Receiving Citi cards?

[FinStar]

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@Anonymous wrote:

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@Anonymous wrote:
Yes I'm moving and traveling in the next few days.

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There are sometimes exceptions made.  Call Citi and explain your situation and see if it can be expediated.

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Agree.  The account has to be generated on the system for them to be able to do that.  I think they may charge like $6 to expedite (if anything)?  I think one of my newest Citi cards was expedited.  They told me it was going to be $6, but I never saw the charge post at all.  So, it's YEMV but doable if you need to have it sooner.

[kdm31091]

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@Anonymous wrote:
Yes I'm moving and traveling in the next few days.

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Why did you not just apply for the card after you moved, though? Seems like a potential headache that could have been avoided.

To be honest, outside of what Finstar just said, I have never heard of them expediting a card but you can call and ask. I didn't find them to be especially slow with my Double Cash, I got it within a week, but I'm sure it depends where you live.

I understand it is annoying, but even if you don't get the card in time, you have other cards you can use so you aren't totally SOL or anything.

[red259]

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@Anonymous wrote:

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@Anonymous wrote:
Yes I'm moving and traveling in the next few days.

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There are sometimes exceptions made.  Call Citi and explain your situation and see if it can be expediated.

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If it can't be expedited maybe you can change the shipping address to the new address. 

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the tips everyone!

[Bmac66]

I was approved for the Simplicity card over a week ago and it hasn't arrived yet. I'm anxious so I can BT my Freedom and USAA MC to the 0% for 21 months. Made 2 large purchases last week with this in mind so we could receive reward points but have longer to pay at no interest. 

[Anonymous]

What day did you apply? I applied the 9th received welcome letter the 19th but still no card

[Bmac66]

I applied around the 9th as well. I received my welcome letter on the 21st which said I would be receiving the card soon. I called and they said it should be here by Friday the 25th but if not by the 29th to call back. Very frustrating. It shouldn't take over 2 weeks. Upon approval it said I would receive card in 7 days. 

[Anonymous]

Took over 2 weeks for mine to arrive.

[Bmac66]

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@Anonymous wrote:
Took over 2 weeks for mine to arrive.

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I read on a separate post where somebody called Citi after there card didn't arrive after 2 weeks and they gave them an additional 20 days of 0% when the 21 months are up. I'm going to try that. It's been 2 weeks I've been unable to take advantage of the 21 month no interest offer