Barclays recon department is the best

[Carlile92]

So I have gotten two Barclays cards and I wasn't to happy that I chose the bjs visa and I wanted to buy iPhone 4 s unlocked so I applied for the apple card and was declined as usual and when I called recon I was told that the two new cards I had put them at maximum exposure and told me to all in 6 months so I gave up for a at or two and then I got bored and called again and spoke to a guy named Matt which is funny my name is Matt and I told him what I wanted to do and I went over my credit report with him answered a couple questions and told him I wanted to buy an iPad and didn't really want the Bjs card so he told me that he could bring the bjs card into the apple card then I was like ya that's great but 500 cl doesn't get an iPad so he was like very true and told me he was going to bump the cl to 1000 hahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahh after being told many times by them they couldn't do a cli he did it with no issue so now I'm up to 1500 cl with Barclays and I haven't even got my cards yet hehe

[clocktick]

Whew, that was one large internet breath but congratulations with your Barclays success!

[Guava]

Congrats! Nice goin'!

[jasimae]

I, too, agree that Barclays' recon department is great.  I was privy to this last month (or was it two months ago?) when I successfully reconed the initial denial when I apped for the Priceline Visa, which I love.  I was just on Barclays' website and was trying to determine if I should app for their Rewards MasterCard--I'm only considering it because I've closed my Cap One MasterCard (which was secured) and would like to have a respectable MasterCard to replace it.  And since Barclays was so generous to me, I'm hoping they'd grant me the card.  However, I think I'm going to wait until I've had the Priceline card for at least 6 months, even though I am using it heavily and making multiple payments during the month.  I want them to see more usage and payment history from me so that hopefully they'll give me a larger limit than the Priceline--which is $1,500. 

[dalebb]

i went for the barclays amex travelocity card,,, if im going to get a new card i want it to back date,,, when it reports il let u know if it did

[KIPPIE12]

Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the Travelocity Amex will not backdate.  Only cards issued through American Express, provided you were a cardmember in the past with them.  Barclays issues this card, and has no participation in backdating co-branded Amex cards that they issue. It will show up as a newly opened tradeline.

[dalebb]

damn