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For discussion on upgrade offers to the Aviator Silver card, see: Any success upgrading Barclays AA Aviator Red MC to AA Aviator Silver World Elite MC?

For other discussion on the Aviator cards, see: New AAdvantage Aviator Silver and Red Cards from BarclayCard (US targeted)

Current retention offers

Under the card's header, specify the date called (MM/DD/YYYY), the offer, how long you had the card, yearly spend, and any other pertinent info.

Arrival Plus
03/09 Retentions only offered downgrade. Escalated to manager and AF waived immediately. ~$220K spend in first year
03/03 Same as other offer listed today. Would be allowed to downgrade, no mention of bonus points, no AF waiver. Probably a few thousand in spend over the 1 year. Cancelled the card.
03/03 No AF waiver, just option to downgrade. Spent $32k on the card in the first year
02/18 Asked for annual fee waiver. Said had already been waived for first year, unable to waive it again
01/15 Refused to waive AF, offered to downgrade instead. Will call again.
01/15 Specialist (call elevated) offered to downgrade. No AF waiver. 1 yr, not much spend. Canceled.
01/26 offered downgrade with 1000 points on first spend, also offered ability to use points to pay part/all of AF
02/11 - Downgrade was not available for my account. Closed it instead.
02/15 Retention CSR was polite, but no offer other than downgrade + 1000 points for first spend. Declined her offer and will likely retain card with af.
03/15 - 2 separate data points. One was offered annual fee waiver, and one was not. Not sure what difference between the accounts was.
06/2015 - AF not waived; downgrade w/ 1000 points after first spend offered. Card age = 1 year, about 10k spend. Decided to downgrade to no AF card. Was assured no credit pull for downgrade.
10/15 Offer only to downgrade to no annual fee Arrival or Rewards card - no ability to waive fee again for second time on Plus card or convert to another card other than the aforementioned - have 60 days from when fee posts to cancel and receive a refund it seems
10/15 Offer to downgrade to no AF Arrivals card + 1000 points w/ first use of new card. No hard pull to downgrade.
01/02/2017 - No waiver offered, only downgrade, card open since 2013, minimal recent spend
02/23/2017 - No offers. Open 2 years. Spend $7600 last year.
02/15/2018 - minimal spend. had card 1 year. no offers. closed
05/15/2018 - minimal spend . Offer to switch to no fee card to retain credit limit.1,000 points for first use and $50 statement credit if $1,000 is charged to the card for 3 consecutive months. Accepted.
10/4/2018 - $2k spend in prior two months. Had card 2yrs. Offer to switch to no fee card to retain credit limit.1,000 points for first use. Accepted.
4/23/19 - minimal spend. No offer to downgrade or points offered. Closed.
12/10/19 - $8k spend in 12 months. Had card 1 yr. No offer to downgrade or points offered. No action yet from my side.
07/2020 - $50k spend in 2019. Called twice, no offers. Called third time to cancel.
08/2020 - $9k spend in 14 months. No offers on first call. Drained points and called back a week later, still no offers, closed account.

Arrival (non-plus)


