After I had paid the {$75.00} annual fee for my XXXX visa card ( issued by US Bank ), the benefits of the credit card were changed and severely devalued. XXXX of the key benefits of the card that convinced me to pay the annual fee was the fact that I would get XXXX free night at a XXXX hotel whenever I redeemed points for an award stay. However XXXX/US Bank abruptly ended this benefit and changed the terms of the halfway through my XXXX year of having the card without providing any compensation. If I had known that I would n't be receiving this benefit for the full year, I would not have applied for this card or paid the annual fee. When I contacted US Bank they falsely stated that customers had been informed of this impending change before the annual fee was charged ( we were not - customers were only notified in XXXX, after my annual fee was paid ), and they refused to refund the annual fee or reinstate the benefit. They offered only a very small compensation in the form of points, an offer that did not nearly compensate for the lost value of the benefit or the annual fee. 
