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Spend $1000 in a Month with 28 Degrees Mastercard & Receive a $10 E-Gift Card ($8 Monthly Card Fee) @ Latitude Finance

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Spend $1000 in a Month with 28 Degrees Mastercard & Receive a $10 E-Gift Card ($8 Monthly Card Fee) @ Latitude Finance
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His_Holiness on 07/08/2024 - 13:47 latitudefinancial.com.au (361 clicks)
Last edited 07/08/2024 - 13:52 by 1 other user

Effective from Tuesday 17 September 2024, there will be some important changes to your Latitude 28° Global Platinum Mastercard credit card product. A card fee of $8 per month will be introduced and the interest rate on purchases will increase to 27.99% p.a. New features will be available including a new rewards program where you will be eligible for a $10 e-gift card every statement period when you spend $1,000 or more on eligible transactions within the statement period, and access to complimentary E-Commerce Protection Insurance and Purchase Protection Insurance.

How does this impact me?

  • A card fee of $8 per month will be introduced. You will see this fee being charged on your first statement from 17 September 2024.
  • Interest rate on purchases - This rate is increasing to 27.99% p.a.
  • Under a new Latitude Rewards program, you will be eligible for a $10 e-gift card every statement period from a retailer of your choice via the Latitude App when you spend $1,000 or more on eligible transactions in each statement period.
  • Complimentary Purchase Protection Insurance will now be available covering the loss of purchases due to accidental damage or theft - up to $1,500.
  • Complimentary E-Commerce Protection Insurance will now be available covering the non-delivery and/or incomplete delivery of online purchases - up to $1,500.

All other existing card features will remain the same. If you would like to know more you can find the full list of features on our website.

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Comments

      • sistermay on 29/08/2024 - 10:41

        Yes, they waived their fees but the affiliated banks in Japan, in this instance the 7 bank, who is the operator of the ATM machines in their 7-11 stores, did not waive their service fee unlike in the past.

        • asterixwins on 08/09/2024 - 12:24

          Happened to me with 7 (7-11) bank ATM. But Lawsons's ATM didnt charge NAB card (ex-Citi) transaction

  • orly on 07/08/2024 - 16:34
    +1

    Thank you ozbargain for the PSA of new fees. Been with them for years and years and it's time to cut the card. Sad.

  • coxymla on 07/08/2024 - 16:35
    +1

    Had this card for 15 years or so, ever since it was the "Wizard Clear Advantage" card with a clear hole in the card if memory serves.

    RIP

    • UrMumsOnlyFan on 07/08/2024 - 22:41

      Yep, the card had a little gloryhole.

      Also a customer for >15 years and actually found my original card not too long ago. You used to be able to do cash advances (including from overseas ATMs) with no fee.

  • AzuAzu on 07/08/2024 - 16:55
    +1

    Thanks for the heads up, wouldn't have noticed otherwise.
    Time to cancel…

  • Supercool on 07/08/2024 - 17:12

    Hardest part will be transferring my Turkish Spotify account payment. Shame, have been with them since wizard days.

    Have opened a uBank account whilst I look at others.

    • pw2002au on 14/08/2024 - 17:22
      +1

      Just a word of advice I couldnt add my ubank card for my Argentinian payment for youtube. YMMV with spotify but found upbank worked fine.

  • great-price on 07/08/2024 - 18:07

    Thanks for sharing - wouldn't have known about the monthly fee otherwise. Like many others, had this card since the "Wizard Clear Advantage" days. Just put in a cancel request.

  • stanlie13 on 07/08/2024 - 19:23

    Yeah. This is a deal breaker. Time for Latitude to go!

  • RogueWolf on 07/08/2024 - 19:25

    Has Anyone that still has price protection activated got this email?

    Still haven’t received it “yet”

    • sssx on 07/08/2024 - 20:02

      nope

    • hindo on 08/08/2024 - 07:28

      Yea I received the email and have the price protection. Not sure if I should cancel it though

      • RogueWolf on 08/08/2024 - 08:56
        -1

        no don't cancel it, the price protection & other benefits is well worth paying the $96 yearly fee, just disappointing there is a fee now

        • bohn on 08/08/2024 - 09:18
          -1

          no, @hindo should definitely cancel it.

