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Amex suddenly reduced credit limit of Gold Charge and Plat Travel card

0xShailesh

TF Select
Hey guys, Namaste.

So basically, i got my amex plat travel last year in august. And gold charge 4 months ago.

Amex increased my credit limit of plat travel intially from INR 99,000 to INR 1,49,000 after 6 months when i called them. Gold charge card had a shadow limit of around 8L.

Now today, when my plat travel statement is generated, i got a mail, stating my credit limit has been reduced on my plat travel to INR 32,000. which is roughly -80% of what i had. The gold card's shadow limit is less than 1L now (although i didn't get any specific mail about the gold card).

I'm curious to why this had happened.

Here are few things to know -

1. I spend roughly around 20-30k every month on my gold charge. Basic living expense like food etc for family.
2. Always paid my bills in Full. Never missed a payment.
3. My cibil dropped 3 points this month.
4. Mobikwik Zip BNPL sent an incorrect late payment to CIBIL, Experian and CRIF in Feb 24. Although, Cibil's slate was made clean, Experian and CRIF still persists to this day. (However my gold card was approved with this shit on all the reports, as amex didn't pull the report then).
5. I made 2 transaction on a mobile website last month, whose bill was generated today, for the first trx the company didn't have the item in stock and didn't refund my money for more than 7 business days. So i filed a chargeback. For the 2nd trx, i got the device, but it had major scratches and dents, was sold a superb device. As usual the company, just ignored all my emails for return. So i filed 2nd chargeback.
6. These 2 trx was converted to EMI. I have only done 2 EMI's before this.
7. My dad has a supplementary card, and he uses it, regularly for his personal and business spends.
8. I expect my ITR to be lower than last year's one. Since i'm focusing more on my preparation for masters. But amex doesn't know that, since ITR not ready yet.

If someone know the reason, or if there is something i can do. Please assist. Thank you.
 
Hey guys, Namaste.

So basically, i got my amex plat travel last year in august. And gold charge 4 months ago.

Amex increased my credit limit of plat travel intially from INR 99,000 to INR 1,49,000 after 6 months when i called them. Gold charge card had a shadow limit of around 8L.

Now today, when my plat travel statement is generated, i got a mail, stating my credit limit has been reduced on my plat travel to INR 32,000. which is roughly -80% of what i had. The gold card's shadow limit is less than 1L now (although i didn't get any specific mail about the gold card).

I'm curious to why this had happened.

Here are few things to know -

1. I spend roughly around 20-30k every month on my gold charge. Basic living expense like food etc for family.
2. Always paid my bills in Full. Never missed a payment.
3. My cibil dropped 3 points this month.
4. Mobikwik Zip BNPL sent an incorrect late payment to CIBIL, Experian and CRIF in Feb 24. Although, Cibil's slate was made clean, Experian and CRIF still persists to this day. (However my gold card was approved with this shit on all the reports, as amex didn't pull the report then).
5. I made 2 transaction on a mobile website last month, whose bill was generated today, for the first trx the company didn't have the item in stock and didn't refund my money for more than 7 business days. So i filed a chargeback. For the 2nd trx, i got the device, but it had major scratches and dents, was sold a superb device. As usual the company, just ignored all my emails for return. So i filed 2nd chargeback.
6. These 2 trx was converted to EMI. I have only done 2 EMI's before this.
7. My dad has a supplementary card, and he uses it, regularly for his personal and business spends.
8. I expect my ITR to be lower than last year's one. Since i'm focusing more on my preparation for masters. But amex doesn't know that, since ITR not ready yet.

If someone know the reason, or if there is something i can do. Please assist. Thank you.
I believe 2 charge backs increase the risk and the same MCC where 2 chargebacks filed certainly increases risk. This is a major reason for the limit drop.
 
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I have MRCC and gold charge...
If your problem is there for long time then just call cust care... They are there to help us out
I called, they acknowledged and then didn't do much. I also didn't give too much attention, anyway I don't do txns so big (last I checked, my Shadow limit was like 14L around). So, 🤷🏻‍♂️

But interesting to know that it;s a problem with my account only. I thought it was their systems problem.
 
I called, they acknowledged and then didn't do much. I also didn't give too much attention, anyway I don't do txns so big (last I checked, my Shadow limit was like 14L around). So, 🤷🏻‍♂️

But interesting to know that it;s a problem with my account only. I thought it was their systems problem.
Plat Charge wale VIP log hote hain na.... shadow limit isliye nahi dikha rahe honge ki jyada dikha di to excitement ke maare attack na aa jaae 🤣 🤣
 
A mix of these 3 points could have increased the risk of your credit profile at Amex because of which the limit got revised.

Possibly just a co-incidence but they need to safeguard their point of view to minimize the risk and losses so the limits get updated based on the user's spending and behaviour.

Once your spends resume and the chargebacks go down back to zero, the limit should get revised and increased again in a few months! 🙂
 
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