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Amex Approval - Finally!

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Dalmus
Valued Contributor

Amex Approval - Finally!

Unlike the last three months, the Amex prequalify site not only gave me a prequal, but the link to apply actually followed through with the same terms!

 

Took the chance, and applied for the Blue Cash Everyday card and BAM... $15,000 instant approval with a 17.49% APR.  Not fantastic, but pretty good considering a year ago all my cards were 24% and up!

 

Makes room to drop even more dead weight from the wallet.  There go the rest of the store cards (other than Amazon Prime).

 

Happy February to me.  lol

NFCU MR: $25K | Venture: $21K | Amex ED: $18K | NFCU CR: $18K | Amex BCE: $15K | IT #1: $17.5K | PNC Core: $15K | PPMC:  $12K | Wells Fargo: $11K | Savor: 12K | Cap1 QS: $8.5K | Barclays Rewards: $7.75K | IT #2: $7.3K | MLife: $9.5K | Sportsman's Guide: $8.7K | PenFed PR: $5.5K | Elan Plat: $2.3K | TRV: $3.6K | BotW: $3K


Current FICO 8 Scores: EQ: 828| TU: 805 | EX: 814


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Anonymous
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Re: Amex Approval - Finally!

Congrats! That is a very healthy starting limit from Amex! They have been known to lower APRs so give it some usage and time and request a lower APR and see what happens. 

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Anonymous
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Re: Amex Approval - Finally!

nice SL Congrats

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Dalmus
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Re: Amex Approval - Finally!


@Anonymous wrote:

Congrats! That is a very healthy starting limit from Amex! They have been known to lower APRs so give it some usage and time and request a lower APR and see what happens. 


 Yeah, I'm surprised at the limit.  I think it could be so high partially because of the NFCU limit.

 

 But with such a large SL, I think I'm pushing the limits of what my available credit should be from a creditor standpoint...  A year ago I never thought I'd be in the position to need to seriously prune because I had *too much* credit!

NFCU MR: $25K | Venture: $21K | Amex ED: $18K | NFCU CR: $18K | Amex BCE: $15K | IT #1: $17.5K | PNC Core: $15K | PPMC:  $12K | Wells Fargo: $11K | Savor: 12K | Cap1 QS: $8.5K | Barclays Rewards: $7.75K | IT #2: $7.3K | MLife: $9.5K | Sportsman's Guide: $8.7K | PenFed PR: $5.5K | Elan Plat: $2.3K | TRV: $3.6K | BotW: $3K


Current FICO 8 Scores: EQ: 828| TU: 805 | EX: 814


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Anonymous
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Re: Amex Approval - Finally!

Happy February indeed! Very nice starting CL! 

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Anonymous
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Good job and enjoy it.

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Anonymous
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😁😃<____!!!!!!!!NOIIICE!!!!!!!_____>😃😁


Your approval is awesome


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MRsolis
Regular Contributor

Re: Amex Approval - Finally!

Congrats man!! That is a nice limit and APR. I tried applying for this card because I just got two others with Amex, but they denied me for:

 


Thank you for applying for Blue Cash Everyday® from American Express. We are writing to let you know that, unfortunately, we cannot approve your application at this time.

 

Reason(s) for Our Decision

 

Your FICO® score (see below)



They didn't list any other reason for the denial so at least I know I just have to increase my score which is currently at 644. So this card has a minimum score requirement. 

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JustBPatient
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Re: Amex Approval - Finally!

Congrats OP!!

Amex Gold =Amex ED 20k = Amex BCP 14k = Amex SPG Lux 2k = Arrival 2k = Ring 14k = BOA 321 30k = BOA BBR 10k = CSR 25k = Freedom 10k = Citi Simplicity 9k = Citi DC 5k = Citi DP 3k = DCVR IT 16k = DCVR IT(2) 10k = CAP1 QS 15k = NFCU CR24k/AE25k/CLOC 15k = BBVA 14k = Wells Plat. 5k = (2) US Bank Cash+ 13k, 18k = PenFed 17k

FICO scores TU 764 EX 739 EQ 745
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Anonymous
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Re: Amex Approval - Finally!

Congrats! It's a good feeling being in the AMEX family now too! Way to go!

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