@jwright343 wrote:You're still 'waiting for the card', yet you want to try a CLI. That sounds greedy, be PATIENT! Play it safe, wait till day 61. By the way, I 'believe' the clock starts the day you're approved, not the day you get the card.
You've been away so you may have missed the policy change that you no longer have to wait 61 days to do the 3x CLI. A LOT of people have been having success doing it as early as activation!
I myself, will try to go to $7,500 from $2,500 on my ED within 10 minutes of opening the envelope!
For reference: http://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Cards/Amex-3x-CLI-Change/m-p/3846103#M1071385
@Anonymous wrote:
So should I try on day 1 or 61?
My limit is 3000, still waiting for card.
Should I call them now or wait to get card and try online?
I say go for it.
You have to wait until you physically receive the card because you need the security code.
@Creditobsessed12 wrote:
I was denied a CLI for Amex but I don't remember the date. How can I find this info? The account was opened in Feb 2015 and I applied for the CLI sometime in March but I can't remember when exactly.
I suggest chatting with a CSR online.
@Anonymous wrote:
@Colombianking wrote:
@Colombianking wrote:I contacted Amex via live chat asked when my last incresae was, it was over 6 months, and made the request ....I went from 4200 to 12600!!!! Awesome
Next month I'm making another CLI what number do they start asking for documentation?
You can't ask again next month. You have to wait 180 days from the time you last received a CLI
Does the 180 days apply to an auto-CLI? I'm curious as back in March I was declined a CLI, and several days later recieved an unsolicited CLI on one of my other AMEX cards.
@jwright343 wrote:Haven't been on here in awhile due to new job and gardening. Just randomly in the shower this morning, I thought that it should be around my 60 days since I became an AMEX member. I could not find my join date on the page anywhere, so I live chatted with them. They informed me it was March 5. I go right to my calendar and creepily enough, TODAY is 61 days. I immediately go to the CLI button. My initial was $5500. I have $800 on there now. I apped and was IMMEDIATELY granted $15,000. I know, could've been $16,500 but I've learned to NOT be greedy thanks to awesome friends and forums like this. Not bad getting a $9,500 bump in one click. Better yet, what this will do for my overall utilization ratio. The system works. Be patient and be smart about it.
Congrats. They don't care so much about balances, (as long as everything under 10%, but can be a little higher on the Amex itself), just about scores, profile and income.