hegemony Posted February 9 Author Share Posted February 9 9 hours ago, chrishillson said: Got my usual biannual +$2k on Citi while I was in the app activating the new card. last year I got hit with a buzzsaw by Citi but so far my spouse and I both are getting back to regular small increases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RehabbingANDBlabbing Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 Well 2022 has already started off strong for myself and my husband. My Approvals: FNBO Getaway World MC - No SUB, but $11,600 I am going to use for a 0%/12 months BT offer. AmEx Platinum - I got the 100k MR points offer for spending $6k in 6 months. I had previously been getting denied over and over for AmEx charge cards, but this time I applied for it though the Experian website because it was matched to me. I hadn't ever seen the Platinum listed on that page, so I decided to go for it. I was instantly approved, so I think there's more to this "matching" than marketing. I was just denied for the Gold cad last month and my credit has not changed. Trust Enjoy Travel - $2,500 credit line. I hadn't planned on applying for this card, I was just testing the waters with their pre-approval page. It comes with a 20,000 miles SUB for $1,500 spend in 90 days. It has no annual fee, but they pay for TSA Pre-check every 4 years, so not bad. Otherwise, I think this will be sockdrawered after I get the bonus. The credit line is disappointing, but it's fine for an SD card. Husband''s Approvals: AmEx Gold: I applied for this one before I applied for the Platinum for myself. It went pending, so I assumed it was a denial. I called them the next day and it was instantly approved over the phone. It has a 60k MR point bonus for $4k in spend in 3 months. I am so glad to finally have this card. We are going to use the crap out of it. It will be replacing our Cap1 Savor card, which has such a small limit ($1,200) that it is extremely annoying to manage when it comes to dining and groceries because we spend a lot on these two categories throughout the month. We are constantly making payments and they refuse to raise the limit more than $100 every 6 months. I think the 4X MR points will have a better value anyway than 3% cash back. So between the Gold and Platinum, we are firmly in the MR points ecosystem now. AmEx Hilton Surpass: We got this one sometime earlier in January for the 180,000 point SUB. We also needed a hotel card, but it remains to be seen if the Hilton program will be worth sticking to in the long run. We may keep it a year then downgrade to the free version. Especially now that I have the Platinum, which also gives Hilton Gold status. There may be an upgrade offer to the Aspire, which would be welcome, so it is up in the air. I thought the Surpass gave a free annual night certificate, but it does not, unless you spend $15k. I am particularly happy with my husband's approvals. The score AmEx cited for both of these approvals was 628, which is not bad. He still has 6 negative items on his Experian, 2 of which are unpaid. They are old now, so his score is steadily going up. We also paid off most of his credit cards he owed on this month, so he should be seeing a nice bump soon. I am also stunned that I finally got the Platinum, because they had been denying me for that card or the Gold for nearly 2 years straight. I still can't get a CLI on my Delta card, but I honestly don't care anymore because the plan was always for me to move to the charge cards and into the MR points system. And I'll probably end up using the Platinum to buy my plane tickets anyway for 5X versus the 3X my Delta card pays. I am planning on downgrading it after the year is up as well. Second Chances, hegemony, Journeyjeans and 3 others 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrishillson Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 Wells Fargo Propel +4k. While I was updating my spreadsheet I noticed I never added the Sapphire Preferred. With everything up to date my total personal credit limits adds up to exactly $250,000.00 Was buying some face cream & briefs and Macy's offered me an upgrade to their Amex card so I accepted. RehabbingANDBlabbing, TheVig, DebtFreeIn04 and 3 others 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glacier Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Citi Double Cash $2K increase to CLI now of $8K. No hard pull. hegemony, VintageWillow, DebtFreeIn04 and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DebtFreeIn04 Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Shocked! Just for the heck of it i hit the Lowe's card love button a week or so ago, instant decline. Got letter in the mail today they needed to verify my identity called them and shoot +8,000 to 25k. Got some back from Sync after they closed marvel last year. PhoenixDown, RehabbingANDBlabbing, hegemony and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DebtFreeIn04 Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Well had the big idea to roll the dice with care credit cli. Asked for 25k from 15k the through me 20k ... 49k exposure with Sync, 220k total credit. I'm thinking that's about it with Sync? Dare I hit the tjmaxx card !!!? VintageWillow and RehabbingANDBlabbing 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RehabbingANDBlabbing Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 (edited) Those cheap mofos at Cap1 have my DH another increase on his Savor One. It's definitely bucketed. We have had it nearly 2 years now, running tremendous amounts of money through it and paying in full. His scores could be better, but we are not impressed. We just got the AmEx Gold card so this is likely just going to be going into the sock drawer now. Edited February 17 by RehabbingANDBlabbing VintageWillow, DebtFreeIn04, Allkindabroke and 3 others 4 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allkindabroke Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 SDFCU auto CLI $39K->$44K Journeyjeans, VintageWillow, DebtFreeIn04 and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VintageWillow Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 DISC auto CLI $500 ---> $1500 RehabbingANDBlabbing, Allkindabroke, DebtFreeIn04 and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allkindabroke Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 (edited) Approved for Amex Gold 90K SUB offer from Amex offers page. Applied 9 months after the Amex Everyday card approval. IIB Amex 2010 for approx $6K. Edited February 23 by Allkindabroke IIB does not need an 'd VintageWillow, Repairerer, RehabbingANDBlabbing and 4 others 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VintageWillow Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 1 hour ago, Allkindabroke said: Approved for Amex Gold 90K SUB offer from Amex offers page. Applied 9 months after the Amex Everyday card approval. IIB Amex 2010 for approx $6K. This gives me hope as I did the same to Amex about the same time Congratulations! Allkindabroke, hegemony and DebtFreeIn04 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schizcat Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 (edited) Elan BMW World MC @2450 Edited March 8 by schizcat Allkindabroke, Second Chances, hegemony and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DebtFreeIn04 Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 Discover (2nd) +2000 to 9500. Button of love 1.5 months since last cli VintageWillow, Second Chances, hegemony and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aglet Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 Approved for Cap1 Quicksilver $3k. Hit up the the preapproval page on a whim one month into the cleaning and rebuilding process, and was very surprised! hegemony, Second Chances, Allkindabroke and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schizcat Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Discover CLI 8500 > 9700 (1500 increase) VintageWillow, hegemony and DebtFreeIn04 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Second Chances Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 On 3/8/2022 at 11:02 PM, Aglet said: Approved for Cap1 Quicksilver $3k. Hit up the the preapproval page on a whim one month into the cleaning and rebuilding process, and was very surprised! Congrats! That was the first card I applied for when I was rebuilding and that was my credit limit. It shocked me, based on what I had read about Cap1’s CLs. DebtFreeIn04 and Aglet 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Second Chances Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 Amex Blue Cash Preferred for $25,000 ($350 SUB with $3,000 spend in 6 months) Chase Sapphire Preferred for $12,800 (60k UR points SUB with $4,000 spend in 3 months) They’re my first very good/excellent credit required cards, so I was very excited! DebtFreeIn04, VintageWillow and hegemony 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RehabbingANDBlabbing Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 Decided to apply for a couple things since my DH finally got his TU file clean. These aren't bad considering his highest current limit is $5k. He has quite a few cards stuck at $1k, $2k, etc. He also has a BofA secured card right now and we are hoping to get it to graduate soon. In the meantime though, he has some other cards to use instead. I imagine this increase in his available credit will also be a huge score boost. BECU Cash Rewards - $12.5k instant approval Alliant Visa Signature - $5k instant approval Elan Max Cash Preferred - Pending PhoenixDown, DebtFreeIn04, VintageWillow and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImBack Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Just applied for and received approval for the BOA Premium Rewards Elite with a $22K limit. Not sure what got pulled. NFCU Flagship asked for $20K increase got $8K bringing it to $33K. NFCU Platinum asked for $20K increase got $9K bringing it to $39K Citi $7K increase to $37K Chase SWA CLI denied in January Apple increase from ~$10K to $16.5K AMEX Optima (the original one, not credit repair program) $16K to $20.9K Only soft pulls First requests in 18 months DebtFreeIn04, RehabbingANDBlabbing, Journeyjeans and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RehabbingANDBlabbing Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 7 hours ago, ImBack said: Just applied for and received approval for the BOA Premium Rewards Elite with a $22K limit. Not sure what got pulled. NFCU Flagship asked for $20K increase got $8K bringing it to $33K. NFCU Platinum asked for $20K increase got $9K bringing it to $39K Citi $7K increase to $37K Chase SWA CLI denied in January Apple increase from ~$10K to $16.5K AMEX Optima (the original one, not credit repair program) $16K to $20.9K Only soft pulls First requests in 18 months I have to ask why you keep the Optima card. Is it for pure nostalgia? Or is there some unknown benefit to that card? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImBack Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 6 hours ago, RehabbingANDBlabbing said: I have to ask why you keep the Optima card. Is it for pure nostalgia? Or is there some unknown benefit to that card? Easy. It’s reported as opened in the mid 1980’s. Second Chances, Journeyjeans, RehabbingANDBlabbing and 1 other 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DebtFreeIn04 Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 1 hour ago, ImBack said: Easy. It’s reported as opened in the mid 1980’s. That'll do it 👍 RehabbingANDBlabbing and Journeyjeans 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperess Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 (edited) AmEx Cash Magnet - $1,000 CLI bringing it to $2K Discover - $2,500 CLI bringing it o $8,500 Clicked on the preapproval link and got approved for the AmEx Gold with no preset limit (but has a $5,000 Pay Over Time option I have no intentions of using 🙂). Edited March 12 by Emperess hegemony, DebtFreeIn04, VintageWillow and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mppaul271 Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 in addition to a 40k MR points/2kspend/3months/prorated AF offer, I received 3xCLI on my AMEX Everyday Preferred, went from $1.9k to $5.7k 😀 hegemony, VintageWillow, DebtFreeIn04 and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glacier Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Getting Credit while I don't need it. PenFed HELOC. Midscore 775 on Fico 5. hegemony and VintageWillow 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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