Aviator Red/US Airways
12/14 AF waived, Spend less than $500 annually, opened 2013.(J_b)
01/15 AF waived, opened 2013.
1/7/15 AF waived, opened Dec. 2013. Spent less than $500
01/15 AF waived, 5K miles for $3K spend 90 days; 2 yr. old card; $25k spend in 2014
3/1/15 AF waived for second year in a row. $25k spend last year. Nothing in 6+mo
March 16, 2015: All 6 of our family's accounts had AF either waived or credited back. B/w 2K and 3K spend last year on each account.
3/19/2015: Got $89 fee credited. (got annual 10k miles + last US Air companion certificate in mail too!)
4/4/2015: $89 fee credited by having manager call me back. This is 2nd anniv (will be getting 10k miles for anniv as well on next statement).
May 2015 AF waived $25K last year maybe $5-6K to date this year
06/05/2015: AF waived, ~$20k spend
06/24/2015: Has card since 2013, barely any spend the last year. First call, no retention offers. Second call, a few days later, to actually cancel the card, transferred to a specialist, AF waived. Keeping it for another year.
6/30/2015: First line rep saw right away that they could waive fee, just needed to connect with someone else to make it official. ~6K spend
7/11/2015: same as above (6/30), $89 fee waived in 2-3 business days. ~10K spend.
8/28/2015: Annual fee waived, also rep found a 2x gas, grocery, utility offer for 90 days up to 8000 miles. ~1k spend this year on card
9/21/2015: Annual fee waived. 2x gas, grocery OR utility offer for 90 days. Spend $1000 in category and get 5000 mile bonus. Max bonus 8000 miles. ~6k spend this year on card
10/1/15: AF posted yesterday, got it waived today. System was being updated so I'll call back tmrw to see if there are any additional offers available.
11/4/15: AF posted 10/30, fee waived no questions asked. Got an offer for 5,000 bonus miles after next purchase, no min spend requirement. $14k in spending in the past 12 months. Got card in Oct. 2014.
11/6/15: AF posted recently, got it waived and got an offer for 5,000 bonus points after $1,000 in new purchases within 90 days. Total spend about $1k in past year.
11/2015: Annual fee waived. No other offers other than an upgrade to Aviator Silver.
12/09/2015: AF posted 11/30, fee waived after asking for "offers to offset AF". Also offered extra 1mile/$1 on gas & groceries, up to $8k.
12/21/15 af posts at end of December had to escalate to 2nd level af waived offered 5k points for 1 k spend member sine 09
12/31/15 AF Waived. No other offers.
1/2/16 AF Waived, 500 bonus miles, 5k bonus miles with $1k spend within 90 days. Have had card for 1 year, with about $7k in spend during 2015.
1/4/16: AF waived. No other offers, even after asking about promos. Have had card for 1 year, 9k spend.
1/5/16: AF waived immediately, also offered 2x points on supermarkets, movies, and utilities until Mar 1st. Had card for one year, one purchase initially, and about $1200 spend in past 2 months.
1/5/16: AF waived, offered 5000 miles for $1000 spend in 90 days or 2 miles/dollar on gas and other categories up to 9K miles. Also given 500 miles as courtesy deposit. Less than $2k spend, but $6k in balance transfer offers on my account in 2015.
1/6/16: AF waived. Two offers - 5K for $1K spend in 90 days or 2 miles/dollar. No more than 2K of overall spending in a year.
1/8/2016: AF waived. Offered 5000 miles for 1 purchase (as long as it was over $1.00) in 90 days. ~$20K spend.
1/9/2016: AF waived. No offers. ~$16K Spend.
1/11/2016: AF waived. Didn't hold out for more offers. No spending.
1/14/2016: AF waived. No offers. ~$8K Spend.
1/17/2016: AF waived. No offers. $15K spend
1/25/2016: AF waived. Did not hold out for more offers. $15K spend.
1/25/2016: AF waived, 500 miles for one purchase. $10k spend.
1/28/2016: AF waived. No offers. $12k spend last year.
1/31/2016: AF waived. No offers. ~$10k spend last year.
1/31/2016: AF waived. 1mi bonus for gas, grocery & utility purchases for the next 90 days up to 8k mi. $0 spend, sock drawered.
2/1/16: AF Waived, plus 5K bonus post $1K spend in 90. Had mentioned it's all about bonus points. Accepted.
2/1/16: AF waived. Double miles for gas, grocery, & utilities for the next 90 days. Spent <$500 in 2015. Mentioned that I had a Citi card with identical benefits.
2/1/16: AF waived. 5k bonus miles for $1k spend in 90 days. Spent ~$1500 in 2015, most for a mileage bonus. Mentioned that I had a Citi card with identical benefits.
2/3/16: AF waived. 5k bonus miles for $1k spend in 90 days. 2x for supermarket, movie, and utility spend up to $2,500 for next 90 days. Increased CL by $2,500 without a hard pull.
