Who else still holds the Citibank Free For Life Premier Card?

[aussielori]

What is FFFL

 

[MELso]

What is FFFL

Fee Free For Life.

A common offer on Citi Platinum and Signature cards until about 2014.

 

[aussielori]

Ah got it yes I have one

 

[foxwell]

I spoke with the MyCard call centre today and they said I will definitely be charged the Premier $199 annual fee. My anniversary is March, and I was not charged the fee in March, but she assured me I will be charged in March next year. Has anyone with the Citi FFFL actually been charged their annual fee for this card yet? The online chat staff said the company still has not made a decision regarding ongoing fees. The call centre staff were certain there would be a fee. I guess I wait until March next year to see what happens...

 

[MELso]

I spoke with the MyCard call centre today and they said I will definitely be charged the Premier $199 annual fee. My anniversary is March, and I was not charged the fee in March, but she assured me I will be charged in March next year. Has anyone with the Citi FFFL actually been charged their annual fee for this card yet? The online chat staff said the company still has not made a decision regarding ongoing fees. The call centre staff were certain there would be a fee. I guess I wait until March next year to see what happens...

Not yet - but us FFFLers are probably a fairly rare breed these days.

I suspect the system probably shows a fee with some override in the back end to prevent it from actually being charged. Hence I wouldn't worry unless you do get charged.

 

[Chicken]

I spoke with the MyCard call centre today and they said I will definitely be charged the Premier $199 annual fee. My anniversary is March, and I was not charged the fee in March, but she assured me I will be charged in March next year.

Stop calling them! FFS. All you are doing is flagging this for them to review, instead of sailing below the radar.

Imagine you got stopped by a cop for speeding. After the cop return your licence, saying to you don't speed again, then they walk away; but instead of driving away, you get out of your car and chase the cop down, then say to them "So are you going to give me a ticket?"

Stop. Just stop

If this is bugging you so much that you can't keep quiet, then please get into the cop car, and beg them to write you an infringement notice. At least you would be sure that you really are going to have to pay a fine.

I mean just cancel your card and move on.

Don't ruin this for everyone else.

 

[Happy Dude]

I spoke with the MyCard call centre today and they said I will definitely be charged the Premier $199 annual fee. My anniversary is March, and I was not charged the fee in March, but she assured me I will be charged in March next year. Has anyone with the Citi FFFL actually been charged their annual fee for this card yet? The online chat staff said the company still has not made a decision regarding ongoing fees. The call centre staff were certain there would be a fee. I guess I wait until March next year to see what happens...

I wouldn't be concerned with what staff are telling you, especially when it's as contradictory as this. I doubt they're authorised to let the cat out of the bag so they probably don't have the full details of your FFFL arrangement.

If a fee for this card makes it untenable for you, just remove all doubt and anxiety and just cancel it now. You are in precisely the same situation before you wasted your time calling.

 

[aussielori]

I agree LESS IS MORE
Dont call dont ask
If they charge you cancel it

 

[Johnxx]

I agree LESS IS MORE
Dont call dont ask
If they charge you cancel it

Yes, but some of us would like to know for planning to use the 2 x Priority Pass. They are not something you can just go out and use, it requires forward planning

 

[tinkybelle]

Plan use cancel if charged later

 

[Happy Dude]

Yes, but some of us would like to know for planning to use the 2 x Priority Pass. They are not something you can just go out and use, it requires forward planning

What? Just turn up and show the card. Either pay the annual fee, if it ever gets charged, then use the two passes, or cancel (ie don't pay the annual fee) and buy a PP or get a Amex Plat. All this angst to save $72! Seriously.

 

[Chicken]

What? Just turn up and show the card. Either pay the annual fee, if it ever gets charged, then use the two passes, or cancel (ie don't pay the annual fee) and buy a PP or get a Amex Plat. All this angst to save $72! Seriously.

If lounge access is so important, and I think I need to cancel this card (say I'm playing the churn game), I would just apply for another card which comes with PP included (and pay the annual fee)

But if I were to apply for a new card for PP, I would have to pay annual fee. Hence, I would still have to pay an annual fee, regardless if I were to keep Citi or not.

If one is only visiting the lounge when it's free, then clearly they don't value / need the lounge that much.

 

[tinkybelle]

All this angst to save $72!
EXACTLY!

 

[Johnxx]

What? Just turn up and show the card. Either pay the annual fee, if it ever gets charged, then use the two passes, or cancel (ie don't pay the annual fee) and buy a PP or get a Amex Plat. All this angst to save $72! Seriously.

Hey, I'm not the one having the angst...others are having a hissy fit from asking about the fee. I'm just enquiring (in a very relaxed state) about the fee when I have called MC CS

 

[Johnxx]

All this angst to save $72!
EXACTLY!

we all have our selective frugality. I'm fine dropping $1,000 on a pair of Alden Indys or Viberg boots but two things I hate spending money on are taxis and airport lounges.
Lounge pass management (including buying a 10 visit PP subscription with good timing) is fun and one of my favourite websites over the years has been To and From the Airport

 

[Chicken]

Hey, I'm not the one having the angst...others are having a hissy fit from asking about the fee. I'm just enquiring (in a very relaxed state) about the fee when I have called MC CS

It's not a hissy fit.

If no one asks, then the discounts will sit in the system. Nothing would happen until there is a pricing review or clean up.

If you call up and ask, then the customer service staff has to ask someone higher, then the question could get escalated to the pricing team, and you have now trigger a pricing review, which could lead to the removal of everyone's discount.

Get it?

This is what the saying 'staying below the radar' means.

 

[Johnxx]

It's not a hissy fit.

If no one asks, then the discounts will sit in the system. Nothing would happen until there is a pricing review or clean up.

If you call up and ask, then the customer service staff has to ask someone higher, then the question could get escalated to the pricing team, and you have now trigger a pricing review, which could lead to the removal of everyone's discount.

Get it?

I don't really mind if I lose it. It's a 10k limit block for churning and I'm serving 18 month penance to get the AMEX Platinum later this year

 

[Chicken]

I don't really mind if I lose it. It's a 10k limit block for churning and I'm serving 18 month penance to get the AMEX Platinum later this year

Then cancel your card; but don't ruin it for everyone else. Don't be THAT person. Please.

 

[Johnxx]

Then cancel your card; but don't ruin it for everyone else. Don't be THAT person. Please.

Well I won't ask again. Personally I think we have one years grace.
And be careful not to get a lashing from Tinkybelle....all this angst to save $300

 

[Legoman]

I don't really mind if I lose it. It's a 10k limit block for churning and I'm serving 18 month penance to get the AMEX Platinum later this year

Please stop replying everyone. We've reached troll territory here now. This is obvious baiting for replies.
"I buy $1,000 American-made boots" and when they're not good enough, I buy $1,000 Canadian boots. I do this in the middle of a cost of living crisis and I support the most corrupt terrorist administration in living history while doing so. I don't care about keeping the card I am constantly whinging about wanting to keep because I am intending to replace it with the most expensive credit card in the market just so I can show it off when I buy my Trump watch, my Trump Sneakers and my Trump NFT trading cards to go with my $1,000 boots.

If this isn't blatant troll territory, then I don't know what is. Stop replying.