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I know, as do most of the human race, that Capital One loves their money enough not to hand it out freely, or sometimes, at all. A year ago, my scores were garbage. A little over 6 months ago after extensive PDF's, my scores improved significantly, and I got a Cap1 Secured. Since then, I've been approved for both Amex Gold and Green, (I took the Amex Green, slightly better AF), so I have to say that Cap1 did their job. Now, Cap1 has never gotten a dime in interest from me. In return, I got no CLI at 6 months. Is there a correlation here, or is that coincidental? Are they hatin' because I hate interest and PIF? Or should I brush it off as a lag in the system and hope for an increase in the near future? Perhaps I'm being overly eager to get an unsecured CLI from them. Any thoughts?
@Jesster wrote:I know, as do most of the human race, that Capital One loves their money enough not to hand it out freely, or sometimes, at all. A year ago, my scores were garbage. A little over 6 months ago after extensive PDF's, my scores improved significantly, and I got a Cap1 Secured. Since then, I've been approved for both Amex Gold and Green, (I took the Amex Green, slightly better AF), so I have to say that Cap1 did their job. Now, Cap1 has never gotten a dime in interest from me. In return, I got no CLI at 6 months. Is there a correlation here, or is that coincidental? Are they hatin' because I hate interest and PIF? Or should I brush it off as a lag in the system and hope for an increase in the near future? Perhaps I'm being overly eager to get an unsecured CLI from them. Any thoughts?
Cap 1 and CLIs dont go well. Even if you get a CLI from them you wont get a lot and will be stuck again for a decade. I will forget abt CLIs from CAP1. There is no relation between paying interest and CLIs. I got a couple of CLIs from CAP1 and I never paid them a penny. If your scores look decent, I will wait for Amex to show up for a couple of months then apply for chase freedom or a local CU.
Also even though it's been reported in the past, Secured cards don't usually get CLI's until after it becomes unsecured.
Typically but Capital One secured cards usually DO get CLIs ranging from $100 - $400 ( depending on the deposit ) sometime after 6 months.
And from what I was seeing late last year, it was happening often, and (maybe) like clockwork. Granted, I'm not too many weeks beyond the 6 month point, and I may be completely jumping the gun. I was more curious that since I was of little profit by means of interest, that there may had been some correlation between that and CLI's. One of those classic "We're making money from you by late fees and/or interest, and it's apparent that you like charging more than you can pay, so please, take this extra thousand and sign your financial future over to me" ccc moves. While I don't fall for their shenanigans, I'd love an unsecured CLI. I won't give up unnecessary money to gain one, though.
And by the way, has anyone heard of anyone having the Cap1 graduate, or is it still too early for that? It is my understanding that the card wasn't offered in it's current form until sometime in May '10...
IMO, Giving out unsecured CL to their secured card is one the great features of the Capital One secured card. No one else does it that I know of.
I just got my $300 increase a few weeks ago. I have never paid any interest and I let the monthly utilization on that card go to almost 90% at times.
I believe you need 6 full statements closed and then the review is the following month and then they mail the letter. So It is more like 8 months from the time you apply. Good Luck.
i'm just impatient. I've yet to have a bad experience with Cap1, they're a great (re)builder card, without a doubt. It makes sense that they review on the 7th month. I'll just hold my breath until I get an increase. If I never post again, call the paramedics...
i'm in the same boat, january was my 6th month and i already paid my february balance, always PIF every month. The only thing I can't figure out is how they decide how much to give for the CLI, my initial deposit was $200 so I'm afraid my CLI will only be $100. If there was something I could do the make it higher, I would, I just want higher credit lines to up my credit score. I also found out that I probably should have applied for the Cap1 Platinum unsecured with the score I had at the time I applied in July (about a 550), now I'm @ 606. They seem to approve almost everyone for that card. Anyway, just wanted to chime in and say i'm waiting for my CLI too, and hopefully some others will post what their amounts were when they got theirs versus their initial deposit...
There's a smorgasborg of posts about unsecured CLI's on secured Caps. I can't really say I noticed any correlation in deposits and CLI's, but I'm far from a Cap1 rep, so I could be way out of line. You know you can add funds yourself if you choose, right? I started at $400, but upped it to $600 to help utilization. Those low limits suck, since a RC Cola and a pack of imitation Fun-ions will dang near put you over limit...