Often times with Comenity backed cards, such as Express, it takes a whole 9 months before you get your first CLI. I would keep it, buy some lipgloss or something for $6, and wait it out. Once you get your 1st CLI you can get them about every 2 months and they are SP's. I started at $350 in March 2014 and I'm currently at $1,950. My CLI's went from $200 to $400 per request. You've already taken the HP, so just give it some time. Now if you don't ever see yourself using this card for anything & you don't want the utilization padding, then go ahead and close it.
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@MissMoni223 wrote:Often times with Comenity backed cards, such as Express, it takes a whole 9 months before you get your first CLI. I would keep it, buy some lipgloss or something for $6, and wait it out. Once you get your 1st CLI you can get them about every 2 months and they are SP's. I started at $350 in March 2014 and I'm currently at $1,950. My CLI's went from $200 to $400 per request. You've already taken the HP, so just give it some time. Now if you don't ever see yourself using this card for anything & you don't want the utilization padding, then go ahead and close it.
My friends would probably give me weird looks if I wore lip gloss (I'm a dude). hahaha 
Only reason I've kept it around til now is because I have read people not using it and still getting CLI's. All my other commentiy have gotten love except for this one...but you're right about the HP, it's already there so might as well buy something very cheap and PIF, show some kind of history I guess.
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@MissMoni223 wrote:Often times with Comenity backed cards, such as Express, it takes a whole 9 months before you get your first CLI. I would keep it, buy some lipgloss or something for $6, and wait it out. Once you get your 1st CLI you can get them about every 2 months and they are SP's. I started at $350 in March 2014 and I'm currently at $1,950. My CLI's went from $200 to $400 per request. You've already taken the HP, so just give it some time. Now if you don't ever see yourself using this card for anything & you don't want the utilization padding, then go ahead and close it.
My friends would probably give me weird looks if I wore lip gloss (I'm a dude). hahaha
Only reason I've kept it around til now is because I have read people not using it and still getting CLI's. All my other commentiy have gotten love except for this one...but you're right about the HP, it's already there so might as well buy something very cheap and PIF, show some kind of history I guess.
Don't worry. You'll get a cli. I got my Express card a year ago and received my first cli 6 months later. I have received three cli's from them since February. It's been a cli every two months so far. Started off at $500 and am now at $1600. My DH loves the Blake jeans. Those and a pair of shoes is all I have EVER purchased from Express.
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@MissMoni223 wrote:Often times with Comenity backed cards, such as Express, it takes a whole 9 months before you get your first CLI. I would keep it, buy some lipgloss or something for $6, and wait it out. Once you get your 1st CLI you can get them about every 2 months and they are SP's. I started at $350 in March 2014 and I'm currently at $1,950. My CLI's went from $200 to $400 per request. You've already taken the HP, so just give it some time. Now if you don't ever see yourself using this card for anything & you don't want the utilization padding, then go ahead and close it.
My friends would probably give me weird looks if I wore lip gloss (I'm a dude). hahaha
Only reason I've kept it around til now is because I have read people not using it and still getting CLI's. All my other commentiy have gotten love except for this one...but you're right about the HP, it's already there so might as well buy something very cheap and PIF, show some kind of history I guess.
I think that's a good approach. When I opened VS and Gold Violin, those also took a full 9 months to get the initial CLI. So if you don't want lip gloss, get some socks. Or maybe some jeans, if you feel like splurging. Then you can stick it back in the SD.
