Amex Delta Gold discontinued Chip + Sig??

[longtimelurker]

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@greenfield1 wrote:

That's the thing though. I am going abroad soon so I feel like it's a great excuse to try and push for it. I don't understand why they would make a card branded toward travellers with no ftf but then say you can't get get the chip for no good reason. Then they try to sugarcoat it and tell you how great the card is and that it has no ftf. Great, thanks. I clearly know the features of the credit cards I apply to.

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Right, sorry, I was responding the the SPG mentioned in the other post.  I agree that on a card they have just removed the FTF from, it makes very little sense to stop giving you chipped cards.

[longtimelurker]

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@One7 wrote:

On another subject, why wouldn't we want them right away? I'm not sure where you live in the US but I live in Austin and those machines are popping up every where now. Why not have the chip to better protect ourselves? Especially with all the crappy people out there trying to steal our information. 

Edit: Typo

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Just not sure how much protection it is in the US.  If I copy the mag stripe, I can still use it in the vast majority of machines that are not EMV.  Protection really only comes when EMV is in use nearly everywhere

And I'm not saying "Don't get it", just how much effort it is worth trying to get it.  Eventually, they will be issued on all cards

[One7]

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@longtimelurker wrote:

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@One7 wrote:

On another subject, why wouldn't we want them right away? I'm not sure where you live in the US but I live in Austin and those machines are popping up every where now. Why not have the chip to better protect ourselves? Especially with all the crappy people out there trying to steal our information. 

Edit: Typo

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Just not sure how much protection it is in the US.  If I copy the mag stripe, I can still use it in the vast majority of machines that are not EMV.  Protection really only comes when EMV is in use nearly everywhere

And I'm not saying "Don't get it", just how much effort it is worth trying to get it.  Eventually, they will be issued on all cards

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Makes sense. As far as the effort I've given up on it already, wasted too much time on it already.

[MACFRME]

Someone already posted of a Delta card with a chip, so we know they have done it fairly recently.

[One7]

They are definitely out there, just hard to attain for some odd reason.

[MACFRME]

Just type "Delta AmEx EMV" into Google and several images of the card come up.

[TheConductor]

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@jd352 wrote:

Histerically, the first Chip+Sig card I received from them on their "improving customer security" was on my Zync card that I never used and cancelled anyway. 

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Yeah, they sent me one of those without my asking for it, too. Which is ridiculous considering I now put < $30 a month on that card since I have much better cards for most purchases.

Not really sweating it, though. The cards I want EMV on are Chase Sapphire Preferred and Capital One Venture. Those are the cards I actually *use* when abroad.

[keithB]

Report your card misplaced and request a new one.  Perhaps they'll send you a chipped replacement.

[SunriseEarth]

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@greenfield1 wrote:

I called amex yesterday because I recently got my delta gold and asked if I could get my card with the EMV chip. The csr told me that they couldn't give me a card with the chip and that they would maybe start doing this some time next year. Can anyone confirm if this is true? I've seen some recent posts about the EMV chip being attained with this card so I wonder if my rep was just dumb.

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Maybe you should try asking through chat.  

I'd like to get my BCE with a chip, probably once it gets a bit more worn down (and likely after I pick up the Costco TE in January).  

[Gornet]

If it helps i got my Delta gold with the chip about a month ago and i called AMEX yesterday (?) if i can request the chip in  my delta reserve... My new card should be here tommorow.