2/7/15: AF waived. 10k bonus miles for $3k spend in 90 days. ~$80k spend.
3/4/16: AF waived. <$1k spend last year.
3/6/16: AF waived. Offered 2x on gas/groceries/utilities
3/24/16: AF waived. Spent <$1k last year. Offered 5k bonus for $1k spend, and 3x miles for spend on Uber.
3/28/16: AF waived. No offers. $2.5k spend last year.
3/30/16: AF waived. Spent $3K last year. Offered 5k bonus miles for $1k spend in 90 days, and 3x miles for spend on Uber until July 2016.
4/1/2016 : AF hit yesterday, called today and AF got waived. $6 spent last year. Offered 500 points for using the card in next 4 days.
4/6/2016: AF waived, 5k miles for $1k in spend over 90 days, bonus miles on Uber, restaurants, home improvement, and gas.
4/11/2016: AF waived, 5k miles for $1k in spend over 90 days.
4/15/2016: AF waived, offered choice of 5k miles for $1k in spend over 90 days, or extra mile per $ for gas/restaurants/etc over 90 days (max 8K). uber option also offered.
4/19/2016: AF waived + 5k miles for dealing with incompetent customer service.
5/5/2016: AF waived, offered 5000 miles for $1000 spend in 90 days or 2 miles/dollar on gas and other categories. Took the $1000 spend offer. No spending last year.
5/14/2016: AF waived, plus 5000 miles after next purchase (no $ limit). Zero spend last year.
5/24/2016: AF waived, did not inquire about offers. Not a 10K annual miles legacy card, so why I am keeping it? Little to no spend since switch to Aviator.
06/05/2016: called regular CSR and told her that I can't afford the Fee and wanted to close the card, she said Ok, she can close it. I said too soon, I have citi aa and they can waive my fee, then she transferred me to specialist. got AF waive and 5000 miles after $1k spending.
06/10/2016: AF credit and 5000 miles after $1k spending in 90 days
7/9/2016: AF waived, 5k for $1k/90days. Offered CLI with no HP but I declined
7/12/2016: AF waived, 5k for $1k/90days, CLI with no HP
7/23/2016: AF waived, 5k for $1k/90days. Offered CLI with no HP but I declined
7/31/2016: AF waiver, 5k for $1k/90 days. Offered CLI with no HP - declined. Limited spend (<$2k) in previous year
8/21/2016: AF waiver, 5k for $1k/90 days. 0% on new purchases for 9 months. 0 spend in last 12 months
8/30/2016: AF waiver, kicking myself for not asking for the 5k bonus, will call back. ETA - I called back, got the 5k bonus, a CLI with no HP, and 500 extra miles for having to call back (unsolicited).
11/04/2016: 5k for $1k/90 days. AF not waived. $1500 spend in past year. Had to ask several times for this offer.
11/10/2016: AF waiver, 5k for $1k/90 days. 0% on new purchases for 9 months (declined that part). $0 spend in last 12 months
11/15/2016; AF not waived, 5k for 1k 90 days + 500 extra miles for being a good customer, credit line increased by 4.5k with no credit pull. I accepted. <1k spend per year.
12/1/2016 AF waived, no bonus but I just got 10,000 Barclay red card holder anniversary miles (no min spend needed)
12/4/2016 AF waived, also received offer for 5K bonus miles with $1k spend in 90 days. About $2000 spend on the card, but also received AF waiver last year.
12/30/2016 AF not waived. Will call back in a few days.
1/2/2017 Had to speak to 3 people AF waived 5k bonous 1k spend runs concurrent w/$500 mo/15k offer i think this is the 3rd year in a row they waived it aprox5-6k spend year
1/3/2017 First CSR transferred to Account Specialist. Offered AF waiver right away. No other offers, didn't ask for the 5k offer, already have 15k and 25%. 2nd waiver, no spend last year except to meet the spend reqs.
1/3/2017 Transferred to Account Specialist Jesse. No AF waiver (probably because I got it twice before!). Accepted the 5k miles on $1,000 spend offer.
1/7/2017 First CSR (overseas) not helpful. Asked to be transferred to retentions (was US based). AF waived. Only bonus received past year was a 25% bonus for a few months. $9.5K spend last year. AF waived last year.
1/8/2017 Spent literally $0 on the card for a year. Transferred to account specialist. Offered downgrade to no annual fee version. Then offered annual fee refund + 5000 miles for spending $1000 in 3 months. Accepted.
1/10/2017 Wife said rude front-line agent immediately canceled her card before she could HUCA or ask for a retention agent. $5k spend.
1/10/2017 AF waived ($35k in spend) but no other offers.
1/19/2017 AF waived on two cards. No other offers. Not sure on annual spend, maybe $5-10k on each. Card holder since ~2011ish
