USAA is not open to everyone anymore

[toppers555]

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@UFGuy2006 wrote:

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@HeilFico wrote:

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@ezdoesit wrote:

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@toppers555 wrote:

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@ezdoesit wrote:

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@Chaos122 wrote:

Yeah, noticed that yesterday too..  Apparantly now partial members arent eligable for any banking products at all .  Looks like partial members cans till open investment accounts, but no banking (ie checking/ credit cards/ auto loans)

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How does someone know if they are a full member or partial member?  I went onto the website and I didn't notice any changes and I only have 2 cc with them.

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if you are non miltary you are partial. looks like it lets me into more products but still no go for the insurance.  Also I am able to apple for all cards but  I just recently open 2 so i can not test it.

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I am non military but I joined though my father who was in the korean war.  I guess that makes me a partial member then.  I click on any link for quotes for insurance (life or auto) and no message comes up that I can't do it.

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You are a full member through your dad. I got in the same way and have insurance, a car loan and two creditcards atm.

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I am a partial member and was able to go through the quote process for insurance without erroring out...

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are you being directed to ussa or liberty mutal

[UFGuy2006]

Toppers, great call out. It was being redirected... strange!

[Brusilov]

Does anyone happen to know how product eligibility is determined?  Are full members only those actively serving or retired?

[Poki]

I'm not sure if you guys/gals are missing out on much. I believe insurance products were never available to partial members to begin with? Their CCs are ok, but you still have some fine/good choices from other lenders.

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@ilovelisa wrote:

...So apparently USAA has become just like NFCU. ...

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Not quite, NFCU is significantly more strict.

[studiogeek]

I am a partial member (Liberty Mutual Insurance redirect) however I do seem to be able to apply for cards. Renters insurance gave an error saying I was ineligeble but I sucessfully went part of the way through the Amex app process.

[Repo-ed]

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@Poki wrote:

I'm not sure if you guys/gals are missing out on much. I believe insurance products were never available to partial members to begin with? Their CCs are ok, but you still have some fine/good choices from other lenders.

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@ilovelisa wrote:

...So apparently USAA has become just like NFCU. ...

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Not quite, NFCU is significantly more strict.

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^^^This!

But FINALLY - again, only service members are allowed membership!

[drkaje]

USAA favors veterans more than NFCU.

[guiness56]

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@drkaje wrote:

USAA favors veterans more than NFCU.

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Yes, they do.  With NFCU you have to be retired and drawing retirement pay, with USAA you only had to have served, which, IMO, is more fair.

[lhcole77]

Wow! This is very interesting. I became a limited member in June. Looks like I got grandfathered in.

Clicked on credit cards and I'm now eligible for all but one. And the APRs have gone down 4-6%.

I'm feeling lucky that I got in when I did. Sorry to OP and others who got the intelligibility message. Might be worth a call to them for clarification. Their CS Team has been stellar in my experience.

Edit: The military affiliate card still is quoting at 13.9% APR. It looks like that has not gone down. But the other cards have gone down to 9.9% APR which looks like it's the same rate for full or limited members.

[aloush11]

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