Great mobile app and blank checks
I use the mobile app to request credit increase with no hit to my credit report, other than showing the increase. Throughout the year I receive blank checks with interest starting at 0% to 6%. I always wait on the 0% to come out. Usually it's 0% for about 18 months. Luv it. There is a fee for it but it's not alot of money. You can also get your credit score in the mobile app. Monitor spending, see statements, make extra payments, change due date with a few clicks in your phone. I usually request an increase when I have a balance to keep my credit card usage under 30% for credit reporting purpose. This have been a great card building my credit. I dealt with customer service a couple of occasions, I had no bad experience. I have handled most transactions via mobile app and by blank checks. Great card.
Great!
Great card and easy to earn rewards! Not as easy to redeem them, I normally just redeem on Amazon since it won't let me do anything else with them.
Are you reviewing the correct product? I wasn’t aware this card had a rewards program.
Great for balance transfers
I used this card for a balance transfer to pay down some debt. I had no issues and everything worked out as expected. Now that I am paying an interest rate I am moving on to something else but this card was fine. The mobile app is easy to use.
Good for Long-term Balance Transfers
I applied for the Citi Simplicity card on Nov 5, 2018 - CK Scores TU - 738, EQ - 746. They pulled my Equifax report. Stated income was $78k, and I had $29k of personal cards at that time with about 12% utilization. Approved for $6,600. Wanted to do balance transfer but had nothing that needed transfering for a few months. By the time I got around to needing to do the transfer, the program had ended. There's a time limit for how long you can do balance transfers, which I was made aware of but forgot about. My one experience with Customer Service was satisfactory. I've used the card for some small purchases to take advantage of that interest free period.
Closed due to inactivity with no warning
The card itself is fine but CITI bank not so much. They closed my account due to inactivity with no warning which caused a 27 point hit on my credit score. When I requested it be reopened they said I had to authorize them to do a credit pull which would have dinged my credit score even more. All in all the card is OK but CITI bank is kind of shady.
Perfect for balance transfers
Easy app process, and had good experience with the customer service team. TU 772, EQ 770. Instantly approved for 6100, more than enough to do what I needed it to do- a balance transfer.
Bad website
Very frustrating website and customer service. Do not use citi bank.
Low starting limit with a 754 score.
Last time I checked 750 was a EXCELLENT score and based on the forums I've heard the same thing people with stellar credit getting lowballed. Why not just do like crapitalone and give everyone $300....SMH.
APR Hike Scheme
I had this card in the past and one day out of the blue Citi closed my account for some vague reason. I suspect that it was because I didn't use it very often. However, almost immediately Citi started emailing and snail mailing me offers to apply for the card, at a higher APR than I had previously. Yeah, so, the simplicity of this card must refer to Citi's business practices and the audacious way it is marketed to former cardholders.
I agree with you. I had my Citi Simplicity card for almost 16 years - no late payment ever! I found out through my credit report that they closed my account. They did not mail or email me. When I called them they denied that it was closed. Then 2 months later there was a message on my app that the account is. Loser and I should go on the website and take off the link. Why would I feel in anyway compelled to reapply for a credit card with them when there are so many other options.
Perfect Card To Help Pay Off Debt
Approved for 16K which was more then enough to help me transfer
high interest credit card debts and save big $$$ over the 21 month promo rate @ 0% the fee was less then the interest I’d have paid over a 5 month period on just one of the cards I transfered.
Thank you Citi!
What is your approx credit score, in which they approved you for that amount may I ask?
I have the same question as Karen7345. Curious what your Transunion & Equifax credit scores were when you were approved?
Surprise Credit Line Decrease for Xmas
Cardmember since 2015. I made a $1,000 payment three days ago. Today I receieved an email that may credit line has been reduced by $1,000. I called to see WTF? They told me to call back in a month to review my account. If I had planned any purchases, that could have ruined the holiday.
The website is also pretty buggy. I tried raising the issue to customer service twice, once in March and once in April. 30 minute calls each. They made no effort to fix or escalate.