1/28/2017 AF not waived (virtually no spend last year). Offer to downgrade or 5000 AA miles for $1000 spend in next 90 days. Closed account
2/2/2017 AF waived for 3rd year running on account still grandfathered into 10K miles annually. $4000 annual spend. Also got spend $1000 in 3 mos. get 5K miles offer.
2/8/2017 AF waived for 2nd year running on account still grandfathered into 10K miles annually. 5k mi bonus on 1k spend. I prob wont get the 10k this year as I called before the AF hit my account
2/21/2017 AF waived for 3rd year running on account still grandfathered into 10K miles annually. $3000 annual spend.
2/22/2017 No offer, refused to transfer retention. Foreign call center. Agent just reads the card benefits and made non-specific promise that there will be "more bonus offers" later. Had this card for ~3 years, have always paid the AF before. Annual spend maybe $2K. Will HUCA another day...
2/26/2017 Second call (previous call is described immediately above this line). This time they did transfer me to an Account Specialist. Offered 5K bonus miles for spending $1 in 90 days. Asked if they could credit for AF, too. She said no, that was the only offer available. Good enough, I accepted.
2/26/2017 No offer initially. Asked to cancel and transferred to retention who immediately waived it. Minimal spend on the card <$1K
3/13/2017 AF waived. Told the agent that as I had not used the card for a whole year that I was not inclined to pay AF. She asked me if I would like her to waive the fee. I said Yes. Good result.
3/2017 - wouldn't waive the fee (saw that I had it waived last year). Offered 5000 miles for $1000 spend in 90 days.
3/27/2017 - No offer initially. Asked to cancel and transferred to retention who immediately waived it. Minimal spend on the card <$2K
3/26/2017 - Called up and asked for retention offers. Nothing offered. Asked for 5K miles for $1k spend... got refused. Cancelled card.
3/29/2017- Called and transferred to retention. Specialist offered to waive the $89 fee right away and offered to put the $1k spend in 90 days promo on. Kept card open. About $3k in annual spend.
4/29/2017 - Called and transferred to retention. Specialist offered to waive the $89 fee right away and offered to put the $1k spend in 90 days promo on. Kept card open. Very minimal spend (enough for last year's bonus ).
5/15/17 - ~$500 annual Spend. Called to cancel/Downgrade. AF waived and 5k miles for $1k/90 days. Took the offer
5/22/17 - ~Think I spent $30 on the card on a ticket last year. Called to cancel/Downgrade. AF waived and 5k miles for $1k/90 days or 2x miles on gas/grocery/dining. Took the 5K offer.
6/27/17 - USAirways card w/ 10k yearly bonus, fee posted 27 days ago. Recent spend around $1500. No fee waiver available. 5000 miles for $1000 spend within 90 days. Also offered CLI.
06/09/17 - USAirways card w/ 10k yearly bonus, annual spend maybe $1000, no fee waiver, no offer, HUCA a month later
06/25/2017: USAirways card w/ 10k yearly bonus, annual spend negligible, no fee waiver, offer to downgrade to no-fee AAdvantage or to Arrival (with 2500pt bonus for spending $1K in 3 months or something) on first call; all offers disappeared upon HUCA a few weeks later; closed card. Too bad -- would've liked Arrival w/o a hard pull.
07/10/17 - US Airways card 2/ 10k yearly bonus, second call (first call on 6/9) - transferred to account specialist, fee waiver & 5k miles for $1k/90days - 4th year running fee waiver :-)
08/02/17 US Airways card 10k yearly bonus - told there were two offers, downgrade to no fee AA or Arrival - after second offer I said close it and then magically third offer to waive fee appeared.
08/12/17 Called twice, both times no offer to transfer to retention specialist and no offer. Closed the account. Minimal spend in the past year, had waived fee 2-3 times prior to that. Shame!
08/14/17 US Airways card, fee waiver, 5k miles for $1k/90days
8/30/17: Offered fee waiver, no additional bonus offers. In October was offered 30k bonus after spending $2,500 each month for 6 months. It was difficult, but managed to hit it with organic spend.
11/11/17: Fee waived, 5k miles for $1k spend in 90 days. $1,500 spend in prior year.
12/01/17: Previous US card w/Annual 10k bonus. Notice received, but AF not yet posted. AF waived. Nothing else offered.
12/1/17: AF waived. 5k bonus miles for $1k spend in 90 days. Accepted.
01/3/18: AF waived. 5k bonus miles for $1k spend in 90 days. Accepted. Opened January 2017, $2,900 spend 2017.
