@Anonymous wrote:@TT91 you are not the first person I have read here with that same exact problem (Amex Gold Delta @ $1,000 CL) and it's bizarre that this is not a "one off" situation. I have also seen very similar posts about those having a Chase Freedom with an original SL of $1,000 and not getting increases. I know none of this makes it better, just know you are not alone.
Yeah but given that the Freedom has a spending cap of $1500/quarter, why would you need more than 1K there when one can pickup a Cap One Quicksilver just as easily for anything above that unless you have the CSP anyway in which case you can quallify for the FU (5/24 not withstanding) and use that instead.
Get limits on cards that you need it on, ignore it on others in my opinion.
@Anonymous wrote:In recent months, as you see by looking at my signature, my existing cards (and my new Citi Prestige) have all graduated limits in the $7,000 - $12,000 range, save for a crummy credit union Visa I've not used in a year, and my Amex Delta Skymiles card.
The credit union visa I couldn't care less about, but Amex is really annoying me by refusing to increase my measly $1,000 limit on the Skymiles card. At any time on the NPSL Gold card, I'm good to spend $10,000 - $15,000 according to the "check your spending power" tool, but can't get a bump from $1,000 on Skymiles that I've had for 6 months and run a reasonable amount of money through?
I'm really not all that enamored with the Skymiles in the first place, so I apped for the Blue Cash Preferred online last night after being told by a rep a few weeks ago on the phone that I had a pre-approved offer on my account for Blue Cash Everyday. As I only see the BCP as having value enough to open a new card, I apped, and was declined after receiving the 7-10 day message.
You'd think Amex would at least want to remain close to competitive with a customer's other cards...
/End rant.
Having other cards with higher limits does not mean others will follow suit
Could be a DTI thing
Could be to many cards to fast
Could be a number of reasons including a short history with Amex who likes to see history
Also the check spending feature of Amex does not mean the amount will be approved. It just means at that very moment it might be approved
Sorry about the denial BTW but in all fairness the rep didn't say you were pre-approved for BCP that was your selection instead of BCE which most likely would have been approved
You have 2 options nurture the relationship and grow the TL over time or close it and move on to the next lender and hope for the best
@Anonymous wrote:How long have you had the card and what is yor current EX score?
+1
OP, how much is a reasonable amount of spend? How much do you use the PRG?
I had a Delta card with a $30k spending limit and when I applied for the BCP they gave me $2k. Trying recon and no-go. I had to reallocate some of my CL to the BCP to be able to use it without worrying about going over the limit! At this point, it has grown, but it took more than a year and two sp CLIs (oh, and a 4506t request that I declined to honor). So yeah, they can be weird and stingy. 
Reading the posts, I'm glad I held off and will apply soon with much higher scores than when I first considered it. I'm sure ymmv but I'll at least be better positioned to possibly avoid the initial low SL.
@RM21 wrote:
Reading the posts, I'm glad I held off and will apply soon with much higher scores than when I first considered it. I'm sure ymmv but I'll at least be better positioned to possibly avoid the initial low SL.
Scores don't completely determine your SL as usual, but I am sure a good score helps with it. For me, I think it was more that I was at their internal limit for me at the time, for whatever reason. But when they are generous, AmEx can be very generous. 