Credit Card Annoyance

[bjarvis]

When I logged into the web portal of my preferred credit card company, there was a generic announcement stating that because of security considerations, my old card was being replaced with a newly issued one.

This seems to be a generic precaution to many customers, not just me personally. Once I received and activated the new card and checked recent transactions, I could see nothing amiss. It took me the better part of two hours to switch all of the automatic charges from various vendors and service providers to the new card number.

The biggest worries are my recent Marriott hotel stay and the rental for the wireless broadband card, both of which were charged to the old card and neither of which have shown up in the transactions of the old or new card. I may have to contact them separately to see what's going on. *sigh*

Comments

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Often they'll automatically "forward" transactions that were, er, "in flight" at the time of the switch. That's what happened with mine, a year or so ago, anyway. I hope it works as smoothly for you.

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

That seems to be what's happening for the most recent transactions. As near as I can tell, the recent Marriott tab is the only one which hasn't shown up yet... I hope it's just a delayed submission.