I don't see why there's so many bad reviews. Citi and another bank were the only ones to give me such a high line of credit. I decided to ask for an increase a couple months back and customer service was great and they gave me a several thousand dollar increase. I'm quite pleased with them and my monthly payments are super low on this card compared to others.
Citibank has a practice of reducing your credit line if you make large payments. The only other bank I see do this on occasion is Discover. If your intention is to pay down debt this card isn't for you. The reduced credit will impact your score.
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Simple
I’m reading all of these bad reviews & laughing. There’s no way!! Got this card with less than a 700, with a 2000$ limit, no interest for the year. That’s pretty good in itself. Had some charges to dispute & I’ve only had the card for a month at most now & they cleared the charges immediately & I just received replacement card right now from Fed ex. It took 24 hours to receive. I can’t image in other people not having the same good experience. It’s pretty simple. Get a card. Activate. Use. When I’ve needed support they handled it. Done.
Phony
send you a letter 0% balance transfer for 21 months then tell you you need to pay 5% BT fee. When you read the fine print half of the letters are gone and you now know why you never saw that after applying for card
You're a moron. Of course they charge a transfer fee, every card does. Then, it's 0% interest on that balance. I think you need to take a financial literacy course.
wolf in sheeps clothing
thought this was the only card for me until i discovered their min. payment is 3% whereas others are 2% or lower. Paid it, cut it, trashed it
East to apply for
I have a credit score of 760, never late, and an overall utilization of 9%. I applied and was instantly approved for 11k. Applied for this just for the balance transfer of 21 months.
Dont Click! Run from this card!!!
Customer service??? I think not
Quick approval!
I applied for this card about 2 months ago and I expected them to reject me since I have a bankruptcy from 2011 still on my credit reports, but with a credit score just about 680, they approved me with 3k credit limit immediately. I applied for this card to use for a balance transfer, and the transfer went through within maybe 2 weeks, which was great! I had expected it to take longer. So far so good, if I have any bad experiences in the future, I'll update this review.
Did the balance transfer fee change to 5% after it went throughout?
Dont
You are going to stress having one of those.
Awful.
The balance transfer has taken 3 weeks with no end in sight. I had a voicemail after two weeks from a man who couldn't really put a sentence together, saying that there could be fraudulent charges on my card and asking that I verify some information, then began leaving a phone number and mid way through reciting it changed it and corrected himself. He did the same thing with the reference number. I then called the number on the back of my card because the caller had a lot of information for being a scam (the exact card I had applied for) and the customer service representative assured me that it WAS Citi Bank that had called me. I asked how long it would take the balance transfer to happen since it had been over two weeks already and he said "two weeks." When I said it had already been two weeks he replied "oh well, then it'll be about 5 more days." It's been three weeks and it still hasn't gone through. I can't believe this is a successful financial institution.
Hello, I've done 4 balance transfers already? And I didn't have any problems? It took but a few days for them to arrive...
Next time have them transfer the amount to your bank account and pay from it directly. It takes three business days.
Great personal card
I have a 25k limit card.
paid on time 100%
kept utilization below 35%
credit score excellent @ 811
Nice doing business with Citi.
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Very professional!
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Was that $25k limit granted out the gate or did it grow over time? Do you remember what the initially approved you for?
I'm interested in signing up but don't want to bother if it'll be anything under $20k.
Thanks!
Love it
I applied for the simple reason of transfering balances for 21 months with a 0 Percent APR Rate. Piece of cake. Application approved online, less then 30 seconds. All online, no Customer service needed. 12 months purchase of the same great deal of 0 Percent APR. Read the instructions, before applying? And know what you want. Everyone raises, their very sneaky, minimumm payments? Citi stayed with $25. There is nothing to complain with, as long as you know in what and how you need to know all rules of the game, before applying. High CL and affordable APR rate. Just don't get cash advances. After a year, they will send you balance transfer checks for the same great reasons. You like award cards? Apply for them, wiith lower CL and pretty high APR Percentage rates. Again, know what you want, do your research. Make sure, when you apply, that your FICO Score is above 690? Thank you.
690. No problem. Best review on here. Most helpful. I wonder if i can transfer an auto loan?
Which report did they pull your FICO score from if you don’t mind me asking?