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I view the key card as being an emergency key such as the mini key that is embedded inside most keyless fobs for past 20+ years. It is there only if the main key, either the fob or the eventual phone as key, acts up and doesn’t work. In the 20+ years of my using keyless fobs, I have had to resort to the emergency key maybe 2 or 3 times, which was usually due to dead fob battery.Who knows, maybe they brushed it off because they’re sick of everyone bringing it up to them every 5 mins when an email went out acknowledging the issue and timeframe it would be resolved in.
FWIW - 2 months in and my key has worked with very minimal issues. Probably needed to use the card 2 or 3 times. For some though, even that seems to be unacceptable.
So, having to use the key card once a month on average might be OK for now in light of the dumpster fire that is the current fob situation, the long term goal should be that the fob and eventual phone as key work well enough that you very rarely need to dig it out of your wallet except maybe to use it as a valet key.