          He wouldn't be asking this question if he claimed > $96 a year ;)

          • RogueWolf on 08/08/2024 - 09:27

            @bohn: He needs to realise how good those benefits are n start claiming lol

          • hindo on 08/08/2024 - 10:02

            @bohn: This is not my main card so like others have mentioned I only use it for international travel.

            With the monthly fee on the horizon, I now need to consider if I keep it and use it more for purchase where PP may be applicable.

    • Smokingkills on 08/08/2024 - 11:23
      +1

      How can you tell if you have price protection activated?

      • bohn on 08/08/2024 - 11:26
        -4

        try reading some posts ffs.
        lazy so and so
        but seriously, yours is not activated.

        or maybe you've been paying 1% on any balance owing without realising it ;)

  • machej on 07/08/2024 - 19:38

    I'll be cancelling my card. Was always good to keep in case for overseas but can't see a point now.

  • nrfy on 07/08/2024 - 19:57

    Thanks for the heads up. Cancelling right after my holiday

  • h00d00guru on 07/08/2024 - 20:50
    +1

    Just got back from overseas. Paid off the card last week and cancelled tonight.

  • eecchhoo on 07/08/2024 - 21:16
    +1

    Haven’t received the email. Maybe they are sending it in batches.

    • hippocrit on 07/08/2024 - 21:33
      +1

      likely, as its going to smash their contact centre

      • eecchhoo on 08/08/2024 - 14:00

        Got the email today…. Cancelling….

    • wako on 08/08/2024 - 02:29

      Mine was in spam
      Came here to check if was real😂

  • wako on 08/08/2024 - 02:18

    Had this card for soo many years..

    Oh well good bye!

  • utopia on 08/08/2024 - 12:27

    Is this targeted? I didn't get the email.

    • Caped Baldy on 08/08/2024 - 12:45

      Same I didn't either

  • robbie613 on 08/08/2024 - 12:35

    Got the email today - $8 a month - yeah okay! Time to cancel.

  • SweetAS on 08/08/2024 - 15:12

    Bye, bye… will be the 2nd CC to go in a few months, had a fee free MacQuarie Bank CC (ex Jetstar), they kindly offered to have me pay $149 annually! Nah, the pull back to cash or debit cards is getting stronger. Live long & prosper Amex

  • iBuzz7S on 08/08/2024 - 15:32

    Yeahhhhhhh, I have an outstanding balance for YouTube Premium, which just got cancelled because I don't reside in Argentina (lol), so that's one more account closure once my payment has gone through.

  • Punkboy on 08/08/2024 - 16:07
    +2

    Goodbye 28 degrees, it was great at that the beginning. Then we drifted through the middle years when you lost ATM interest but now I can see you're in it for my money. In case of any doubt, it's you, not me.

  • Spun on 08/08/2024 - 17:00
    +1

    Bye Latitude. Thanks for the $0 international fees over the last couple of years. It's been fun.

    Welcome to your new status of "just another annual fee credit card". I won't be taking that journey with you.

    Negging because, compared to zero monthly fees, to a forced spend of at least $1000 just qualify for a net-gain $2 e-gift card is just a joke. And if you're the type to pay interest, they're raising that to 27.99% too (not that I expect many people on this forum would be letting their monthly balances go unpaid).

  • GreenGuava on 08/08/2024 - 17:18

    Have had this card for over 10 years and it's served its purpose well over all this time. A bit of a shame it has to end with what almost feels like a slap in the face!

