Give me an Axis Bank Retention Tip

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My overpriced Axis Select is coming up for renewal (3000 + GST annually). I don’t want to pay this fee, and I have spent only 3.5 L and not 6L to waive off this fee.

I already have LTF HDFC Regalia, ICICI Amazon Pay and Citi Rewards so I don’t really need this card or its Priority Pass.

What do I do to convince the Axis Bank rep to waive off another year of fee, or give me a LTF card (preferably Ace)? Anybody tried this?

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Why you took this card at first place should be the question? flushed

You can say them you wish to close the card due rewards which are not relevant to you.

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Then they will start offering free neo card with no lifetime fee

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Update: The retention offer was either 7,500 reward points while keeping the Select Card, or cancelling the Select Card and getting a LTF MyZone card. I opted for the latter. They say it will take 16 working days to process and I got an SMS with a service request number.

CC: @Fanil

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What did you say to the cc? Did they transfer your call to a different person?

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Deal Cadet Deal Cadet
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Make sure you do not make any further transaction on the select card/utilize any of the card offers after the date on which the annual charge was added to your card.

They have one of the worst customer services, specially the retention team would go to any level to make sure that you continue to pay them the annual charges.

When my card was up for renewal last year, I accidentally made some transaction and their cc lady mentioned they can go ahead and take the request for closure but won’t reverse the annual charges since I had used the card after the annual charges were levied on the account thereby consenting on the annual charges.

I had raised the reversal request the very next day after my bill was generated but they just prolonged the call from retention team & finally had to opt for the same 7500 reward points & pay the annual fee and keep the card going for 1 more year. I hate them so much for such evil tactics.

Deal Cadet Deal Cadet
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Noted. But I raised this request before the annual fee has been levied. Did you do it afterward?

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Well Axis Bank is like booby traps, one misstep and you caught up with various charges, that is why I closed my saving account with them

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