Ugly Credit Cards
Jul 28, 2015, 7:36 am
#77
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: UES/MWC
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The Carlson cards are truly hideous. Chase Freedom is also relatively ugly.
On the other hand, the newest Citi AA cards are beautiful, especially the Executive since it's black. Depicted on the card is a topographic map with an airliner flying and casting a shadow on the map.
On the other hand, the newest Citi AA cards are beautiful, especially the Executive since it's black. Depicted on the card is a topographic map with an airliner flying and casting a shadow on the map.
Jul 28, 2015, 7:55 pm
#78
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I feel like we could have a sub debate over ugliest no annual fee cards. I'm not a big fan of the Freedom but it does stick out from the rest of the sock drawered cards. Most of the Bank of America cards were hideous. The replacement for this cards is a bit better, but looks like the Chase Freedom, except it is red instead of blue.
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Jul 29, 2015, 2:01 am
#79
Join Date: Apr 2015
Posts: 489
I feel like we could have a sub debate over ugliest no annual fee cards. I'm not a big fan of the Freedom but it does stick out from the rest of the sock drawered cards. Most of the Bank of America cards were hideous. The replacement for this cards is a bit better, but looks like the Chase Freedom, except it is red instead of blue.
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Jul 29, 2015, 3:20 am
#80
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I will not say they are ugly.
But seriously, why Wells Fargo still have to use stagecoach again, again, and again...
Sorry to disappoint you 
There is actually a "Chase Freedom" blue for BankAmericard Travel Rewards.
But seriously, why Wells Fargo still have to use stagecoach again, again, and again...
There is actually a "Chase Freedom" blue for BankAmericard Travel Rewards.
Jul 29, 2015, 3:59 am
#81
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: HKG
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Why focus on terrestrial banks:
http://www.hongkongcard.com/forum/fo...w.php?id=14617
(for those FTers not Chinese these are meant to be burned in funerals)
http://www.hongkongcard.com/forum/fo...w.php?id=14617
(for those FTers not Chinese these are meant to be burned in funerals)
Jul 29, 2015, 9:41 am
#82
Join Date: Aug 2010
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Jul 29, 2015, 10:13 am
#83
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: SAN
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Because the stagecoach is an iconic part of their brand, tracing back to the company's origins as an express and banking service and involvement in overland mail routes via stagecoach.
Jul 29, 2015, 10:18 am
#84
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: NYC
Programs: DL PM, Marriott Gold, Hertz PC, National Exec
Posts: 6,736
Not to be nit-picky but the Prestige does not have a "front facing" magnetic stripe, nor does any credit card.
Per ISO standards, the magnetic stripe and chip are the two defined parts of the card, and the magnetic stripe is always on the back of the card and the chip on the front. The other elements of the card that are normally on the back are on the front of the Prestige.
Per ISO standards, the magnetic stripe and chip are the two defined parts of the card, and the magnetic stripe is always on the back of the card and the chip on the front. The other elements of the card that are normally on the back are on the front of the Prestige.
Jul 29, 2015, 8:22 pm
#86
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No offense - your signup bonus is based on your family's contribution
Iconic does not mean you have to keep using.
Iconic does not mean you have to keep using.
Aug 1, 2015, 4:59 pm
#88
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Phoenix, AZ, USA
Programs: DL, HH, Bonvoy
Posts: 204
I still have an older Capital One card from my university that I've had open so long I just never want to cancel it. I needed it for the Uber "Free Ice Cream Day" promotion the other day and asked my girlfriend to find it while I was at work. She said she was horrified when she saw it.
Don't let the picture fool you, it looks ten times worse in person.
Don't let the picture fool you, it looks ten times worse in person.
Aug 2, 2015, 12:05 pm
#89
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 73
Funny, I was having that conversation just the other day. I haven't had a cashier in the US look at my signature in probably a decade, but it happens almost every time in other countries. We have ~35 active credit cards, and only 4 of them are signed at all - the 4 we normally take overseas.
When I have to sign a receipt at a restaurant, I usually put a happy face or sad face depending on the service and mood I'm in. Sometimes I'll write a message instead. Never had a single callout on that either.
Aug 2, 2015, 12:32 pm
#90
Join Date: Jan 2015
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I haven't signed a card in ~15 years. Every time I hand a card to a cashier and they flip it over to look at the back but then don't say anything, I chuckle to myself wondering what they were looking for? Waldo maybe? When I have to sign a receipt at a restaurant, I usually put a happy face or sad face depending on the service and mood I'm in. Sometimes I'll write a message instead. Never had a single callout on that either.
When I have to sign a receipt at a restaurant, I usually put a happy face or sad face depending on the service and mood I'm in. Sometimes I'll write a message instead. Never had a single callout on that either.