  • Legoman on 08/08/2024 - 17:38
    +3

    Claimed the free Amazon Prime yesterday right after receiving the e-mail. Statement date is 15th of each month which is bloody convenient considering they're introducing the fee on the 17th Sep. Means I can pay all my council rates this month due on 16th with this card, which will put them on the Sep statement for the card which I'll get on the 15th of Sep, two days before the $8/mo fee kicks in. That statement will then be due for payment on 10th Oct, which will be 5 days before my first $8 monthly fee is charged.
    16 Aug - Pay all council rates to maximise delayed payment using 55 day interest free
    15 Sep - get statement for council rate payments
    17 Sep - monthly fee kicks in to be charged on next statement due 15 Oct
    10 Oct - direct debit payment due for Sep statement with council rate charges
    11 Oct - Cancel card with zero balance following DD payment
    15 Oct - Statement due with first $8 monthly fee not received due to cancelled card
    16 Oct - Give middle finger to Latitude Finance

    Now that's how you maximise the last vestiges of usefulness out of the card before telling them to shove off and F themselves!

  • burningrage on 08/08/2024 - 21:59

    Gotta be the stupidest thing any company has ever done.

    • Legoman on 08/08/2024 - 23:28
      -1

      Only if dispensing with (certain) customers is NOT their intention. I strongly suspect it is.

  • Repstar on 09/08/2024 - 10:43

    $8 fee NOPE

  • asterixwins on 09/08/2024 - 14:23
    +1

    Bye latitude. This feels like a deliberate product killing strategy

  • door999mo on 09/08/2024 - 15:05
    +1

    Not only the requirement is crap. The $10 e-gift you got is also crap as f.

    "Latitude 28° Global Platinum Mastercard cardholders will be eligible for a $10 e-gift card every statement period that is issued by EonX Services Pvt Ltd on behalf of Latitude. Customers can redeem this from participating retailers via the Latitude App and Latitude Service Centre"

    It is only redeemable by "participating retailers" but there is nothing in the Latitude App or the Latitude Service Centre at the moment to show you who they are.

    28 Degrees is dead.

  • lakers1222 on 09/08/2024 - 16:00

    Just got worse

  • hola011 on 09/08/2024 - 17:15

    Only had it for a few months, moved due to BW large min credit limit on platinum - moving off as well, sad day

  • Sydneyian on 09/08/2024 - 18:00

    WTH!!! $8 per month, thats breach of my decade long trust on 28 degrees!

  • skittle on 09/08/2024 - 18:18

    bugger, cancelled my account

  • lostincanberra on 09/08/2024 - 21:28
    -2

    Well, with their profits being so high, I can see the need to layoff some customers! /s

    ASX: LFS

    • Punkboy on 09/08/2024 - 22:45
      +1

      Dude, that page shows they lost $160M last year.

      • lostincanberra on 10/08/2024 - 19:55

        True.

        Hence the /s at the end of the line. That's 's' as in sarcasm.

        Latitude is burning $$$.

        • machej on 14/08/2024 - 00:02

          A lot of that is to do with the cyberhack remediation and lost collections. They are doing fine on a forward projection. I don't hold the stock but I hold their hybrids which have been fine. This is a crap card and I've since cancelled. Likely they're cleaning out their legacy products that don't make them much.

  • cheapskate101 on 10/08/2024 - 08:10

    Cancelled! Is there a fee for clicking on / asking for confirmation of closure?

  • Craze on 10/08/2024 - 09:36

    I still have price protection insurance and received the email overnight so gonna sit on it for a few days and see if well cancel. I haven't used much of the price protection over the years so not a big draw card for me.

    Sad times though as it's been my main card for overseas travel!

  • Holysmoke on 10/08/2024 - 11:09

    Best anti-bargain ever!

  • CocaKoala on 10/08/2024 - 11:15

    Good grief.

  • KangarooOz on 10/08/2024 - 12:21
    +7

    I barely remembered that it was advertised as "No annual fee forever, ever". That is why it introduces "monthly fee" to avoid legal action taken against them.

    • Legoman on 20/08/2024 - 23:53

      Nope. The monthly fee is so they can charge a late fee twelve times a year on top of the monthly fee when you forget to pay it. Twelve late fees is worth a whole lot more than one annual fee.

  • ganeshns on 10/08/2024 - 19:31
    +1

    Thanks. This is a wonderful deal.

    Cancelled the card today.

  • korda on 11/08/2024 - 21:03

    Yay, cancelled. How good is enshittification?

