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Amex APR Increase - Excellent Credit

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370Z
Frequent Contributor

Amex APR Increase - Excellent Credit

I have an Amex Hilton card that started out with the lowest advertised APR of 15.24%. Last year I received an APR reduction to 12.24% through online chat. A week or two ago, I received a letter stating that the APR was going up to 13.99% since "the APR was lower than that of similar cards." My FICO scores are all in the 780-810 range with only 3 total inquiries in the last 9 months, so the decision was not due to bad credit. Anyone else receive a similar letter?

EQ8 817 (2/24) EQ9 850 (1/24) EX8 837 (3/24) EX9 842 (3/24) TU8 819 (3/24)
Chase_Hyatt|10k|15.24%|6/13 * Amex_Hilton|10k|13.99%|8/13 * Chase_IHG|10k|15.24%|1/14 * Chase_Ink$|12k|13.24%|5/14 * NFCU$|46k|9.65%|12/14 * Amex_ED|10k|12.99%|1/16 * Citi_Custom$|45k|15.24%|4/16 * Merrill+|68k|12.99%|2/17 * Amex_BB+|10k|15.24%|3/18 * PenFed_Pathfinder|29.4k|12.74%|9/18 * WF_Autograph|25k|16.99%|7/19 * AODFCU_VS|22k|7.49%|4/20 * Chase_Ritz_Carlton|48.5k|15.99%|10/21 * Amex_BB$|42k|13.24%|8/22 * Redstone_FCU_VS|10k|12.00%|6/23 * C1_VX|30k|14.74%|1/24
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Anonymous
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Re: Amex APR Increase - Excellent Credit


@370Z wrote:

I have an Amex Hilton card that started out with the lowest advertised APR of 15.24%. Last year I received an APR reduction to 12.24% through online chat. A week or two ago, I received a letter stating that the APR was going up to 13.99% since "the APR was lower than that of similar cards." My FICO scores are all in the 780-810 range with only 3 total inquiries in the last 9 months, so the decision was not due to bad credit. Anyone else receive a similar letter?


About two months there were several news articles that said Amex would be doing this with quite a few account holders.  

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kdm31091
Super Contributor

Re: Amex APR Increase - Excellent Credit

As far as I know, it has nothing to do with you personally and is just something they are doing across the board with many of their cards. It's unfortunate, but it is what it is.

 

I'm still in a 0% til August on my BCE, and have not recieved any letter about my ongoing APR for after that changing.

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corymcd88
Valued Contributor

Re: Amex APR Increase - Excellent Credit

My BoA Cash card is at 9,99% APR which is lower they what is published.

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