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Name: Partnership Card
Rating: 1.32 (862 reviews)

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1.33

Based on 862 reviews, last reviewed 24th Dec 2024

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Latest highest rating:

5

Customer satisfaction They are vgery focussed and always go the extra step to ensure we are happy Reviewed on: 24th August 2024

Latest lowest rating:

1

Disaster of a credit card company - total fail! We recently tried adding our John Lewis Partnership Card to Apple Pay, only to find it blocked by NewDay, the card provider. Shockingly, this happened... Read more Reviewed on: 24th December 2024

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John Lewis Partnership Card reviews (862)

Review of the John Lewis, Partnership Card:

Please dump Newday for a more reliable supplier

I couldn't agree more with the person who reported "New Day are Trashing John Lewis's reputation ". Trying to prepay for a large item is virtually imposible. Getting a credit limit anywhere near the one available with the previous card supplier (HSBC) is impossible and to add insult to injury, today my card is not being accepted, although it is nowhere near the credit limit. I have just tried to look at my transaction history and the site is "currently unavailable".PleaseJOHN LEWIS, PLEASE DUMP THIS USELESS NEWDAY CROWD. Reviewed on: 12th September 2024

Sadly A Change For The Worse

My John Lewis card, when managed by HSBC, was my goto card and I used it consistently every month even paying for holidays on it. The change over to New Day was a bit complicated and I had to pay 3 times in the first month. I find the credit period has been reduced and this extra payment at the start of each month is un unwanted additional thing to think about. I no longer use the card and would not recommend it. The wrong move John Lewis. Reviewed on: 8th February 2023

Payment returned to my bank

Set up payment for 2nd Feb. The payment was returned to my bank. I had payed previous payments to the card with no problems but checked the details anyway. No notification from new day that they had returned money to my bank . Just as well I checked my bank statement! Reviewed on: 6th February 2023

New Day, New Nightmare

Like many other JL existing credit card customers I had to apply for a new card when JL changed the finance company from HSBC to New Day had a credit limit of 13k now just £250 this make the card unusable due to the low limit. Contacted New Day to ask why and they just sent an automated response asking me to provide countless bank statements to prove income. I paid my credit card in full every month white is this not used to prove I can afford it. I will now be cancelling this card. Very poor decision by JL Reviewed on: 6th February 2023

Simply not as good

I find it really frustrating that I now only get 2 weeks to pay my card..that's not really the idea of a credit card. Also my daughter who has just got her first jl card gets a month to pay..why is that???? Looking at your transactions on the app or actually on your physical statement is not as clear. And most annoying of all when I want to make a payment it does not link to my banking app so asks for my log in and use of a card reader every time. Don't change what is working brilliantly jl. Reviewed on: 5th February 2023

Charged equivalent APR of 0ver 1000%!

Just one more poor review of the new JL card provider, New Day. I logged in to pay my latest statement to find I had an interest charge of £7.59. I eventually got through the labyrinthine telephone selection process and spoke to a very nice "collaborator" or whatever stupid name they have for call centre operators who advised, after a lengthy investigation that this was interest charged on an outstanding amount on my last statement of 79p. That is an APR of more than 1000%! When I queried this, the operator said that was correct. Daily interest is charges at 20%. To his credit, he said he would refund the interest amount, but I'm wondering whether I want to stay with a sharp "payday" loan shark like New Day. Beyond surprised that John Lewis would use them. But I guess they don't care about trashing their reputation... Reviewed on: 3rd February 2023

Lacking in Human Touch

Given New Day's arrogant response to my complaint over the significant fall in service quality compared with the old card, plus JL's apparent indifference, I have moved to Tesco. The financial side was arranged quickly ( by a human! ), and I am impressed by their wider range and better prices . Reviewed on: 1st February 2023

Appalling

We had a £13000 monthly credit limit on the old card, used it for as many purchases as possible and always paid it off. If there were any problems we just rang, spoke to helpful people and made interim payments. We were forced into using this new card which has been a catalogue of headaches and insults, including: 1. My wife being rejected for a new card and me being offered a 2k limit 2. Frequent Pin and locked card problems 3. Confusing payment schedules and credit balances 4. I went £69 over the £2k limit and have been fined £12 and told that all outstanding balances are to be charged at over 30% interest despite making a hefty payment within 4 hours of notification 5. Inability to understand what I need to pay in order to clear the card and then cut it into little pieces. Idiotic insult to customers of over 30 years standing. The old system worked, someone needs to be taken to task for this Reviewed on: 30th January 2023

Total lack of customer appreciation and business management

We have been holders of the John Lewis Partnership Card for in excess of 12 years credit limit of £25,000 cleared fully each month. A considerable weekly spend at Waitrose and monthly purchase of capitol items on-line. The account was terminated by John Lewis as we reside in Jersey UK. A poor business decision by John Lewis Management. Reviewed on: 29th January 2023

DIRE

I have had a Partnership card and before that a JL store card for about 40 years with an impeccable payment record and yet I was refused a new card when the system changed. I complained to New Day who initially said the correct decision had been taken so I made a formal complaint to John Lewis. Eventually New Day relented and said they would issue a card - with a £600 credit limit until I had proved myself! If you don't fit the computer algorithm you are stuffed because your previous record is irrelevant, I don't think they even look at it. John Lewis has lost a customer . Reviewed on: 25th January 2023

Disguted

I have had a John Lewis credit card account for many years, have always paid it on time. With the advent of the new card everything seems to have gone to pot. For the last 3 payments I have paid for it on time and each time I have had a message saying I owe them money. I have sent them prints from my bank account showing that I had paid. They appear to have ignored them and as a result my credit rating has been adversely affected. It now transpires that the payment ended up in my new John Lewis credit card account. I have rung John Lewis on many occasions, there staff who appear to be based in India were next to useless. It appears in changing their credit card provider John Lewis have shot themselves in the foot and whoever made this decision should be shot themselves. They have badly tarnished the name of John Lewis and it will not be the same again Reviewed on: 25th January 2023

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