@Nmgal wrote:No I was making substantial payment much more than minimum. Did not know a post would cause criticism and argument. I was trying to alert people.
There is no criticism or argument. We're trying to help you to understand, and to understand ourselves, why this happened. Citi is not known to just randomly start balance chasing and a blanket statement that Citi is slashing credit lines doesn't jive with what we typically see or experience ourselves. A headline that reads "Citi reducing lines" causes concern with those of us that have Citi cards, so we certainly want to understand why so that we can avoid it happening, and it appears that you wanted to share this concern with us.
Substantial payments more than the minimum is vague. If my minimum payment is $300 a month and I am making $400 payments, I might consider that substantially more than the minimum, but Citi may not see it that way. It also doesn't necessarily mean that they are speaking of the balance on this card, but possibly on others that are on your reports. Without a better understanding of your use and payments on this card, as well as how much your other accounts are being utilized there is nothing to go on.
@Nmgal wrote:Said card balances to high. I have excellent score.
I have very high credit card balances. My FICO 8 scores are 820 EQ, 812 EX, and 798 TU. High balances and excellent scores are not mutually exclusive.
@Nmgal wrote:How about balance 5000 payment 2500
That's a good start, and this was the payment that led to the balance chasing. What was the credit line before and after, and what did the payment look like in the year preceding the credit line decrease? Do you have other cards with high balances?
@Nmgal wrote:How about balance 5000 payment 2500
that's a very healthy payment so nice job getting it down! my gut tells me if that the $5k balance was around for a few months and suddenly dropped by that much, it would have caught their attention. I've read a few other posts (other banks) where someone took a decent chunk of out what was a hovering debt and the bank immediately started balance chasing them. hopefully they didn't cut your line too low that it makes it look like the card is maxing out.
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@Nmgal wrote:No I was making substantial payment much more than minimum. Did not know a post would cause criticism and argument. I was trying to alert people.
I certainly didn't mean any criticism, just a better understanding so that I or someone else could perhaps be helpful or potentially avoid a similar experience.
@Nmgal wrote:... Did not know a post would cause criticism and argument. I was trying to alert people.
Alert people to what exactly -- that one person claims a credit line was reduced from X to Y for especially vague reasons & thus ALL Citi card holders should BEWARE? Color me skeptical.
Had the title of your post been: Citi reduced my line and not Citi reducing lines I wouldn't mind in the least and likely would have offered my condolences and moved along. It's your story, tell it how you like. But laying claim to a trend -- "Citi reducing lines" -- is an entirely different thing. This type claim ought be scrutinized.
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