Sallie Mae-day

[joshkm]

I've never had a reason to call Barclay's before until the other day to recon. The analyst I spoke to on the backdoor number was very friendly and helpful at approving me for my 2nd Sallie Mae WMC. I have nothing but good things to say until they decide some day to slash the rewards.

[lenz99]

What happened to the old Priceline 2% VISA? did Barclays grandfathered the rewards system?

[TiggerDat]

WOW, nice APR! 

[longtimelurker]

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@lenz99 wrote:

What happened to the old Priceline 2% VISA? did Barclays grandfathered the rewards system?

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Yes

[longtimelurker]

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@joshkm wrote:

I've never had a reason to call Barclay's before until the other day to recon. The analyst I spoke to on the backdoor number was very friendly and helpful at approving me for my 2nd Sallie Mae WMC. I have nothing but good things to say until they decide some day to slash the rewards.

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So you were able to get a second on manual review?   Wisdom here is that the 2nd had to be automated approval.  Guess not!

[CreditCuriosity]

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@lenz99 wrote:

What happened to the old Priceline 2% VISA? did Barclays grandfathered the rewards system?

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yes for ppl that had the 2% version they were grandfathered

[Open123]

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@PrimeRate wrote:

So I know everyone is bashing Barclays and claiming they are contributing to the end of the world(see SM & Arrival nerf threads), but I figured I'd tell a story showcasing them in a different light. I called in today following the step by step APR reduction to SP CLI path others here have paved the way for(a path that has worked for me many a time!). While doing so I spoke to a terrific rep named Jane who not only dropped my Sallie Mae Platinum(should probably be a WORLD by now, but I'm not complaining,  the plat/world diff helps me know which card has reward spend left) APR from 13.99% to 7.99%, but also gave my CL a bump from 20.5k to 24.5k

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Admittedly, reading all the negative press regarding Barclays propensity for AA was alarming, and was likely the reason I had some bias against them.  Usually, I'm not prone to take much need on negative or positive press, but I did this time, given the sheer amount of datapoints shared.

After several years, I'd have to say that I agree with you.  Barclays has been great.  

[Anonymous]

I've got 12k available with them, but couldn't convert anything to sm. Im still torn, but not any Barclays. I will be anti Barclays if they become anti me.

[longtimelurker]

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@PrimeRate wrote:

So I know everyone is bashing Barclays and claiming they are contributing to the end of the world(see SM & Arrival nerf threads), but I figured I'd tell a story showcasing them in a different light. 

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The real end-of-the-world stories concern Barclays as a psuedo-criminal organization, with their major role in LIBOR fixing and many other manipulations that they have been (criminally) prosecuted for in the US and UK.   (e.g. most recently http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/11619188/Barclays-handed-biggest-ban...  Are they worse than other big bank?  Maybe.

But for consumers their US credit card division can be good...

[Anonymous]

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