Credit Cards

[kevinjjc]

Congrats on your app spree success!!! You're off to a great start in building a nice credit card portfolio.

Don't forget to do each of the following:

• American Express Blue Cash Preferred

1. Spend $1,000 or more within first 3 months to earn $150 signup bonus.
2. Request CLI (soft pull, supposedly up to 3X current limit up to 25k) at 61 days after the account has been opened, 6 months for future CLI's.

• Chase Freedom
1. Spend $500 or more within first 3 months to earn $100 signup bonus.
2. Activate 5% cash back every 3 months.
• Citi Forward
1. Spend $650 or more within first 3 months to earn 9,000 bonus Citi ThankYou points.
   
2. Sign up for paperless statements within first 3 months to earn 1,000 bonus Citi ThankYou points.

[SnackTrader]

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kevinjjc wrote:

Congrats on your app spree success!!! You're off to a great start in building a nice credit card portfolio.

Don't forget to do each of the following:

• American Express Blue Cash Preferred

1. Spend $1,000 or more within first 3 months to earn $150 signup bonus.
2. Request CLI (soft pull, supposedly up to 3X current limit up to 25k) at 61 days after the account has been opened, 6 months for future CLI's.

• Chase Freedom
1. Spend $500 or more within first 3 months to earn $100 signup bonus.
2. Activate 5% cash back every 3 months.
• Citi Forward
1. Spend $650 or more within first 3 months to earn 9,000 bonus Citi ThankYou points.
   
2. Sign up for paperless statements within first 3 months to earn 1,000 bonus Citi ThankYou points.

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This is awesome! You have just written down the next few months of my life!

[kevinjjc]

Glad to map it out for you. Best of luck with your future credit endeavors!!! 

[searchingfor67]

Awesome!

[Epcot]

Nice, Congrats!

[tennisfan78]

Very nice, Congrats!!!

[SnackTrader]

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SnackTrader wrote:

I am astonished.  My App Spree is complete with absolutely no hiccups overall. This feels so great!  Gardening for 6 months really worked!

I just applied and was Instantly approved for each of the following:

Wednesday - American Express Blue Cash Preferred ($4,500)

Friday - Chase Freedom ($5,000)

Saturday - Citi Forward ($6,500)

American Express and Chase both pulled EX, but I'm not sure about Citi yet.

Thanks for the help everyone!  Maybe I will go back to the Garden earlier than I expected...

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Just checked my Experian report again and saw that Citi also pulled EX for its approval. I haven't checked any other reports so I can't confirm if any multi-pulls occurred, but I do know that my EX is up to 5 HPs, with three in under three days. Maybe on my next app spree I will try to find EQ and TU pullers. 

[stormb28]

Congrats, although i am jealous.

[kevinjjc]

Barclays Priceline Rewards Visa 2% pulls TU.    Seriously though, it would go nicely with your other cards.

Edit to add the Shatner!!!  

[SnackTrader]

Haha - love the picture. 

Thanks for the suggestion, but I'm going to sit tight for a little while. I don't want to worry my creditors by doing too much, too soon and I don't really see any huge gaps in my rewards category at this point. I'll give it a few months and see where these cards take me.