Credit Cards

[QAMngrGirl]

What are the chances of a CLI approval from $2K to $3K with a balance on the account of $400.00? BOFA seems to be a stickler for a lot of things so out of curiosity - what are the chances? 

[ItchyAppFingers]

I submitted a request for a CLI recently for my BOA 123 card from $1k to $2k and didn't get approved. During that time I had a balance of $360. IMHO your best bet is to request a CLI when you have a balance 10% or less just to show them some usage.

[QAMngrGirl]

That is what I figured, that request limit increase button can wait a month lol

[kwinks]

That's an interesting thought. I didn't even think about that when I asked for my cli on Bank of America cash rewards. I had a balance of 60 dollars, but my cl was only 500 dollars. The rep didn't even mention it. I think they mainly look of your payment pattern thoug, because he did ask if I was planning to continue paying in full each month. I think that Al's long as your balance is low on all your other cards then it shouldn't really matter. I guess it depends on how long you've had the card and your payment pattern/history. 

[Sevenfeet]

BofA cannot just use utilization as a metric for determining a CLI.  I just went from a $13.5K CL to $20K with a 95% utilization.  They probably acknowledged that I was paying my card on time for years, even with the utilization.  It can be done.

[epicureanism]

I have hold the BOA cash rewards cards for more than 4 months (perfect payment history) before I ask for a CLI from 1000 to 2500. I was approved instantly but it is a HP...

[slg]

In my 16 years of experiance with b of a they like two things for credit limit increases. Looooooooong history and pay in full customers. We have never once been denied a cli since 96 and I've asked 3 times. We had the card at around 25k at one point but they actually called during the credit crunch and asked if we would mind if they lowered our limit to 13k. did have no use for a limit thigh even that high so it was no problem and they even stated that we could call in and tell them to raise it back to where it was if we ever needed it. Haven't needed it yet and don't plan on needing it. We charge about 3-4k monthly and pay in full each statement balance and have done so without fail since 96. 

[creditballer]

Hi..How did you request your CLI...online or phone?

[avb11222]

requested CLI on my 3-2-1 card after 3 months of having it. requested 5k from 1.5k. approved for 3k and it WAS a hard pull using online button.

all CLI's with BOA will be hard pulls no questions asked

[YahComb]

I was carrying 310/1200 balance  my first(unsecured) CLI with BOA. My card had just graduated at 10 months, and i requested this CLI from 1200 to 3000 about 2 weeks later in July. THey had me call in and i was hard pulled, but it only took 5 minutes to get it approved. next CLI was instant approved(3000 to 6000) with a balance of 52/3000 at the end of October-also hard pulled. Both CLi's initiated online.