Card issuers freeze available credit after large payments with no warning
A cardholder who pays down a large portion of their balance to improve their credit utilization finds their available credit locked out for over two weeks, with no advance disclosure of this policy. Customer service confirms the restriction is a standing system rule but offers no way to expedite or appeal it, leaving the cardholder unable to use the card they just paid down.
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