  • smithers on 12/08/2024 - 14:27
    +3

    With the exception of no fees for overseas purchases, this card is almost unrecognisable from where it started - advertised as the cheapest card in Australia with no annual fee ever, 0% balance transfer for 6 months, no fees for cash advances, and 12.4% interest on puchases and cash. Now it's an annual fee of $96 (sorry - monthly fee of $8), 6.99% balance transfer for 6 months, 3.5% fee for cash advances, 27.99% for purchases, and 29.99% for cash. The RBA rate was higher back then too!

    https://web.archive.org/web/20060819133635/http://www.wizard…

    • grasstown on 13/08/2024 - 17:03

      Wow good find, explains the weird monthly fee

    • CyberMurning on 15/08/2024 - 07:39
      +1

      Add:
      fee if paying by bpay

  • DanielR on 12/08/2024 - 15:00

    Cancelled card after email, used it for travel… no more… Bendigo bank has a $0 international fee Mastercard so moving over there…

  • Geelong2017 on 14/08/2024 - 07:36
    +1

    Just stay away from latitude in general worse provider to deal with fullstop. With them once paid off never again 28% interest rate plus 45 dollar late fees . These guys are clowns
    Customer service non existent keep bouncing from person to person

    • Legoman on 20/08/2024 - 23:51

      Depends on how you deal with them. If you back them into a corner you might get a response that includes something like this…

      After careful consideration of the dispute and time invested for all parties, Latitude has made a commercial
      decision to credit your account with $24.00, for the fees that may be charged to your account. If you
      manage to close the account prior to the fee being applied, please accept the credit as a gesture of goodwill
      for being a Latitude customer.

  • Tehcookiemonsta on 20/08/2024 - 20:48

    Legit have not used this card once since i got it and now it has a monthly fee… all i wanted was the price protection and they didn't even include that for new customers…

  • imp on 10/09/2024 - 17:02

    Cancelled my card last month after the new fee was announced.

    Just got an email from Latitude/28 Degrees which states 'Congrats on your great escape!" after a graphic of an hiker on a hill with the test "join the Great Escape".

    Latitude really reading the room well…..

  • eecchhoo on 11/09/2024 - 13:42

    Tried to close account on app but now it keeps come up with error. Maybe try to make it harder to close the account?

    • eecchhoo on 11/09/2024 - 18:35
      +1

      Got it closed by logging in to the website and account disappear from my login and app

  • bigpun on 12/09/2024 - 13:14
    +6

    Just recieved an SMS today to say i got 12 months waived of the $10 account fee.

    • oleglap on 12/09/2024 - 13:20
      +2

      Same. Looks like they flashed a lot of people before arriving at that decision.

    • Legoman on 12/09/2024 - 17:15

      Oh? SMS from Latitude? What's the $10 account fee you're referring to?

    • darkcolony on 12/09/2024 - 17:19

      Is this after you put in the request to cancel the card?

      • tulalit on 12/09/2024 - 18:07

        no.. i haven't yet requested to cancel the card. Received the SMS today that they'll waive the monthly fee for a year.

        • Legoman on 12/09/2024 - 18:51
          -1

          Would you mind sharing the exact wording (redacted for any personal details) of the SMS please? For purpose of prompting them for those of us yet to receive same.

          To be honest, the schizophrenic behaviour of this mob is so extreme now with this latest backflip with triple pike, that I'm not even sure I can be arsed dealing with them anymore regardless. They're like the boy constantly crying wolf. Can anyone still believe or trust a single word they say? What chance is there that next week they decide to introduce a new $16 monthly fee instead! It really is that bizarre. These clowns make Donald Trump sound like he know's what he's talking about!

    • harrylovevee on 16/09/2024 - 13:44

      Same here, received the email instead for $0 card fee for 12 months, didn't plan to cancel anyways lol

  • congo on 24/10/2024 - 13:11

    If you have Shopper/price protection, the $8 pm is worth it, I think.

  • Lucille Bluth on 07/12/2024 - 16:44

    Truely an awful company to deal with. They only just got back to me about my complaint I made on 7 October.

    I'm bailing as soon as my 0% balance transfer finishes.

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