[Update: Scammed by CSR] Amex JetBlue card to be replaced by Barclays JetBlue Mastercard 3/21

[SouthJamaica]

Update 1/20/16 4:56 PM

Turns out that the second CSR I spoke to, who told me I could PC my Amex Jet Blue card into ED or BC card, was just scamming me. All he did was hoodwink me into putting in an application, and my application was declined.

I was just advised by an American Express customer service rep that on March 21st

Amex JetBlue cardholders will have their cards replaced by either a Barclays JetBlue

Rewards Mastercard or a Barclays JetBlue Business Mastercard.

He had no information on whether Amex JetBlue cardholders will also be

offered another Amex card.

If you have any further information, please update this thread.

[happypill]

Interesting, I wonder if that's also when the card will be available for application with Barclay's.

[bch238]

I was told the same thing by c/s rep.  I was also told that before the transfer to Barclay's occurs, I could convert my Jet Blue card to another Amex credit card product, e.g., Everyday or Blue Cash.  I am thinking about converting to an Everyday, but I don't really use MR points as much as Citi TY (these are awesome for AA at 1.6 cents per point) and Chase UR, so I may just ride it out. 

[core]

Wow Amex is losing stuff left and right lately.  What's going on over there??

[SouthJamaica]

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@bch238 wrote:

I was told the same thing by c/s rep.  I was also told that before the transfer to Barclay's occurs, I could convert my Jet Blue card to another Amex credit card product, e.g., Everyday or Blue Cash.  I am thinking about converting to an Everyday, but I don't really use MR points as much as Citi TY (these are awesome for AA at 1.6 cents per point) and Chase UR, so I may just ride it out. 

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What I wonder about is this: if I were to PC my Amex card beforehand, would I be shut out of the Barclays card?

Update: 1/17/06  11:14 AM I went on chat with CSR & was told I can't PC the card into another Amex card

Update: 1/17/06 11:37 AM I decided to call customer service, and they offered to PC to Everyday, Blue, & Blue Cash (And did it, I think; at the end of the call they called it a "request" and said I'd hear from them in 7 to 10 business days, so I don't really know if it's a done deal or not)

[SouthJamaica]

Another question which comes to mind:

If the Barclays JetBlue Mastercard "replaces" the Amex card, will the age of the account stay the same, or be reset as a new account?

[B335is]

Thanks for the info. I guess I'll probably request a PC on mine to a Blue Cash. I wonder what kind of bonus offers Barclays will offer when the change takes place.

[fedxboy]

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@SouthJamaica wrote:

I was just advised by an American Express customer service rep that on March 21st

Amex JetBlue cardholders will have their cards replaced by either a Barclays JetBlue

Rewards Mastercard or a Barclays JetBlue Business Mastercard.

He had no information on whether Amex JetBlue cardholders will also be

offered another Amex card.

If you have any further information, please update this thread.

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Wonderful news and a wonderful thread -- thank you so much!!!  Also an interesting data point was the PC to another Amex card.  I got the Amex Jet Blue card around the end of Jan 2015 and it's my 3rd real Amex and last backdated Amex.  I think I'll change to the Amex ED card then, as I don't think Barclays really likes me..lol.  They did give me a good card with a good rate, but never a CLI and it was opened 8/2014.  Good to know I have till March, thanks again!!!

[SouthJamaica]

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@fedxboy wrote:

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@SouthJamaica wrote:

I was just advised by an American Express customer service rep that on March 21st

Amex JetBlue cardholders will have their cards replaced by either a Barclays JetBlue

Rewards Mastercard or a Barclays JetBlue Business Mastercard.

He had no information on whether Amex JetBlue cardholders will also be

offered another Amex card.

If you have any further information, please update this thread.

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Wonderful news and a wonderful thread -- thank you so much!!!  Also an interesting data point was the PC to another Amex card.  I got the Amex Jet Blue card around the end of Jan 2015 and it's my 3rd real Amex and last backdated Amex.  I think I'll change to the Amex ED card then, as I don't think Barclays really likes me..lol.  They did give me a good card with a good rate, but never a CLI and it was opened 8/2014.  Good to know I have till March, thanks again!!!

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Well I don't know for sure what the CSR did. He assured me that it wouldn't be a new account, it would just be a continuation of the existing account, and that there wouldn't be a hard pull. But then he said I would find out if my "request" is granted in 7 to 10 business days. That sounded an awful lot like an application for a new account to me.  I checked the application status page, and sure enough it's showing up there as an application. So I hope this guy didn't just pull a fast one on me.

[bch238]

Typically, when an account is bought out by or transferred to another bank, the age of the account remains unchanged.  My CSP is dated to 1991.  CSP didn't even exist then.  It was originally issued by FirstUSA.  A few bank buy-outs later, I landed with Chase, who issued me a basic Chase Visa.  Then it became Gold, then Platinum. Eventually wihtout asking it became a CS, which I then converted to CSP.  It still reports as a 1991 account.

In reply to SouthJamaica:  "Another question which comes to mind:  If the Barclays JetBlue Mastercard "replaces" the Amex card, will the age of the account stay the same, or be reset as a new account?"