Capital One Platinum Costco MASTERCARD Consumer Reviews

These guys had the worst service on the entire planet. I have applied for this card 3 times, each time they say "we can not approve your application this time, please apply after some time". I have followed up to find out what is wrong with the application. First of all, they don't want to tell you why application got rejected. As an applicant, I have the right to know what is going on. However, they keep blaming on other credit check agency and they say "your score is good, there is nothing wrong with the credit score". I am not asking for anyone else's information, I have the full right to know my information and what is wrong with it. My credit score is more than 750, which seems perfectly fine. No bad note on my credit. On each application, I get credit score reduction of 10 points. Now I feel I shouldn't even think to apply anymore. If you guys don't want to waste your time and credit score, don't apply. I learned my lesson, I feel it shouldn't happen to anyone that's why I had to write this review.

I agree with the reviews that state Costco should be ashamed of entering into an agreement with Capital One. I have always hated Capital One. However, after continuous pressure every time I went to Costco to sign up for this card, I finally bit. Despite the fact that I have an outstanding credit score they provided me with an initial credit limit that was far below my monthly expenditures. I pay my entire CC balances off every month and my other 5 cards carry quadruple the limit. When I called to ask for an increase explaining that this limit would not suffice I was told that it could not be done as it was a new account. I was told to wait one year and call back. After one year and the card being fully paid off on time every month, I called back. They still refused to increase my limit. I became quite angry and told them to cancel my account. This was mid-2017 and I was told that if I cancelled my account I would lose my refund amount which was sitting at approximately $500.00. I then decided that I would keep it until I received and cashed my refund cheque. This account has now been closed and RBC Westjet has my loyalty. Stay away from Capital One at all costs. It's not worth the hassle. I have also reduced my Costco shopping. I will spend my money at locations that don't make such stupid decisions.

I'm new to Canada. I moved from the US where I had 820+ credit score (out of 850). This is the only credit card company that rejected my application for a card. I did have RBC, Canadian Tire, and Amex from Canada. I needed this card since I use Costco a lot. While RBC gave me the card based on my income, Amex transferred my US card, and Canadian Tire gave a card with a low card limit, these guys did not care even after I told them that I had an investment account with Capital One until I moved to Canada. I will never get a Capital One.

I applied to get my credit card 2 months ago from Capital One because I’m a regular Costco customer, they gave me a temporary card and they were supposed to send me a permanent card, and I never received it, I phoned them to see why and they said that they had my address wrong, so they asked me again for all my information in order to send me another card and again I never received it, so I phone again hahahahaha and they said it was weird, so they send me a third one by express post, I finally received it and I phoned them to activate it and they said "Ok, everything is good now, you can use it", so I tried to use it and it was not working, I phoned again and the agent representative told me that they have to send me another one hahahahahaha I totally refused his offer and I asked him to cancel my account and everything, they have really poor and inefficient service... what can I expect from a small bank? Tomorrow I will go to get a real card from a real bank!!! It is disappointing and at the end of the way I don’t feel comfortable because I don’t know where my information is, should be somewhere in the city :(

The Capital One credit card is a joke. I get it with an 8k limit but I charge around 40k per month on my Presidents Choice financial card. I was talked into this card at costco and when I called they said they could not raise the limit for 1 year because I am a new client. So I charged about 3 times the 8k limit by paying it off and charging again. I did that for two months and tired of that so I overpaid my card by 5k thinking it could be applied to my credit limit. Well I was wrong, I charged 8k and its been 11 days and it still says I have no credit limit left when I clearly overpaid my card by 5k. I call in and they said overpayments dont count and I asked how it could take 11 days after it said payment processed to apply it to my account. I am going back to my credit card and have applied for MBNA, maybe I will have better luck there. Costco should know that the company told me they are not in the business of giving credit and the card is only meant to be used at costco. Yikes, what a response from Capital One, a joke of a credit card company.

Reasonably good benefits but certainly not "Costco" worthy. If you are looking for a high end card that you can use for most of your purchases, look elsewhere - there are plenty of better options. The allowed credit limit on this card is ... well, what you would expect for a young person with little to no credit history.

My wife and I were totally floored following a short conversation with a Capital One representative.

We are in our fifties, own three homes, make close to a quarter of a million dollars and have perfect credit. We use this card for almost every purchase me make (from groceries, to restaurants, to trips, etc), consequently maximizing our benefits. We pay our credit card balance each month to avoid interest charges. We have other credit cards that we do not use with limits in the twenty thousands. Recently we wanted to make a furniture purchase with this card but could not because it would exceed our credit limit of 11k. Given our credit history, we figured we would be able to increase this limit with a quick call. Well, lo and behold, the Capital One representative was quick to reject our request. We were both shocked, a request from 11k to 15k, this is really not a big amount! And they call their card "PLATINUM", more like bronze! In the end, we made the purchase with another credit card, a sale that Costco Capital One lost.

We are now looking at other financial institutions with credit cards that would better meet our needs.

I had a regular Capital One card & online account. Then I applied for this nightmare COSTCO card! WHAT A MISTAKE! It screwed up my online account, didn't recognize my phone number, and left me on hold for hours! Oh, and the card never arrived after ONE MONTH of waiting! After reading all these reviews, I realized that I had made a grave error by applying for this card, so I called my regular Capital One phone number, and told them to get my application CANCELLED. That has been done, and good-bye for good, Costco Capital One Card... Our relationship was short, and NOT sweet!

Capital One Mastercard has the one of the worst customer experiences on this planet we call earth. I honestly don't know how they are in business. Also, they have tens of thousands of 5 star reviews on their website. Do they know it's illegal to write and publish fraudulent reviews? I've been placed on hold day after day while trying to activate my Capital One Costco Mastercard. If I didn't like Costco so much I would have bailed. I fear Capital One is hurting Costco's reputation by offering horrid service while being attached to Costco's brand. In summary, Capital One sucks. They must hate their customers with a passion. Whey I finally got to a human he sounded angry. He was a man who hates his job. His hatred his employer, Capital One, their customers and life itself was clearly communicated through his tone of voice. Capital one must treat their employees as poorly as they treat their customers. My recommendation when applying for a Capital One MasterCard. "DON'T!!!" There are a lot of better cards out there. After days and days of calling them I still don't have an active card. Capital One Mastercard SUCKS! If I could give a minus 5 star review I would.

I received a replacement credit card with a phone number to activate the card. When I called to activate on the phone the system doesn't recognize my credit card number, and connects to a Customer Service Agent. Every time the wait time is above 45 minutes and subsequently get disconnected. I wasted about three hours and couldn't reach a customer service agent.

Terrible wait times just to activate a new card. The only message that gives me is that their time is more important than mine. Just hung up after two nights in a row to try to activate a new card. System was down last night, no idea what the issue is tonight as I hung up after a 30 minute wait time. With the high interest they charge, they should be able to hire staff.