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APR reduction success (sorta)

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icyhot
Valued Contributor

APR reduction success (sorta)

Cap One lowered my Venture APR to 17.99 for 6 months then back to 22.99. No big deal I don't carry a balanced on it

Amex lowered Delta from 19.24 to 17.24 and Hilton to 17.74. I was *almost* a jerk and said "so you can't give me a measly .5%???" But it's better than nothing lol.
Ch 7 BK discharged 12/2018
Bank Cards: NFCU Flagship Rewards $25K | NFCU Cash Rewards $20K |NFCU More Rewards Amex $17K | PenFed Power Cash $12.5K | PenFed Platinum Rewards $12.5K | PenFed Pathfinder Rewards $10K | PenFed Gold Card $7.5K | PayPal Cashback Mastercard $5K | Apple Card $3.5K
Store Cards: Bergdorf Goodman $10.5K | Neiman Marcus $7.5K | Care Credit $7K |
Scores: EX 656 | EQ 667 | TU 680


Goal Card: Amex Platinum (Amex IIB, waiting for 5 year mark)
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kdm31091
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Re: APR reduction success (sorta)

Capital One's temporary reductions (I recently got one too) honestly strike me as almost more lame than not giving anything. If you're going to give someone a "promo", at least make the APR significantly lower, like 10% or 5% or even 0%. Giving a temporary reduction of a few percent is basically meaningless.

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icyhot
Valued Contributor

Re: APR reduction success (sorta)

Right? I just asked for one just to say I did. I made the mistake of carrying a balance over ONCE and they bit me so hard
Ch 7 BK discharged 12/2018
Bank Cards: NFCU Flagship Rewards $25K | NFCU Cash Rewards $20K |NFCU More Rewards Amex $17K | PenFed Power Cash $12.5K | PenFed Platinum Rewards $12.5K | PenFed Pathfinder Rewards $10K | PenFed Gold Card $7.5K | PayPal Cashback Mastercard $5K | Apple Card $3.5K
Store Cards: Bergdorf Goodman $10.5K | Neiman Marcus $7.5K | Care Credit $7K |
Scores: EX 656 | EQ 667 | TU 680


Goal Card: Amex Platinum (Amex IIB, waiting for 5 year mark)
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Anonymous
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Re: APR reduction success (sorta)

Congrats! Something is better than nothing

 

I just tried to get my 24.9% quicksilver reduced, and nada zip zilch nothing.

 

yet my 3 month old delta gold got a 3% reduction easily.  It all varies.

 

Keep trying with the amex. I was just elated to see folks on here with 6-9% APR on an amex.

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