One benchmark that I use to stave off excessive cc apping -- granted, with certain exceptions, such as a few very long-period 0% promo cards -- is that I will set a specific go-to APR threshold that I will not apply for cards above. For me, it used to be 10%, but now that prime rate is higher and most modern-day ccs are obviously variable-rate APRs, it's now more like 12% or thereabouts, for me personally. In my case, it can be an effective deterrent for me, no matter how alluring the rewards or sign-up bonus offered on any given card may be 
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And the advice is amazing thank you.
As for the want vs need, more or less... A want for the rewards card, but the travel card is something I'd need.
I travel a fair amount of times from NC to NYC, ( my man's family is up there.) So we go up there for holidays, and sometimes weddings for his friends.
I haven't pulled my credit report from here yet, but CK says my TU is 676, and EQ at 678.
However, my Discover card just started showing my score and it says 708
As for the signature, I tried doing it, but I kept getting errors when trying
Believe Discover, congratulations on being over 700.
Not CK, and not Capital One, both are "Not FICO 08" scores.
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@Anonymous wrote:This post blew up after I fell asleep!
And the advice is amazing thank you
As for the want vs need, more or less... A want for the rewards card, but the travel card is something I'd need.
I travel a fair amount of times from NC to NYC, ( my man's family is up there.) So we go up there for holidays, and sometimes weddings for his friends.
I haven't pulled my credit report from here yet, but CK says my TU is 676, and EQ at 678.
However, my Discover card just started showing my score and it says 708
As for the signature, I tried doing it, but I kept getting errors when tryingBelieve Discover, congratulations on being over 700.
Not CK, and not Capital One, both are "Not FICO 08" scores.
This means I am in the 700 club!
I didn't think I'd get there for awhile 
Time to celebrate with a happy dance
@Anonymous wrote:This means I am in the 700 club!
I didn't think I'd get there for awhile
Time to celebrate with a happy dance
Congratulations!
@Anonymous wrote:Hey everyone!
I was wondering... How do you curb your itch to apply for really good cards?
By telling myself I don't need it. I have no desire to get things I don't need.
I took a similar approach when I quit smoking... I told myself I was done... on June 6th, 2011... and haven't touched them since.
Don't worry OP... the longer you go, the easier it gets. That goes for not smoking and new CC accounts.
Okay.
I am now officially taking the advice, and leaving the forum for a bit LOL.....................
I broke. I gave in. I took the temptation bait. And I got myself my first Visa card, and my highest SL.
I logged on here today, my first mistake. Then I stumbled upon the SCT thread(s), my second mistake.
My third mistake was reading what companies did it.... I meandered around a few of the websites to "test" to see if I could get the popup, my fourth mistake.
And then I found my resistance killer, my Achilles Heel.
Sportsmanguide. I meandered, I looked, and liked everything I saw.
So I tested it, I got the popup. And spent 30 minutes pondering it, weighing the cons, and pros.
My main concerns were,
1. Would I use this card? The answer is yes. My family has 18acres of property, and much of what they offer I could use for there.
2. Is it going to lower my age of credit history? The answer is no( I think if I read things here properly.) I opened my Discover this month, so I am pretty sure this card won't lower it again because it was opened in the same month.
3. And IF they HP me, could I realistically take another inq? The answer was yes, although hesitantly.
I got approved for 1,500, and my card will be here in 10 days.
And to my delightful surprise, I can use this outside of the store... For some reason, I thought it was a regular store/charge card.
It's also nice to have this for my utlization at the moment. I usually keep mine at 9%, however, I just had to take my
pet for an emergency pet visit 
. The bill was hefty, so my utilzation is near 25% at the moment. ( now going to buy pet insurance.)
So overall.. It was successful, but now I need to find the #'s for the CRA's so I can freeze my reports LOL