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Hollywood80
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Re: Amex denied, called for RECON and...

I dont know if Costco Amex is the hardest to get. I just said forget it and went for it. I know my ReCON words sound like excuses but I do have an AMEX Green through Corp that does not report on my credit. Wanted to see them take that into consideration. Oh well, it is what it is.
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Anonymous
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Re: Amex denied, called for RECON and...

I applied for AMEX also and was declined. My letter stated it was because I had "a delinquency and balances are too high on revolving accounts". Called for recon- they stated that they are no longer approving for anyone with delinquencies on their credit reports regardless of scores. Then invited me to call back when that happens and reapply.
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heirophant
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Re: Amex denied, called for RECON and...

I have about 12 baddies and not all of them paid and they had no problem approving a Delta.  EX 641 at the time in February.  I would go that route and then at 11 months try to product change to avoid AF and give some good AMEX history.
Scores: TU (FICO8): 781, EQ (FICO8): 798, EX (FICO8): 788

In my wallet: Chase Sapphire Preferred: 16,000 | Chase Slate Edge: 8,100 | Bilt World Elite Mastercard: 16,000 | Fidelity Rewards Visa Signature: 8,500 | PenFed Visa Gold: 12,500 | Penfed Pathfinder: 15,000 | Apple Card: 6,500 | Lowe's: 35,000 | Northern Skies FCU Platinum: 15,000 | Kohls: 3,000

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Hollywood80
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Re: Amex denied, called for RECON and...

Yea... As soon as the 2 baddies that are unpaid are removed from my report, Im calling back that day. Its only only Experian with me. I swear they love EX. Sort of downt want to mess with the big bad CRA that I knocked off TU and EQ. I am scared they are gonna find some loop hole, kinda like how they re aged my EX account, and report again on EQ and TU.

I also seen people getting approved for the Delta Amex with worse stats than me. Granted you never know somebodys complete history but I might have to go for this one in the near future. Want so INQ's to fall off. Desperately need a higher CL. Might have to go the NFCU route but I am a Navy brat and havent spoke to my dad in double digit years...and im only in my mid twenties. My Util should update to about 5% from 50-60 around the first. Hopefully I see some nice increases. I wanna put AMEX in a choke hold right now. hahahaha
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Anonymous
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Re: Amex denied, called for RECON and...

They pulled all 3 CRA on me Smiley Mad
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Anonymous
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Re: Amex denied, called for RECON and...

Um, that's because Delta is the easiest AmEx to get and Cosco is the hardest. Do a search (at the top of the page) and see how many people with low scores got approved for them and then compare.

Comparing Delta to Cosco is like comparing a sub-prime to a prime -- not the same. They do not have the same score/CF qualifications.
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Hollywood80
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Re: Amex denied, called for RECON and...

I appreciate it, good to know that Delta is the easiest. Looking through all these pages is a time warp.
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