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tacaza
Posts: 42
Registered: ‎03-26-2010

Boa APR reduction

Upon looking at the second statement on my BOA Travel Rewards card, the 22.90% APR really annoyed me. So I called the number on the back of the card and spoke with an account manager about an APR reduction. She was able to reduce the APR down to 11.90% :smileysurprised:. She also reminded me to call back a couple months later to check for rate reduction.

 

Just wanted to share my exp. You may want to call in and ask if you have sky high rate with them :smileytongue: 

 

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Epcot
Posts: 2,592
Registered: ‎10-10-2012

Re: Boa APR reduction

Wow.. that's great, Congrats!

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trumpet-205
Posts: 1,909
Registered: ‎11-11-2010

Re: Boa APR reduction

I went from 20.99% to 12.99% on my Travel Rewards. A very simple process.

In My Wallet:
Citi Forward (12/2010) | Citi TY Preferred (05/2011) | BofA Travel Rewards (07/2011) | Chase Freedom (11/2011)
GECRB/PayPal (05/2012) | Discover it (07/2012) | US Bank Cash Reward (08/2012) | AMEX BCE (09/2012)
Target (10/2012) | Chase Ink Classic (11/2012) | BofA Balance Rewards (04/2013)
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mxp114
Posts: 1,067
Registered: ‎09-01-2011

Re: Boa APR reduction

Do they HP for APR?

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trumpet-205
Posts: 1,909
Registered: ‎11-11-2010

Re: Boa APR reduction

Not for me.

 

In My Wallet:
Citi Forward (12/2010) | Citi TY Preferred (05/2011) | BofA Travel Rewards (07/2011) | Chase Freedom (11/2011)
GECRB/PayPal (05/2012) | Discover it (07/2012) | US Bank Cash Reward (08/2012) | AMEX BCE (09/2012)
Target (10/2012) | Chase Ink Classic (11/2012) | BofA Balance Rewards (04/2013)
Valued Member
tacaza
Posts: 42
Registered: ‎03-26-2010

Re: Boa APR reduction

No alert so far.
Regular Contributor
culture
Posts: 142
Registered: ‎02-27-2013

Re: Boa APR reduction

i guess im a bad negotiator... :smileyfrustrated:

 

I called the backdoor number.   Went from 22% to 19.99% .....

 

i see all this 1/2 changes......

 

maybe I did something wrong 



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ObeyJohnny12
Posts: 574
Registered: ‎05-05-2012

Re: Boa APR reduction

Wow, good for you! How long you had the card?
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HiLine
Posts: 1,620
Registered: ‎10-19-2012

Re: Boa APR reduction

Congratulations! Were you carrying a balance on the card?

 

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Regular Contributor
culture
Posts: 142
Registered: ‎02-27-2013

Re: Boa APR reduction


ObeyJohnny12 wrote:
Wow, good for you! How long you had the card?

 

14 years ...

 


HiLine wrote:

Congratulations! Were you carrying a balance on the card?

 



yes .. i was like at 25% usage .. but not sure if last payment was reported .. 




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