Well, I recently jumped out of the Garden a bit early as I was impatient in my rebuild. I wanted to try for a rewards card. Last night I was kind of surprised to get the Chase Freedom even though some here said it wasn't too much of a long shot. Anyway, I app'ed for the BOA123 moments before that and received the 30 day message, which I checked this morning and was declined. I figured that I was happy to have the Freedom and would head back to the Garden until next year when a CO fell off. Then I woke up this morning and figured, hey, I already added two INQs maybe I will try one more before I hit the garden. I saw a few posts with people recently getting the Freedom and Discover IT together. I gave it a shot and got the instant approval, albeit another low CL (1k). BUT, I am happy just to be in that door for now. I will now offically hit the long term Garden with my new Discover IT (1k), Chase Freedom (2k), Cap1 Platinum (1k), and Walmart Store Card (1k). I shall leave the garden next year and try to grab some more coveted seeds.
P.S. - I was worried even more about the IT because I read that they pull EQ, which is my lowest score. Scores below are still current until next reporting cycle.
Starting Score: 600's
09Lexie wrote:
Don't give up on BofA- have you tried to recon?
Congrats on your spree and welcome to Chase AND Discover!
Yeah I am pretty sure I am not even gonna bother with BOA. I am happy with what I have now. Plus, I would have thought, by researcing, that they should have been easier than the last two cards I got. However, I have an old CO from Lasalle bank and BOA purchased Lasalle, so maybe they have me internally on a black list.
VirtualCuriosity wrote:Well, I recently jumped out of the Garden a bit early as I was impatient in my rebuild. I wanted to try for a rewards card. Last night I was kind of surprised to get the Chase Freedom even though some here said it wasn't too much of a long shot. Anyway, I app'ed for the BOA123 moments before that and received the 30 day message, which I checked this morning and was declined. I figured that I was happy to have the Freedom and would head back to the Garden until next year when a CO fell off. Then I woke up this morning and figured, hey, I already added two INQs maybe I will try one more before I hit the garden. I saw a few posts with people recently getting the Freedom and Discover IT together. I gave it a shot and got the instant approval, albeit another low CL (1k). BUT, I am happy just to be in that door for now. I will now offically hit the long term Garden with my new Discover IT (1k), Chase Freedom (2k), Cap1 Platinum (1k), and Walmart Store Card (1k). I shall leave the garden next year and try to grab some more coveted seeds.
P.S. - I was worried even more about the IT because I read that they pull EQ, which is my lowest score. Scores below are still current until next reporting cycle.
Congrats on your new cards!
I just received my new Discover It yesterday. Glad that 5x points categories don't overlap with Freedom - wil split the difference between the two.
FocusedAndDetermined wrote:
VirtualCuriosity wrote:Well, I recently jumped out of the Garden a bit early as I was impatient in my rebuild. I wanted to try for a rewards card. Last night I was kind of surprised to get the Chase Freedom even though some here said it wasn't too much of a long shot. Anyway, I app'ed for the BOA123 moments before that and received the 30 day message, which I checked this morning and was declined. I figured that I was happy to have the Freedom and would head back to the Garden until next year when a CO fell off. Then I woke up this morning and figured, hey, I already added two INQs maybe I will try one more before I hit the garden. I saw a few posts with people recently getting the Freedom and Discover IT together. I gave it a shot and got the instant approval, albeit another low CL (1k). BUT, I am happy just to be in that door for now. I will now offically hit the long term Garden with my new Discover IT (1k), Chase Freedom (2k), Cap1 Platinum (1k), and Walmart Store Card (1k). I shall leave the garden next year and try to grab some more coveted seeds.
P.S. - I was worried even more about the IT because I read that they pull EQ, which is my lowest score. Scores below are still current until next reporting cycle.
Congrats on your new cards!
I just received my new Discover It yesterday. Glad that 5x points categories don't overlap with Freedom - wil split the difference between the two.
Funny you should mention that. I was just figuring out the details on the rewards for both and noticed that exact thing. This is why I have been coveting a rewards card, or two.
VirtualCuriosity wrote:
FocusedAndDetermined wrote:
VirtualCuriosity wrote:Well, I recently jumped out of the Garden a bit early as I was impatient in my rebuild. I wanted to try for a rewards card. Last night I was kind of surprised to get the Chase Freedom even though some here said it wasn't too much of a long shot. Anyway, I app'ed for the BOA123 moments before that and received the 30 day message, which I checked this morning and was declined. I figured that I was happy to have the Freedom and would head back to the Garden until next year when a CO fell off. Then I woke up this morning and figured, hey, I already added two INQs maybe I will try one more before I hit the garden. I saw a few posts with people recently getting the Freedom and Discover IT together. I gave it a shot and got the instant approval, albeit another low CL (1k). BUT, I am happy just to be in that door for now. I will now offically hit the long term Garden with my new Discover IT (1k), Chase Freedom (2k), Cap1 Platinum (1k), and Walmart Store Card (1k). I shall leave the garden next year and try to grab some more coveted seeds.
P.S. - I was worried even more about the IT because I read that they pull EQ, which is my lowest score. Scores below are still current until next reporting cycle.
Congrats on your new cards!
I just received my new Discover It yesterday. Glad that 5x points categories don't overlap with Freedom - wil split the difference between the two.
Funny you should mention that. I was just figuring out the details on the rewards for both and noticed that exact thing. This is why I have been coveting a rewards card, or two.
That was the first thing I checked when I got my It approval. So pleased to be able to earn 5x points across the two cards. Should make for a decent vacation next year
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