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- From: zaphod@src4src.linet.org (Steve Wechsler)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: Chase Visa Gold -- your opinion wanted.
- Message-ID: <1993Jan11.205106.683@src4src.linet.org>
- Date: 11 Jan 93 20:51:06 GMT
- References: <1993Jan8.231348.26472@news.acns.nwu.edu> <98@ravel.ati.com>
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- In article <98@ravel.ati.com> duncan@ravel.ati.com (Jim Duncan) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan8.231348.26472@news.acns.nwu.edu> alasnik@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Adam Lasnik) writes:
- >>
- >>I just got a Chase Visa Gold card for no annual fee, and it almost sounds too
- >>good to be true. I'm worried that the card may lacking in some area that
- >>could turn out to be important.
- >>
- >I got such a deal from them years ago and have been happy. However, my
- >deal was that as long as I spent the credit limit in one year, the
- >annual fee was waived. No problem there until the credit limit began
- >to rise... At this point the limit would be more suitable for the
- >Sultan of Brunei, and so the card costs $45/year since I just can't
- >spend enough money to make it free :^) Is this the way they work
- >presently?? I should dump it and just use my free ATT Gold card, but
- >there's inertia.
-
- Adam, I'd dump it, or demand that they give you the card for free
- (I'll take your bonus dollars, though :-). With so many free gold
- cards out there, there's no reason to pay for one.
-
- I've had a free Chase Gold Visa for about 3 years now. No problems so
- far. It's not the same deal as you (Adam) had - it's free for life,
- no catches.
-
- >>In general, I'd be interested in knowing about:
- >>--Chase's customer service record... have you been satisfied?
- >I've never had any trouble at all.
-
- Agreed - Chase's customer service is very good, although you do
- sometimes have to wait on hold for a few minutes (but I just put my
- phone's speaker on and go about my work).
-
- >>--Their Chase Bonus Dollar promotion... is it really worth much?
- >The Bogus Dollar promotion doesn't mean much. Periodically, they send
-
- Hmmm...my wife and I have had a different experience than you,
- apparently:
-
- We don't have shared accounts. She has a Chase Mastercard (not gold),
- I have a Chase gold visa. We both have been earning bonus dollars
- for a few years. They recently (about 6 months ago) sent a bonus
- dollars catalog with things you can get for free (this deal may have
- been limited to the NYC area, however). We got a free dinner cruise
- for two for 7500 points. This was only for her card (note that she
- doesn't have the gold card). I didn't get anything like that, but
- they let us combine points.
-
- Just over the weekend she got a new deal - a free flight for 10000
- points, or a free companion flight for 7500 (there was also the usual
- discounts, which we ignored). The deal for the Visa Gold was a free
- flight with 15000 points. I can't for the life of me figure out
- why they'll let us combine points, but don't give me (with the gold
- card) the same deals as her, unless I know about them. She has used
- her card a lot more than I have, though, and she's also had it longer
- than I've had mine.
-
- Any clues?
-
- Steve
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