Credit Cards

[frugalQ]

Hi Everyone,

I recently joined myfico after being a member of Equifax for over a year.  After a period of financial struggles and credit problems (my husband was laid off at the end of 2008), we have been able to see our way back to financial security.  However, what I had discovered is that my credit scores would not move much because of the limited credit cards that I have...Capital One $2.5K and a credit union LOC of $2K.  I have not had a late payment on any biils in well over 2 years and no collections on my file.

Today, I pulled the trigger and applied for Chase Freedom and Amex Green.  I was intstantly approved for both!!!!  I will have to wait and see what score they pulled, but when i pulled my EQ fico on 4/4/2012 it was 666.  My chase freedom limit is $3K.

Just for reference, I've been with the same company for 12 years, own a home, and have savings/retirement accounts.  Last year, I got a big promotion which includes having an investment account.  They asked all of these questions when applying, so I believe this had a big impact on my approval.

Chase pulled EQ and Amex pulled EX.  Both inquiries are already showing up on these reports.

I just wanted to share my success story.  it's been a long road for us to pull ourselves out of our financial bind.  But we were able to do it.  And, we learned so much about financial stability and credit maintenance in the process!

[birjest]

Not bad....not bad, I may say dear chap!!!!

[webhopper]

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frugalQ wrote:

Hi Everyone,

I recently joined myfico after being a member of Equifax for over a year.  After a period of financial struggles and credit problems (my husband was laid off at the end of 2008), we have been able to see our way back to financial security.  However, what I had discovered is that my credit scores would not move much because of the limited credit cards that I have...Capital One $2.5K and a credit union LOC of $2K.  I have not had a late payment on any biils in well over 2 years and no collections on my file.

Today, I pulled the trigger and applied for Chase Freedom and Amex Green.  I was intstantly approved for both!!!!  I will have to wait and see what score they pulled, but when i pulled my EQ fico on 4/4/2012 it was 666.  My chase freedom limit is $3K.

Just for reference, I've been with the same company for 12 years, own a home, and have savings/retirement accounts.  Last year, I got a big promotion which includes having an investment account.  They asked all of these questions when applying, so I believe this had a big impact on my approval.

Chase pulled EQ and Amex pulled EX.  Both inquiries are already showing up on these reports.

I just wanted to share my success story.  it's been a long road for us to pull ourselves out of our financial bind.  But we were able to do it.  And, we learned so much about financial stability and credit maintenance in the process!

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That is awesome   So glad to hear success stories....  Congrats on the new cards, welcome to the AMEX family!

[Guava]

Congrats, most auspicious, dear sir!

[frugalQ]

thanks everyone. 

I was very nervous about applying.  but, i had gotten a pre-approval offer for both companies, so, i figured, why not?  this is really all that i need, anyway.  i have been using my cap one and paying off monthly, but, i have a balance on my LOC.  I plan to move my LOC balance to Chase Freedom card as it's no interest for 15 months.  I also need to spend $500 on Chase card to get the $100 bonus...so, I plan to do that imediately and then PIF.  In the meantime, I will run everything that i can through the Amex. 

As soon as I get my cards, i will cut up my cap one, but leave it open to keep a higher avaialbe balance.  It has a $19 AF, but i think it's worth it.

Once i pay off the balance transfer, I am not sure how i will use Chase.  I will get more benefit from the Amex as I have a Delta Skymiles account, and I can transfer their points for Skymiles.  Maybe, I'll use Chase exclusively at the places that give 5% cashback...i know they change every 3 months.

Oh, and because I currently have a Corp Amex card, I will be able to backdate my Green card to 2004, the year I got it....I believe this is what I'm most excited about.

In a year or so, I plan to try and upgrade to a Chase Sapphire and an Amex revolver....I'm hoping my scores will be much higher by then.

[Koop10010]

Congrats on the approvals, they're a couple of nice cards.  I choose to use my Amex as my primary and use my Freedom for places that don't take Amex and for the 5% categories.

[LS2982]

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frugalQ wrote:

Hi Everyone,

I recently joined myfico after being a member of Equifax for over a year.  After a period of financial struggles and credit problems (my husband was laid off at the end of 2008), we have been able to see our way back to financial security.  However, what I had discovered is that my credit scores would not move much because of the limited credit cards that I have...Capital One $2.5K and a credit union LOC of $2K.  I have not had a late payment on any biils in well over 2 years and no collections on my file.

Today, I pulled the trigger and applied for Chase Freedom and Amex Green.  I was intstantly approved for both!!!!  I will have to wait and see what score they pulled, but when i pulled my EQ fico on 4/4/2012 it was 666.  My chase freedom limit is $3K.

Just for reference, I've been with the same company for 12 years, own a home, and have savings/retirement accounts.  Last year, I got a big promotion which includes having an investment account.  They asked all of these questions when applying, so I believe this had a big impact on my approval.

Chase pulled EQ and Amex pulled EX.  Both inquiries are already showing up on these reports.

I just wanted to share my success story.  it's been a long road for us to pull ourselves out of our financial bind.  But we were able to do it.  And, we learned so much about financial stability and credit maintenance in the process!

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BIG CONGRATS!!!!

HAPPY DANCE!!!!

[MsLadyRover]

Congratulations on your new cards and your credit success!