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Ouch! Not good customer service
@Anonymous wrote:In my experience, NO. I currently have a citi card that i cannot use because they have locked it. i have provided all neccessary information to verify that the $5 charge at the gas station was valid. they still locked my card, put me on hold numerous times, and still declined the charge. this was a 30+ minute ordeal while standing in line at Circle K. i provided my alt phone #'s, emploer, salray, address, balance, checking account, etc. then they still elected to keep it locked. They said the only way i can unlock my card is if i return a written letter to them within 5 business days. I am done with Citi
I was moving, called and told them I was moving, and they flagged the charge for my moving truck as possibly fraudulent. They would only verify through my home phone number, that was no longer my home phone number because I had moved. I had to fax in more documents to keep this card than I had to show to get a passport. Ten phone calls, two trips to fedex to use their fax machines and two snail mail packages later they finally accepted I was me and lifted the hold on the account.
@bergrides wrote:If there was a fraudulent charge, were you able to get it resolved in a timely fashion? If they flagged a charge, were you able to get it through in a timely fashion?
"The main things I am looking for is good customer service and alerts with in a few minutes of the card being used, and able to see pending transactions - the cash back is an added bonus."
First of all when you say good customer service and alerts are 2 different animals. Automated account/transaction alerts based on your communication preferences that "you've set" via text/email/phone call, have nothing to do with the live human good customer service experience. I have both and for the alerts part they equally par on instant notifications in my exp. If your wireless carrier sucks then don't blame the card co if your notifications are delayed check your coverage area. A lot of these complaints stem from not knowing their carrier sucks sorry this is my forte'! I have not personally dealt with Citi CSR but have with AMEX and always happy to say they've never let me down.
@EAJuggalo wrote:I was moving, called and told them I was moving, and they flagged the charge for my moving truck as possibly fraudulent. They would only verify through my home phone number, that was no longer my home phone number because I had moved. I had to fax in more documents to keep this card than I had to show to get a passport. Ten phone calls, two trips to fedex to use their fax machines and two snail mail packages later they finally accepted I was me and lifted the hold on the account.
@bergrides wrote:If there was a fraudulent charge, were you able to get it resolved in a timely fashion? If they flagged a charge, were you able to get it through in a timely fashion?
I saw your posts about that earlier. Challenging situation to be sure. I just moved again, a few months ago. Did not call any of my credit card companies. Tried to keep new / replacement cards timed so they would arrive to the old address on time, or not requested.
Then I just changed the mailing address on-line at each of the banks when the move occured. New cards after that are coming to the new address.
Unless you have a card in the mail, statements will be forwarded (or better yet paperless) and the move experience seems like it should be painless.
FWIW, my motto is to only call customer service when I have a very specific task I cannot solve on-line, and then to only allow the CSR to help me with a single task, even if I have multiple steps I want to accomplish. I have had too many instances of trying to do two or more things at once, and then it gets bolloxed up.
@Anonymous wrote:"The main things I am looking for is good customer service and alerts with in a few minutes of the card being used, and able to see pending transactions - the cash back is an added bonus."
First of all when you say good customer service and alerts are 2 different animals. Automated account/transaction alerts based on your communication preferences that "you've set" via text/email/phone call, have nothing to do with the live human good customer service experience. I have both and for the alerts part they equally par on instant notifications in my exp. If your wireless carrier sucks then don't blame the card co if your notifications are delayed check your coverage area. A lot of these complaints stem from not knowing their carrier sucks sorry this is my forte'! I have not personally dealt with Citi CSR but have with AMEX and always happy to say they've never let me down.
I realize they are 2 different animals. Right now with the LL Bean card that is now serviced by Citi, they do not offer alerts for when a transaction hits and you can not see pending transactions until they post, which could be 2 or 3 days after the transaction happens. I get notifications when I use my PNC debit card 20 seconds to 5 minutes after the transaction happens, and that is what I am after in a card. At least when Barclay had the card, I would get a text once the charge posted (still not useful, but something), and I could at least see a charge when it hit, even though when it was ready to post, it would disappear for a day.
