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Best Discontinued Credit Card?

I'm a little upset I missed out on getting a Better Balance Rewards card from Bank of America. Actually I'm a little upset I missed out on getting five of those cards.

Whats a card that is discontinued that you wish you could have now?
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Anonymous
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Re: Best Discontinued Credit Card?

What's so good about BBR?  Isn't that the card that gives you $25 statement credit per quarter if you have a BoA checking account or something?

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Anonymous
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Re: Best Discontinued Credit Card?

$25 per quarter if you pay every bill on time. With 5 of those cards (like some people on YouTube), you get a free $500 a year for doing nothing but making a small purchase every 3 months and paying it in full.
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galahad15
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Re: Best Discontinued Credit Card?

For me, it would have to be the Direct Merchants Bank Titanium card: each individual purchase came with a 90-day grace period, regardless of the amount spent, no AF. Alas, as they say, all good things come to an end...

Former cards:
DMB Titanium MC @ 90-day, 0% grace period | $4k BEFCU MC @ 5.49% F | $21.9k Citi DPR @ 5.99% F | Chase Platinum MC @ Prime+1.67%
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Themanwhocan
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Re: Best Discontinued Credit Card?

Chase Cash Plus Rewards card. 5% on Grocery, Gas, and Drugstores.





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galahad15
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Re: Best Discontinued Credit Card?

Weren't there a few recent threads though that mentioned BoA as either clawing back part of the $25 quarterly rewards or reducing the amount rewarded per quarter, if people didn't charge more than $25 each month?

Former cards:
DMB Titanium MC @ 90-day, 0% grace period | $4k BEFCU MC @ 5.49% F | $21.9k Citi DPR @ 5.99% F | Chase Platinum MC @ Prime+1.67%
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DeeBee78
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Re: Best Discontinued Credit Card?


@Anonymous wrote:
I'm a little upset I missed out on getting a Better Balance Rewards card from Bank of America. Actually I'm a little upset I missed out on getting five of those cards.

Whats a card that is discontinued that you wish you could have now?

BoA cuts most people off at four cards now. Personally, I can't think of five small monthly recurring charges, so I'm good with the one I have for Netflix. 

 

 

I wouldn't mind having a Diner's Club card. It's a hidden tradeline, so you get a nice place to stash an unreporting balance if you need to. It's not necessairly discontinued, but they haven't allowed new applications in years.  

 




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galahad15
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Re: Best Discontinued Credit Card?

Also: there were a few threads/posts from not too long ago IIRC where where people who had large multiples of the BBR ended up getting some closed out by BoA -- for example, the poster here who formerly had 7 BBRs?


Former cards:
DMB Titanium MC @ 90-day, 0% grace period | $4k BEFCU MC @ 5.49% F | $21.9k Citi DPR @ 5.99% F | Chase Platinum MC @ Prime+1.67%
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DeeBee78
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@galahad15 wrote:
Weren't there a few recent threads though that mentioned BoA as either clawing back part of the $25 quarterly rewards or reducing the amount rewarded per quarter, if people didn't charge more than $25 each month?

I personally have not heard that. I have been using it for $7.99 - $9.99 a month for almost 2 years now (Netflix), and I get $30 a quarter for depositing to a BoA checking account. 

 

I have heard stories of BoA randomly waiving $1 - $4 transaction amounts, so there's no balance due, which prevents you from getting the credit for that quarter. Sneaky, sneaky.




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AverageJoesCredit
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Re: Best Discontinued Credit Card?

Im suprised no one's mentioned their precious Sallie MaeSmiley Wink
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