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My husband, who has a 812 Equifax FICO and and 795 Experian FAKO, missed his due date on the 14th. He has a perfect payment history and also has a Slate card which goes back 12 years. He's been sick in bed with the flu (fever, chills, body aches, the whole nine) and didn't get out of bed until yesterday. He then realized that he had missed his due date and paid right away. My mind had been so preoccupied with taking care of him and preparing for an upcoming important interview that I didn't remember myself. His balance is 300/15000. I don't want this to be a black mark for him with Chase. Does Chase do one-time forgiveness like Discover does?
It won't be reported to the CRBs unless it is 30 days late. Chase might charge a late fee, but depending on your relationship, and the mood of the CSR you speak to, this can often be waived, especially if you stress it wasn't carelessness, but due to illness.
I use to be a CSR at chase if you called me with that story that length of account history and that low balance I would wave any fee you would get that's just me though.
@Joecooltech wrote:I use to be a CSR at chase if you called me with that story that length of account history and that low balance I would wave any fee you would get that's just me though.
A CSR who is a human being. Wow! Sure beats some CSR's I've spoken with. Congrats on your conscience! (no sarcasm intended)
I have had this happen a couple of times, always with huge gaps of time in between, and either bank or human error. I have never had Chase refuse to waive the fee. The most recent issue was an Ink payment a few months back. Because I have three Chase accounts set up to be "pushed" from my bank, my husband made an error and double paid CSP. I emailed them, expalined the error, and they waived the fee, no problem.
Also, prior to calling or emailing, I set up autopay via Chase (and have since done the same with every account I have, for the sake of preventing this happening again).
Call them or email them. They are really very helpful at Chase, in my experience.
Chase has fantastic customer service, I would let them know it was an oversight also this will not report unless it was 30 days late
Shouldn't be a problem at all. Certainly won't affect his credit history. Absolute worst case scenerio is late fee and penalty APR, both are doubtful.
Put it on autopay so it doesn't happen again....problem solved for the future.
Thank you for all the advice. I will have him give Chase a call tonight. I'll to convince him about the autopay, but his head is hard as rocks.