Free flight with easyjet credit card

leicsmarkyr

daderb wrote: »

We got the easyjet card from citibank. Our latest statement states that you have to pay a mimimum of £1 per month interest charges or they will charge your account £1 (or the difference between what you have paid and £1). ie: if you always pay your balance to avoid interest charges, they are going to nail you with a £1 per month fee. cheeky monkeys!

No the £1 will not be charged monthly; its the minimum interest amount.

So if you are paying interest as you not paid the previous balance off or got cash on it and the interest is calculated at £0.99 or lower, they will charge you £1 interest.

Alot of places do that now.

janeykins

Hi,
Has anyone else had problems receiving a statement from Citibank re their Easyjet credit card? My suspicion is that the promised free flights are paid for by late payment fees and interest charged when the statements are sent out late or not at all. I took out the card in April, was expecting a statement around mid June, and stupidly didn't call them till after the first payment should have been made. A call-centre operative said one had been sent out.
I was stung for interest and a late payment charge. The latter, she said, could be deducted if I opted to clear my spending there and then. I did so, but failed to realise I would forgo my interest-free period for the latest spending.
Now a second month has gone by without a statement arriving in the post. I never had this problem with 25 years of Barclaycard use.
Hmmmm....

Moggles_2

janeykins wrote: »

Has anyone else had problems receiving a statement from Citibank re their Easyjet credit card? I took out the card in April, was expecting a statement around mid June, and stupidly didn't call them till after the first payment should have been made. A call-centre operative said one had been sent out. I was stung for interest and a late payment charge. The latter, she said, could be deducted if I opted to clear my spending there and then. I did so, but failed to realise I would forgo my interest-free period for the latest spending. Now a second month has gone by without a statement arriving in the post.

If you register your details on Citibank's website, you can monitor your account online, rather than rely solely on postal statements.

Also, might be an idea to set up a direct debit to pay the minimum amount. That way, it's Citi's responsibility, not yours, to make sure the monthly repayments get there at the right time

Lynsey

Anyone had a problem with getting the 10% back on flights booked within the 1st 3 months??
We've booked 6 return flights and the statement has only shown 3% back.
Hubby has been shouting at CS and they replied that the offer ended May 1st. We took out the card on/around 6th May and it was still advertised then on the EJ site. We've been told we will have an answer by Wednesday. They've been told if they are not showing on next months statement they can cancel the card. We got the original 4000 miles ok and was taken from our flight purchases.

Lynsey

gumbarge

can anyone confirm that there is a £1 monthly charge ??

I used the card and paid it off in full 3 or 4 months ago - since then I have been charged £1 'interest charge' every month - surely that's not right ??????

cheers

co55y5

I've been using the easyjet credit card for almost a year now and have over £250 in reward cash back. As I do all my everyday spending and book flights for the whole family it's been a good card. Until I recieved a letter few weeks ago explaining a revamp of the point structure.

Old system
£1 all UK spend = 1 easyJet Mile
£1 overseas spend = 2 easyJet Miles
£1 easyJet flight spend = 3 easyJet Miles

New system
£10 all UK spend = 3 easyJet Mile Basically 0.3 easyjet Mile
£10 overseas spend = 5 easyJet Miles Not worth using abroad due to % charge
£10 easyJet flight spend = 30 easyJet Miles Still 3 points per £ but rounded up in Multiplies of £10's I presume.


Worst of all monthy points will only be awarded upto the first £1000.00 of spend, down from £3000.00


The new benfits include points awarded for other easyjet products like their car hire.

After I book my next flight I will be cancelling the card.

Are you keeping your card???

Co55y5

Sparks33

I will be cancelling my card due to the new points system. What I didn't realise when i signed up was that i would be charged a fee for using my easyjet card when booking an easyjet flight! I had just assumed that there would be no fee. I have applied for and will revert to using an electron card from now on...EJ card was not such a good idea after all!

zippychick

Hi, I thought i would be better to reply to an existing thread rather than start a new one. I hope this is ok.

I took out an Easyjet credit card in February and spent my £250 to get the free £40 flight credit . I rang today and they told me I should have used the £40 within the first 3 months, but I think this is wrong according to their terms and conditions which suggests

Your easyJet Miles will remain valid for 12 months from the date they first appear on your statement.

but I am unsure whether this is different to the £40 credit? Does anyone know off hand?

I find their customer services excruciatingly unhelpful so wondered if anyone here knew? Thanks in advance

gmespana

zippychick wrote: »

Hi, I thought i would be better to reply to an existing thread rather than start a new one. I hope this is ok.

I took out an Easyjet credit card in February and spent my £250 to get the free £40 flight credit . I rang today and they told me I should have used the £40 within the first 3 months, but I think this is wrong according to their terms and conditions which suggests
but I am unsure whether this is different to the £40 credit? Does anyone know off hand?

I find their customer services excruciatingly unhelpful so wondered if anyone here knew? Thanks in advance

Hi zippychick,

I can't answer your specific question, but I can confirm that Citi who run the easyjet card are a right shower and never miss the chance to add on extra charges and penalties. I have my mail re-directed so it’s often late, but handily Citi send an email reminder to advise your payment date and balance. That would be great if the email didn’t arrive a day too late to transfer the money before their deadline! Can you believe that they send the reminder so late by accident? I can’t.

Another recent development. When I took out the card, you earned 2 easyjet miles for every £1 spent overseas and 1 easyjet mile for every £1 spent in the UK. Recently they changed their terms and conditions and you now only get 0.5 easyjet miles for every £1 spent overseas and a miserable 0.3 easyjet miles (or 3 miles for very £10 spent as they now like to put it) for every £1 spent in the UK. That means the benefit is worth less than a third of what it was and I for one won’t be using the card to purchase anything accept easyjet flights where you still get 3 miles for every £1 spent. Finally, they have reduced the maximum qualifying spend per calendar month from £3000 to just £1000, so that’s another benefit reduction.

Geoff