Barclays PLC Credit Card Complaint

Barclays PLC Credit card department,

Rewards California

Good day! -/-/-/-/-/-, I called Barclays Aviator Card to cancel my credit card to avoid the annual fee. The operator offered a retention package, which involved earning - - - points after spending $2500.00 for 6 consecutive months. I signed up for it. After meeting the spend of $2500.00 for 6 months ( -/-/--/-/-, to be sure to get the bonus, I even spent $2500.00 -/-/- ), I patiently waited for my bonus to post. In around -/-/-, I called to inquire and operators had repeatedly told me to wait for the points to be credited. -/-/-, I knew something was amiss when my points have not showed up in my account. I called again with operators dismissing my concerns and promising that the points will ultimately come through. After calling about 4-5 times, I had finally reached my threshold and requested to have my issue escalated. I spoke with a manager


all my previous calls and conversations to be reviewed. I am not sure if they reviewed the conversations but they responded again that I did not sign up for the offer. I felt that this was an extremely dishonest and fraudulent practice for this bank to lure me back into signing up for another year, with the promise of bonus miles and subsequently denying their offer. I called again and finally reached a sympathetic manager who listened to my complains. I conveyed that it defies logic for any customer to try to spend over $2500.00 every single month for 6 months in a card that was initially about to be closed down. The bank ended up giving me - as a consolation, instead of - that they initially promised. After a few days, I was reading a blog that indicated the same exact circumstance has been happening to other consumers. Barclays has been offering this promotion to sustain customers but unable to stay true with their word. I initially did not want to complain but I think CFPB needs to be made aware of this unethical and unscrupulous behavior of this bank. I also would still want the other half of my missing - bonus. Thank you so much for listening to my concerns.