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Generally, cards sent in the standard shipping manner can take anywhere between 5-10 business days. Some arrive quicker then others depending on where they ship from but most of the time it's usually 5 +/- days.
Generally, cards sent in the standard shipping manner can take anywhere between 5-10 business days. Some arrive quicker then others depending on where they ship from but most of the time it's usually 5 +/- days.
Citi was very slow for my fiancées premier. Around 10 days I believe.
My prestige showed up 5 days later
My prestige showed up 5 days later
Credit cards usually arrive 7-14 days after approval. The reason for this is because the welcome paperwork and any pin letters are just pieces of paper that they can have print companies spew out in bulk on laser printers. Credit cards on the other hand sadly are much more difficult to make and the ones with more features are even harder. When you print a card you start with a pre-manufactured smart card. Then apply a magnetic strip. Then the card is printed on via special card printer which takes 30sec-4min. After that there is embossing of the number which is another 1-2min if selected. Last but not least there is programming the chip and magnetizing the strip as well as applying the network stickers. All of that takes time per card. While that might be able to be parallized there are only so many card printers a company can buy before the question of cost effectiveness comes into play. There is a delay at the card maker that always means the card goes into a small delay for a card manufacturing slot.
