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NRA Credit cards

Anonymous — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 00:00:58 GMT

I am disappointed the NRA no longer offers credit cards and can’t find an issuing bank for their organization. People should proudly believe in showing their support and also it should give funds back to the organization with purchase.

I was thinking about applying before it was discontinued and am a proud supporter of the NRA and was sad to see it gone. Hopefully one day they will reissue the card with a supportive issuer.

Re: NRA Credit cards

rbentley — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 00:13:49 GMT

Cards are issued based on interest. If there was still substantial interest in a NRA card I think it would still be available. I am guessing that the interest in a NRA branded card had dropped below economic demand for the card. Without commenting on the 2nd Amendment, or NRA public positions on gun control, I can see a lot of circumstances in which the display of this card might be conterprodictive. There might be an equal number of circumstances in which it would be desirable, but my guess is that the market spoke and the card was no longer ecconomically viable.

Re: NRA Credit cards

CreditCuriosity — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 00:14:20 GMT

Before anyone goes there don't bring politics into this thread just a warning ahead of time....

OP the duck unlimited offers the same benefit as the NRA card and if you want to support the NRA then obviously you can join if you haven't already and give them money etc. other ways... Just as other that don't support it can give to said cause.. Keep this post on CC's as this is in the CC section and not about an organization. Thank you

Re: NRA Credit cards

SomewhereIn505 — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 00:30:03 GMT

Hang in there OP. I’m hopeful they’ll get another credit partnership soon, too.

Re: NRA Credit cards

HeavenOhio — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 00:31:34 GMT

The bank for both the Ducks Unlimited card and the former NRA card is FNBO.

Re: NRA Credit cards

MAZDA3 — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 04:02:04 GMT

Maybe they couldn’t afford what the bank was charging them? Or maybe people just weren’t signing up for the card because aside from “pride”, what benefit does the card offer? “Pride” or transpacific business class tickets with a Chase Sapphire Preffered? Or maybe the feedback the bank was getting from non-supporters was worth more $$$ from them that the $$$ they were getting from cardholders.

Several different possibilities, and perhaps some truth to all of them. NRA does still give out bumper stickers, no?

When Delta ended their discount program, they disclosed publicly that they had sold a grand total of 15 tickets.

Money talks in the credit card world.

Re: NRA Credit cards

Anonymous — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 04:09:44 GMT

Is the NRA membership HP or SP?

Re: NRA Credit cards

Anonymous — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 11:31:29 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
Is the NRA membership HP or SP?

Niether. It's a trigger pull....about 3 to 5 lbs.

Re: NRA Credit cards

NRB525 — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 12:58:50 GMT

OP you could try to come up with a personal design and put it on a Capital One or Discover card, then donate?

At FNBO, their approval requirements probably did not help the market share numbers. Hopefully the personal data would be secure, da?

Re: NRA Credit cards

Anonymous — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 13:08:55 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
I am disappointed the NRA no longer offers credit cards and can’t find an issuing bank for their organization. People should proudly believe in showing their support and also it should give funds back to the organization with purchase.

I was thinking about applying before it was discontinued and am a proud supporter of the NRA and was sad to see it gone. Hopefully one day they will reissue the card with a supportive issuer.

Well the NRA card may be gone but you can get other cards to help non-profit organization. Here is one for the Susan G Komen organization:

https://www.bankofamerica.com/credit-cards/products/susan-komen-credit-card/

Here is on that donates to the World Wildlife Fund:

https://www.bankofamerica.com/credit-cards/products/world-wildlife-fund-credit-card/

Or you could just get a 2 percent back credit card like Citi Double Cash and donate the money you get back to the charity. Which would be tax deductible assuming you itemize.

Re: NRA Credit cards

FinStar — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 14:13:48 GMT

Merely curious, but for those who had/have the former NRA CC, did FNBO reissue or replace existing CCs with new plain-Jane plastics? Was the rewards structure reverted to just a basic tier?

When FNBO ended its relationship with the Savingstar program a while back, new CC replacements were sent and the rewards program went the way of the Dodo Bird.

Re: NRA Credit cards

coldfusion — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 14:21:15 GMT

@MAZDA3 wrote:
Maybe they couldn’t afford what the bank was charging them? Or maybe people just weren’t signing up for the card because aside from “pride”, what benefit does the card offer? “Pride” or transpacific business class tickets with a Chase Sapphire Preffered? Or maybe the feedback the bank was getting from non-supporters was worth more $$$ from them that the $$$ they were getting from cardholders.

Several different possibilities, and perhaps some truth to all of them. NRA does still give out bumper stickers, no?

When Delta ended their discount program, they disclosed publicly that they had sold a grand total of 15 tickets.

Money talks in the credit card world.

FNBO reportedly did not renew the agreement to provide the NRA-branded card in response to pressure from a number of their customers.

The agreement with Delta was not a general discount program, the promotion offered discounts for members that were buying tickets to attend the annual meeting. The annual meeting this year was in Dallas; most frequent fliers already know that DFW is AA's biggest hub and for which they are responsible for an 80%+ share of the airport's traffic, but DFW isn't even a focus city for Delta and IIRC they have 1 gate at Love Field. Regardless of the political climate this wasn't going to drive many ticket sales.

Re: NRA Credit cards

IaBoy62 — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 14:46:35 GMT

My NRA card hasn't changed into anything else yet. I was wondering when something was gonna happen with it.....

Re: NRA Credit cards

SomewhereIn505 — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 15:32:46 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:
Is the NRA membership HP or SP?
Niether. It's a trigger pull....about 3 to 5 lbs.

Good one!

Re: NRA Credit cards

UncleB — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 17:12:56 GMT

I've had to remove political posts from this thread despite the request to leave politics out of the discussion; PMs have been sent where appropriate. The NRA credit card has been been well-covered in previous threads, and anything regarding the credit product that could be discussed already has been.

Any further discussion/speculation on FNBO's decision to discontinue their relationship with the NRA is beyond the purpose of myFICO and is better suited for other forums.

As the topic has run its course the thread is now closed to new messages.

--UB