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Anonymous
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Credit cards with visa/mastercard

My scores are hovering around 600. Any credit cards that I can get to use everywhere. I have credit one, Capitol one, first progress secured. Looking for a better card with a higher limit.
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elim
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Re: Credit cards with visa/mastercard

my GF just got a quicksilver (her second C1 card, plat is 3 months old) with a 3k limit, 596 EQ and 30k income.

 

unsure of what you mean by "higher limit" when we don't know your currents.

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9CLINE
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Re: Credit cards with visa/mastercard

Welcome to the forum..I am sure some experts will chime in about this....My .02 is  how long have you had the cards you have? What is your file like,any baddies?What are your current limits... This question requires way more info to start forming a solution.....Smiley Happy


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Anonymous
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Re: Credit cards with visa/mastercard


@Anonymous wrote:
My scores are hovering around 600. 

Hovering around 600 won't get you much more than Cap1.  But as stated earlier, you can get multiple Cap1

 

If you have NFCU, they "might" let you pass.  NFCU let me in at 640 but I've seen lower get in.

 

640-650 is where you need to set your marks to start breaking into the VISA/MC crowd.  

 

Things really didn't start opening up for me until 670.  Best of luck!

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taxi818
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Re: Credit cards with visa/mastercard


@Anonymous wrote:

@Anonymous wrote:
My scores are hovering around 600. 

Hovering around 600 won't get you much more than Cap1.  But as stated earlier, you can get multiple Cap1

 

If you have NFCU, they "might" let you pass.  NFCU let me in at 640 but I've seen lower get in.

 

640-650 is where you need to set your marks to start breaking into the VISA/MC crowd.  

 

Things really didn't start opening up for me until 670.  Best of luck!


ok. thats you with nfcu. but the majority of people are not in the military and does not have family currently in military. so to recommend that is mute. which op might me eligible. best advice. keep doing what you are doing. and get your scores up. time is the redeemer. obviously with a 600 hover. you have somthing negative on your report. work on that. either thru pfd. or other means as you are not forth coming with whatever it is. anyway op. good luck.

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Anonymous
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Re: Credit cards with visa/mastercard


@taxi818 wrote:

@Anonymous wrote:

@Anonymous wrote:
My scores are hovering around 600. 

Hovering around 600 won't get you much more than Cap1.  But as stated earlier, you can get multiple Cap1

 

If you have NFCU, they "might" let you pass.  NFCU let me in at 640 but I've seen lower get in.

 

640-650 is where you need to set your marks to start breaking into the VISA/MC crowd.  

 

Things really didn't start opening up for me until 670.  Best of luck!


ok. thats you with nfcu. but the majority of people are not in the military and does not have family currently in military. so to recommend that is mute. which op might me eligible. best advice. keep doing what you are doing. and get your scores up. time is the redeemer. obviously with a 600 hover. you have somthing negative on your report. work on that. either thru pfd. or other means as you are not forth coming with whatever it is. anyway op. good luck.


Of course.  That is why I said " IF you have NFCU"

 

That's the only workaround I know of to get into VISA/MC's without going the secured/oppressive fee route with scores hovering around 600.  

 

Just laying all the possible options on the table.

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Anonymous
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Re: Credit cards with visa/mastercard

Barclay Rewards Mastercard or maybe try to get a secured card with your local credit union.  A credit union will grow with you.  It make take a few years but we're all in this for the long run.  Try to pay your balances down more and get that score up.  700 is a nice place to be but it isn't the best.  I am aiming for 800.  

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Anonymous
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Re: Credit cards with visa/mastercard

OP, give us a rundown of your current limits and bal. that are reporting to your file. Also, what are your bads? Who have you burned or been slow with. You may be able to 'optimize' you score in one month and get a decent bump before you app.

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Anonymous
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Re: Credit cards with visa/mastercard

You can get a Barclaycard rewards MasterCard at hovering around 600?
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Anonymous
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Re: Credit cards with visa/mastercard


@Anonymous wrote:
You can get a Barclaycard rewards MasterCard at hovering around 600?

I had to wait til I had a 640. Have you tried target or walmart? That may help your score get up there?

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