asked for the security code on the new card, which is different from the one on the old card. Once I entered that, the activation message went away. I'm good now until 2029.