02/13/2018: Called 80+ days after fee posted. Grandfathered USAirways card 5+ years. No fee waiver available but 5k miles for $1k spend in 90 days, plus BT and 0% APR offers. Accepted.
03/01/18: No offers at all. Didn't push it. Minimal spend.
03/03/18: annual fee posted....call the number on the back and the CSR said I can process your cancellation request now....I said I wil rethink about it.....is there a way to connect to the retention department?
03/09/18: AF waived. (Spent >$3k in first year; Called after AF posted, transferred to retention; AA Platinum may have helped to waive AF)
04/23/18: transferred to a retention specialist. No AF waiver. Offered bonus opportunity for bonus miles on gas and groceries. Said I'd call back. Only about $400/year spend.
05/17/18: retention specialist saw low spend and only offered waiver if I spent a few $1000 over next 3 months. I did a PC to an AA no-fee card.
06/08/18: Grandfathered USAirways card. No offers at all. No downgrade whatsoever.
06/15/18: 5 yr-old card, a few K spend; first time unable to get any offer (tried twice). Could have downgraded. Canceled (was a legacy USAirways card, but without the 10K annual miles).
07/04/18: AAviator Red, second year. Little beyond the spend required to earn sign up bonus. After about 10 minutes, I got offered 5k AA miles for $1K spend over 90 days. Accepted.
07/05/18: Old USAirways card with 10k annual bonus, no spend for about 6 months, only offer was $1000 spend each month for 3 months, get $100. Accepted it.
08/13/18 Old USAirways Card with 10k annual bonus, very minimal annual spend, only offer was $1000 monthly spend for 3months, get$100 statement credit, HUCA - (have had fee waived at least past 4years.).
10/28/18 Old USAirways Card with 10k annual bonus (two cards), no spend but do utilize 1% balance transfer offers (nearly free money!). Offered to waive AF on both cards after just asking. Done this every year without any issue.since 2013.
10/30/18 Aviator Red, third year. Only a couple of charges made in-flight this year. No offer.
12/30/18 Aviator Red (converted from Old USAirways Card) with 10k annual bonus. Very little spend this year. AF hits in about a month. I groused about loss of EQD benefit. No offer initially. Then was offered $100 statement credit for spending $1K per month for 3 months. Pushed gently for further offers, got none. Declined offer for now. Will wait and try again in a couple weeks when AF gets closer.
1/1/19 Aviator Red ~10K spend. Past 3 years, AF waived, no issue. This year, $100 statement credit for $1K spend in each of next 3 months. Accepted.
2/1/19 Avitaor Red (converted from USAirways Card no annual bonus): little spend, but lots of balance transfers. Offered AF waiver OR 5k RDM for $1k/90days. Took AF waiver.
4/3/19 Aviator Red, 4 year card holder with minimal spend this past year. AF waived last year. Balance transfer offer but downgrade "offer" not available.
4/5/19 Aviator Red called again after no offers 3 weeks ago. No offers again. Moved Credit Line to Arrival and canceled.
5/1/19 Aviator Red. Open 2 years, less than $1k/year spend. No offers available, no downgrade options. Closed card.
5/7/19 Aviator Red. Legacy US Airways Card. Have had for 5+ years. Always minimal spend ($100/year) and was able to get an offer to waive AF in the past. No offers now. Closed card.
6/10/19 Aviator Red. Open just 1 year, only one purchase, fairly large balance transfer. Offered a downgrade to no fee version or waiver of annual fee. After accepting fee waiver, offered additionally $100 statement credit for 1k per month spending for 3 months.
10/30/19 Aviator red. Opened for one year, $99 annual fee hit this month. No retention offers, no annual fees waived, no option to downgrade the card to a non-annual fee CC. Closed the account.
12/6/19 Aviator Red Legacy USAirways: No offer, not willing to transfer the call, no spending bonuses. Have had annual fee waivers periodically in the past. No spend in months.
2/25/2020 Aviator Red legacy US Airways card: Offered to downgrade to no AF card and also offered 2500 miles with no spend requirement. Accepted.
06/16/2020 Aviator Red legacy US Airways card, minimal spend: No offers at all.
10/10/2020 Aviator Red American Airlines, $99 fee not waived but card was downgraded to no-cost card. Accepted downgrade.
8/11/2021 Aviator Red. Open 4 years. Received retention offer of $99 statement credit to offset annual fee with no spending. Accepted offer.

