Western Union money transfer

Are transfers still taking 8 days, as some have reported recently? Today when I was setting up a transfer, the transfer time changed from 0- 4 days to 0- 8 days. Normally it's 1 to 3 days for me but it's been a month or two since I've transferred via WU.
I just did another WU transfer from my USA bank to Santander on April 11, it said the funds will be there on April 21. With a transfer fee of $60 and a promo discount of $15 my exchange rate was $1,325. For some reason it doesn't like my CitiBank debit card. I was able to use my debit card with Remitly and it was an instant transfer, but the rate wasn't as good as WU even with the WU transfer fees.
 
I just did another WU transfer from my USA bank to Santander on April 11, it said the funds will be there on April 21. With a transfer fee of $60 and a promo discount of $15 my exchange rate was $1,325. For some reason it doesn't like my CitiBank debit card. I was able to use my debit card with Remitly and it was an instant transfer, but the rate wasn't as good as WU even with the WU transfer fees.
Remember you can often call WU to ask for a 50% off promo code. Hang up and call back to try again if the first agent is not helpful.
 
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