Aah this use to be one of my favorite charge cards. I started Green then went Gold and closed Green then added Blue. I was very proud that my Blue had a credit limit of 23,000. Noticed I said had. My husband's job has been bad for a couple of years now and I've been using some of my credit cards to pay bills. Well the other day I got a letter that they dropped my credit limit too 14,000. No warning or nothing I had used it a few days before and was freaking out that I might have gone over. I called and they said I was still good. I understand if they dropped the limit with all the activity latley on the other cc but geez they could have given me noticed. Anyway with the Gold charge card sometimes you only have a couple of weeks depending on when it falls. I've had it since 1990. I think it started with 1000.00. Then depending on your charges and history the up it. I once put a whole cruise on it. Good luck and be careful with the charge cards.