USAA Changes

[Anonymous]

On USAA.com website, USAA has removed Mastercards for new applicants and as a surprise, for the AMEX products removed the foreign transaction fee as well (in addition to Visa).  I have both a Mastercard/AMEX and I am waiting for my MC to go to Visa and then my AMEX I am hoping the 1% foreign transaction fee gets removed.  I called USAA and they said no changes have been made to my accounts yet.

[Gmood1]

I would like to keep my World MasterCard. I'm wondering how long they'll leave them as is?
Visa signatures are a dime a dozen. It's getting tougher to get MasterCards.

[takeshi74]

IIRC the switch to Visa was announced a while back.  I was not aware of the FTF removal and will have to see if it gets removed for my USAA AmEx.

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@Gmood1 wrote:
I would like to keep my World MasterCard. I'm wondering how long they'll leave them as is?
Visa signatures are a dime a dozen. It's getting tougher to get MasterCards.

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Why does the payment network matter?  Do you have merchants that only accept MC?

[Anonymous]

I'm annoyed that USAA is changing from Mastercard to Visa. It means I'll have to update my sig image.

[UncleB]

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@Anonymous wrote:

On USAA.com website, USAA has removed Mastercards for new applicants and as a surprise, for the AMEX products removed the foreign transaction fee as well (in addition to Visa).  I have both a Mastercard/AMEX and I am waiting for my MC to go to Visa and then my AMEX I am hoping the 1% foreign transaction fee gets removed.  I called USAA and they said no changes have been made to my accounts yet.

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+1

I noticed this just last night... all the MasterCards are gone except for the 'Affinity' cards.

I have a Visa with them, and am wondering if/when they will remove the FTF for existing card holders.  I also wonder if any of us will be offered or given upgrades to Signature status (admittedly it's not good for much, but it would be a nice gesture).  Waiving the FTF fee is more than just a 'gesture', though... that's real money!

[Gmood1]

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@takeshi74 wrote:

IIRC the switch to Visa was announced a while back.  I was not aware of the FTF removal and will have to see if it gets removed for my USAA AmEx.

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@Gmood1 wrote:
I would like to keep my World MasterCard. I'm wondering how long they'll leave them as is?
Visa signatures are a dime a dozen. It's getting tougher to get MasterCards.

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Why does the payment network matter?  Do you have merchants that only accept MC?

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I like taking advantage of Plastiq's 1.5 % fee some times. I can't get that discount using a Visa Signature.