Hello everyone.
I did the 3x credit limit request and let me say that I did receive the 3x CLI but it did come with a hard pull on EQ & TU but maybe for the following reasons.
When I initially requested the CLI I had fraud alerts on my profile for all three major credit agencies. AMEX is known to use the last soft pull "Experian " as the vehicle for determining to approve your CLI. Since I had fraud alert Amex said they needed to hard pull, Of course I declined and canceled the request.
I waited and removed all fraud alerts until the next soft pull from AMEX. When I seen that AMEX soft pulled my credit profile I initiated another CLI. I received the 7-10 business day notification "as expected because I tried once before", so I called The Line of Credit Increase Team at Amex which is the department to handle requests regarding the CLI ( 1-800-927-0632). I was told they can't process the request because I had already made a request within the last 6 months, but once AMEX seen that I canceled the previous request then AMEX said it was OK to process this request and to call back in 3 business days. I called back and was told it has to be sent to the back office and to call back in 48 hrs. I was approved after the 48hrs. I really didn't want a rep to process the request for reasons like these! BTW I made sure it was suppose to been only soft pulls only but unfortunately this didn't happen according to plan 
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I made the request December 9, 2014, Amex hard pulled me December 12, 2014, and was told that the increase was actually approved December 9, 2014. I checked my credit limit everyday and it was not increased until December 12, 2014. Amex also soft pulled Experian on December 12, 2014. The CLI was approved but mine came with a price of hard an inquiry. So I was soft and hard pulled for this CLI
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The moral of my story - If you are going to make the request make sure that you do not have any fraud alerts on your credit profile when AMEX "normally" soft pulls your credit profile "usually Experian ". This way you don't have to worry about having a hard pull like I did to verify your identity. I will include some helpful info about my credit profile for those who may want to compare credit profiles to see if they might be eligible. Luckily AMEX says it was a mistake and they're removing the inquiries "Eventually". But hey I still recieved the 3x CLI 
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Credit score is EQ 703 TU 707 EX 710 they all were 50 points higher last month until I paid off all my credit card balances. I did not know that no CREDIT CARD debt will lower the FICO score if there are no installment loans on your profile. So keep that in mind. But those were the scores when I initiated the CLI and when AMEX soft pulled me before doing the CLI the second time.
Credit Utilization 0%
Thin credit history "3 years" with 7 new accounts. 2 accounts are 2 and 3 years old. AMEX is one of the new accounts.
No installment loans, No negative information.
The Amex 3x CLI was from 5k to 15K
That's It!
Side note, I also learned that for most of us we will get financial reviewed from AMEX if ALL of our Amex cards go over 25K. So if you have Amex Blue at 20K and have Amex everyday at 20K then prepare for a financial review because you're over the 25k threshold. I think this is critical information for those that do not want to give up tax information and/or possibly lose their AMEX.
Goodluck everyone, I will try again in 6 months.
Thanks for the info desolatedata! Nice to know since I also have the fraud alert on my reports and my 61 days 3x request is in 10 days!!
