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Name: Partnership Card
Rating: 1.32 (869 reviews)

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Based on 869 reviews, last reviewed 27th May 2025

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5

I just really like the Parnership card. I just really like the Parnership card. I makes things easier to purchase and the settings let you know when payment is due. It's very simple and has ... Read more Reviewed on: 27th May 2025

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1

If I could score lower than 1 star I would. If I could score lower than 1 star I would.. I’ve been trying to increase my credit limit .. you can’t even GIVE them money! Customer services are no... Read more Reviewed on: 6th May 2025

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Total and utter shambles........

Just to add my input......experience resonates with that of the other reviewers. My recent experience has totally undermined brand values I associate with John Lewis. The fact that their system upgrade has gone so badly wrong is not my issue; late payment charge, interest on (supposedly) uncleared balance, adverse flag on credit record and inability to talk to a John Lewis representative is. Contact platform ('phone or letter only) beggars belief in a digital economy. I presume that someone somewhere made a case for the migration on cost reduction - well it's really backfired. The ombudsman should look at this. Reviewed on: 30th October 2016

IT DEPARTMENT NEEDS SACKING

The implementation of the new website for the Partnership Card has been a complete and utter disaster for John Lewis. Having to re-register was a farce and the way information is displayed makes it difficult to see what the current spend is without having to get your calculator out. Don't try to ring customer services because you won't get though and the secure messages are not answered either. Reviewed on: 28th October 2016

terrible website - unable to contact

applied for Partnership card on the promise from an ad of £10 vouvhers when I used it. No vouchers & no way other than premium rate number to contact them! Why no email address or online contact form? Also was asked to register my card even tho it was already registered! Shambles! Stick to selling things! Reviewed on: 28th October 2016

Faulty website, shocking communication and deceitful statements

John Lewis has always been rather underhand with their Partnership card online credit card statements, as they refused to show how much of last month’s balance had been paid off, so it was easy to fail to pay it off by mistake, incurring charges. They’ve re-vamped the statements and made it worse! They actually deduct last month’s payment from this month’s spending, which gives a nonsense ‘total’ that will almost certainly lead to people misunderstanding what their actual, balance is and failing to pay it off by mistake. They’ve also now revamped their website, and it’s not working, and apparently hasn’t been since they launched it 3 weeks ago! Reviewed on: 28th October 2016

nightmare

after 10 days of lengthy phone calls I've finally been able to pay them . I tried via bank transfer, I went to their website. They have credited my account for my efforts but the time I have spent works out less than the minimum wage. Hopefully they won't charge me for late payment. Of course, I can't apply for a card elsewhere until this is cleared. Reviewed on: 28th October 2016

Utter shambles

Called for a new card two week ago; after 45 mins on hold this morning, I was told that the card had not been issued, although my previous one had been deactivated. Have to wait another 7 days for the new card. Would I recommend John Lewis? Only to people I don't like. Reviewed on: 28th October 2016

From bad to worse

Well the saga continues. My payment was sent electronically on 6 Oct arrived in my account on 20 Oct and I was charged £12 late fee, £21 + interest. Numerous lengthy attempts to phone, didn't speak to anyone. Sent emails until email went down. But I have had reply to one email to say they are investigating and I should hear back within 8 weeks! Sent recorded letter, nothing yet. Received letter in post advising me that I had defaulted on my credit agreement by not making a payment! Then on 24 they refunded my late fee plus £2 interest. Have lost sleep over this, refuse to use my Partnership Card anymore. Finally got through straight away when I tried in the small hours of the morning. Assured that interest payment would be reimbursed. Hasn't happened yet but in the meantime have paid off my balance so John Lewis can say goodbye to my custom fiorever. I refuse to be treated like this, abysmal carry on and heads should roll over this chaos. Reviewed on: 28th October 2016

From good to bad

No notification or warning that the online site was being upgraded, or that you would have to re-register to be able to access your account/pay your bill etc - when there are so many scams out there to try and get your details I find this disgusting that customers were not pre-warned about this. As if that wasn't bad enough, the 'improved' site is useless. It shows there are no transactions despite there having been several. Very disappointed that a company like John Lewis have let this happen. Reviewed on: 27th October 2016

NEW SITE SHAMBLES

Absolute disgarace. JLP should sack HSBC for the shambles and inanbilty to get even simple help. On top of that, unable to dowmload transactions into my finance package - a great advantage that the original website offered. Not a professional offering at all. Reviewed on: 27th October 2016

Terrible mess

My partnership card was declined yesterday and this morning in Waitrose. I have spent almost an hour on the phone to customer services but nobody answered. Went online and tried to re register but that doesn't work either. What a shambles - put enough trained staff on the phone lines and give a bit more info online as to what we are supposed to do now that account access and use of cards is seemingly blocked. Reviewed on: 27th October 2016

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