Aviator Silver
6/30/2015: AF waived at time of upgrading from Aviator Red, where I was a few months in to the AF waiver on that one.
2/10/2016: when annual fee posted on the card, initially offered nothing but after a few minutes of discussion and mentioning that I've spent 40k+ on the card per year, they offered 10,000 bonus miles (immediate without spend). Took the offer and paid the AF of $195
1/10/2017: Was not transferred to a specialist and would not, and no offer. Spent over $40k (by funding Citi bank). Pretty surprised.
3/8/2017: No offer just asked if I wanted to switch to fee free card. Declined and closed. 4k spend in 1yr
1/8/2018: No offer, will HUCA. $50k + spend.
2/8/2018: No offer. They offered to move the CL to my other Aviator card. Accepted and closed the account.
7/5/2018: Old USAirways that I upgraded to Silver when it first started. No offers. No ability to downgrade to any other Aviator. $77k spend in the last 12 months. Offered to move credit to Rewards or Arrival, both free. Declined both offers and will call again before the 60 days are up.
1/15/2019 no offer, would not transfer to retention as "because she is a manager, see sees all offers"
1/18/2020 no offer, $50k per year spend, cancelled card and felt great.
2/11/2020 no offer, previously waived every year, minimal spend. Cancelled card and processed immediately.
8/10/2020 annual fee waived AND 5k bonus miles with $1k of spend. Accepted both. About 4k in spend over last year.
10/6/2020 no offer, downgraded card to no AF, $25-50K annual spend since 2017 and no previous attempts to get the fee waived
Aviator Business
9/3/2019: Annual fee waived as a one-time courtesy. Minimal spend. First anniversary.
9/5/2019: Annual fee waived as a one-time courtesy. Minimal spend. First anniversary.
9/6/2019: Annual fee waived as a one-time courtesy. Minimal spend. First anniversary.
9/14/2019: Annual fee waived as a one-time courtesy. Rep was very explicit that it would not be waived next year. $4k spend. First anniversary.
01/12/2021: Annual fee not waived. First anniversary with minimal spend. Rep said there might be a possibility of a credit with $4500 per month spend. Called back and second rep said same thing. Closed account.
9/14/2021: Annual fee NOT waived. Card has been open at least 3 years and paid annual fee last year. Called after fee had posted to statement. No spend this year. Closed account.
9/15/2023: Annual fee not waived. Card open at least 5 years and paid annual fee last year. Called after fee posted. No spend. Closed account.