The customer service comes in if there is an issue with fraud or if a transaction is denied or questioned. When Barclay serviced the Bean card, their alerts were bad, but there customer service was very good the few times I did use it. I am looking for a card that I will hopefully have for a long time, so eventually I will need to call a CSR.
I decided to go with the Amex Blue Cash Preferred card, and was approved. Thanks everyone for all of the input.
American Express is tied with Charter Cable for the worst customer service on the planet in my experience. My experience with Amex BCP was so bad that I downgraded to BCP. Still terrible cs. I was so thrilled to see that Discover has groceries for the first quarter of 2019 as the 5% category. It will be nice not to deal with the crazies at American Express. Phone reps lie. Info provided on the phone is valid for the length of the phone call.
I like CIti. No reason to call repeatedly as I have no issues with the Double Cash card. The last time I called Citi was 2015 to PC another card to Double Cash. When I called American Express for the same reason I got a lot of balderdash as to how an MR card cannot be PC'd to a cash back. They acted as if it was in the U S Constitution as opposed to just another thing Amex will not do to accomodate a card holder. I was told to do a new application for the cash back card. New date and Amex reneged on the SUB.
I think I'm going to call Chase for more info on Freedom Ultimate. I don't want to PC Freedom and don't need more credit from Chase. I'll see what they recommend. Security freezes on everything so that will need to be addressed before applying for a new card.
The last time I called Amex customer abuse 10/27/18 some guy with a thick accent was screaming at me that they stopped including remittance envelopes two years ago. That's a lie! I had surgery in July and was recovering at home. I paid Amex by phone and they never included an envelope again after promising to do so. Liar of 10/27/18 finally let me talk ot his "supervisor". Super promised 15 enveleops will be mailed to me. Wonder how long it will take for that mriacle to occur?
Amex can do whatever they want with their products. Just stop lying to customers!
Really do not like Amex!
@Save-n-Invest wrote:
The last time I called Amex customer abuse 10/27/18 some guy with a thick accent was screaming at me that they stopped including remittance envelopes two years ago. That's a lie! I had surgery in July and was recovering at home. I paid Amex by phone and they never included an envelope again after promising to do so. Liar of 10/27/18 finally let me talk ot his "supervisor". Super promised 15 enveleops will be mailed to me. Wonder how long it will take for that mriacle to occur?
Just out of interest: why do you pay by mail? I can understand for people that can't use or don't like computers, but since you are posting on a forum, I assume that's not you!
@Save-n-Invest wrote:I like CIti. No reason to call repeatedly as I have no issues with the Double Cash card. The last time I called Citi was 2015 to PC another card to Double Cash. When I called American Express for the same reason I got a lot of balderdash as to how an MR card cannot be PC'd to a cash back. They acted as if it was in the U S Constitution as opposed to just another thing Amex will not do to accomodate a card holder. I was told to do a new application for the cash back card. New date and Amex reneged on the SUB.
Most major CC issuers have some sort of restrictions on PCs. Amex's rules might be stricter than most, but this is hardly a unique practice.
Keep in mind that Amex has a huge number of different products and cobrand relationships. If another bank lets you PC to "anything" but they only offer 3 or 4 cards in the first place, it's hard to really say they're more flexible than Amex.
@wasCB14 wrote:
@Save-n-Invest wrote:I like CIti. No reason to call repeatedly as I have no issues with the Double Cash card. The last time I called Citi was 2015 to PC another card to Double Cash. When I called American Express for the same reason I got a lot of balderdash as to how an MR card cannot be PC'd to a cash back. They acted as if it was in the U S Constitution as opposed to just another thing Amex will not do to accomodate a card holder. I was told to do a new application for the cash back card. New date and Amex reneged on the SUB.
Most major CC issuers have some sort of restrictions on PCs. Amex's rules are stricter than most, but this is hardly a unique practice.
Exactly. It's like with Chase how they limit PCs to the "family" of cards i.e. United Explorer to Plus or CSP to CSR. Can't cross families to get the card you want like Southwest to Freedom for example.