I filed an AFCA complaint about NAB's change on annual fee free policy

hueofwind

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I have complained this to them via their online chat and requested them to keep the original T&C to waive my annual fee but they declined it. Their customer assistant replied:

"When we migrated to the new MyCard system, some card features and fees changed, and these updates were communicated to all customers in May 2025. Unfortunately, the annual fee on your current card cannot be waived."

This is ridiculous and they are lying! They never communicated with me! All they did was sending an email telling me that the card would be migrated to MyCard with a link to the T&C of MyCard. Actually their MyCard includes several types with different annual fee, including the MyCard Simplicity with Zero fee. They never explicitly told me that my card would be matched to MyCard Rewards which has an annual fee of $199. This is very dodgy! I didn't know my card would be converted to MyCard Rewards until it was migrated to MyCard system in the end of Nov!

I have already submitted a complaint to AFCA for them to investigate such a scandal. Please all of you who are also concerned with this issue join me by filing complaints with AFCA!

Below is the response received via online chat after I told them I had filed an AFCA case.
  • Hi xx_XX. This is Japhet from Chat Customer Service. We apologies for the delay. Let me assist you with your concern.
  • To answer your query, the standard Annual Fee for MyCard Rewards is $199. Also, no decision has been made to change any rates or fees at this stage. Under our Terms & Conditions, we reserve the right to amend rates and/or fees; however, any changes would be communicated to impacted customers, and we would ensure that the required notice is provided in accordance with current regulations.
  • I also understand that you have filed an AFCA case. This is under review and someone from our Complaints Team will contact regarding this concern. Again, we apologise for the inconvenience.
 
I think fighting for an annual fee waiver in this case is a bit of a lost cause. Even if you won the case with AFCA they could just reduce your credit limit to $500 on the base of credit risk, and there is not much you can do about it as that is a pure bank's discretion on how much credit they are willing to take on you.

If you asked them for a fee waiver and move you to a fee free card, they would have done it without any issue. However I assume you wanted reward point but also not paying the fee which from the sounds of it the bank is refusing to entertain.
 

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