Jetblue Plus
10/4/18: Annual Fee Waived plus 5k Points for $1K Spend in 90 Days. Have had card two years. Annual Spend about $5k. Rep who answered the phone was able to look this up. Asked several questions about how often I fly jetblue and when I plan on using points.
2/15/2019: Annual fee waived plus 5k points for $1K spend in 90 days; first renewal on card (obtained in December 2017); spending about $6,500 total but representative stated that she could see I spent over $4k in the last year. Also offered the option to downgrade to a no annual fee card.
2/07/2022: AF waived plus 5k points for $1k spend in 90 days. Accepted. Asked several questions about how often I fly B6 and how I plan to use points.

Lufthansa
11/23 AF cut in half. Earn 5k mi after $1K spend in 90 days. Minimal use.
8/14 AF waived, open 1 month w/ 10K spend
6/15 No offer, closed card after transferring credit limit. $20k spent in 1 year.
6/16 AF waived, +1x points gas, groceries, drugs up to 8,000 points over 3 months. During spend verified Krogers counted as groceries
7/24/2018: 5000 miles for spending $1000 in 3 months
11/2018 Had card one year, minimal spend, only offer was to downgrade

Frontier
4/15 No offer, closed card after transferring credit limit. <$100 spent on card.

Hawaiian Airlines
08/19 biz CC, 2nd AF, only $5K office spend (GCs), AF waived.
02/19 Fee waived another year. Unable to accept any other 'offers' for the next 90 days.
02/18 Fee waived one year. Also offered, downgrade to a HA card with $50 fee/less benefits, no fee rewards card, no fee cash back card
01/15 Offered to waive half the fee. Downgraded to Barclaycard Rewards no fee card (also had option to downgrade to the Arrival no fee card)
04/15 Annual fee waived, had to ask for Retention Dept. Annual spend ~12k (Serve CC loads)
03/16 Annual fee waiver granted via SM, separate call to customer service to process fee waiver
04/16 No waiver or credit. Instead, offered 5000 miles with $1000 spend in 90 days
06/14 offered 5,000 points (worth $50 statement credit) for spending $1,000 over 3 months. This is already a no-fee card.

NFL
06/14 offered 5,000 points (worth $50 statement credit) for spending $1,000 over 3 months. This is already a no-fee card.

Wyndham Rewards VS
06/14 Called in to ask about any offers; given 5,000 WR points for spending $1,000 in 3 months. Followed up with question about annual fee; was able to get fee waived.
02/17 Similar to above (5000 pts with $1000 spending in 3 months), but only half annual fee refunded ($34.50). I thought it was still worth it, so I took the offer.
6/19/17 - 5000 bonus pts with $1000 spending in 3 months and half the annual fee refunded ($34.50).
8/4/17 No offer (other than downgrade to no AF version). Very little spend on card. Closed the account.
2/15/2018 - Very little spend. 50% off annual fee. Decline and closed
8/1/2018 - No spend. 50% off annual fee. Declined and closed.
9/24/2018 - 5000 bonus pts with $1000 spending in 3 months and half the annual fee refunded ($34.50)

JetBlue Business
5/13/2018: Had card for 1 year, met $1K minimum spend, not much else after that. No retention offer. Closed account.
4/24/2020: First card anniversary, nothing beyond initial spend and paying annual fee at opening. Offered half fee waiver as one time courtesy ($49.50).
5/29/2021: Second card anniversary, little if any spend this year and had 1/2 fee waiver last year; no offers this year. Closed.
4/27/2022: Third card anniversary, no spend this year, no offer, closed it.
6/1/2022: First card anniversary, minimal spend after initial bonus; no offers, closed it
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Old Jan 27, 2024, 3:45 pm
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Spent quite a bit on the card in the last year. I don't need the card going forward and was offered either to change to the Red or to the No Annual Fee base card.
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Old Jan 27, 2024, 7:50 pm
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Originally Posted by A321T
....the card ....
Please edit your post to tell us which card you have.
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Old Jan 27, 2024, 9:39 pm
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Originally Posted by mia
Please edit your post to tell us which card you have.
sounds like aviator silver
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Old Feb 18, 2024, 8:56 am
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Originally Posted by mia
Please edit your post to tell us which card you have.
Edited. Silver.
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Old Apr 3, 2024, 6:47 pm
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Called in today about my Aviator Red card. No AF waiver offered, but downgrade to $0 AF Aviator card offered (with AF refund as I'm within 60 days – this was noted in the downgrade terms the agent read out on the phone). First anniversary, very minimal spend as I'd opened the card only for the bonus anyway (~$1k), first year AF was waived at opening. Took the downgrade solely to avoid the fun dance of ensuring my AA miles don't expire.
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