Comenity Bank is the rebranded bank formerly known as World Financial Network Nat'l Bank. WFNNB is well known by many as the issuer of their co-branded retail card (Pottery Barn, West Elm, Express, Eddie Bauer, Ann Taylor, among others). It has a middling reputation when it comes to customer service (far from sterling, but nothing egregious, in terms of practices). I obtained the TR credit card and have had a positive experience thus far. Aside from the enrollment bonus, my rationale in getting the card is that I estimate I put about $1500-$2000 in charges annually on a card while a guest at a TR property (mostly gratuities, and occasional charges at outlets on days where I choose not to otherwise show a "presence"). The incremental rewards vs my alternative reward cards (3% on travel charges, including hotel charges, or 3% on dining) is sufficient that I figure I can glean a few extra dollars in rewards (even factoring the 20% RC to FP discount). --- In vpfree@yahoogroups.com, <alan3262@...> wrote: I have plenty of credit cards that give me much more cash back, and keep in mind that 10,000 in rewards credits is not worth $100.00 unless you were already going to spend the money on a hotel room, food, etc. If you get comps and convert your rewards credits to slot play like I do, they are worth 50%, 4/7 for Diamond, and 80% for Seven Stars. To me, with a Diamond Card and playing 9/6 Jacks or Better, that's $56.88, which still isn't bad for spending $750.
The funny thing is, I got one of those cards a few years ago and just had to make a small purchase, but I only got 2,500 rewards credits, and after that I've never used the card. I just checked online and it looks like they cancelled the card, so maybe I'll get another one.
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com , "blitzace255" <BLITZace255@...> wrote:
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> I received an email today from Harrah's marketing concerning their Total Rewards credit card (which I applied for and was approved for about two weeks ago). Although there is no introductory 0% APR, the initial promotion is a free 10,000 Reward Credits with spending of $750 in the first 90 days on top of other perks such as 1x, 2x, and 5x reward credits per dollar spent on various purchases.
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> Another perk -- not mentioned on their Total Rewards Visa website -- was an upgrade from Total Rewards gold status to Platinum status upon credit card approval. I called the number provided for the offer to apply (1855.381.5714) and informed the customer service rep that I was approved and asked about the status upgrade. I was told that my status upgrade would be shown on the TR website upon the first credit card billing cycle.
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> This is quite good for me (and may be good for others here). I haven't yet played at TR locations and only became a member, so a bump to Platinum and the perks which come with it are great!
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> I'm not sure if anyone else is getting this email, but if you have a TR Visa card and not platinum status, it may be worth calling to see if you can get upgraded...or perhaps applying for a card for the perks including the tier upgrade.
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