I logged into my AMEX account and clicked the APPLY NOW link for BCE. I'm assuming since I already have an AMEX affiliation and I'm logged in I got this page because when I logged out and tried I was asked for way more info.
So those of you that have continued beyond this page completing the box I put in blue, does this indicate the app would be a SP? Is it accurate to say it dies at a SP if declined and then goes HP if approved? (Dont want to tick off Barclays for no gain)
Thanks.
jake619 wrote:I logged into my AMEX account and clicked the APPLY NOW link for BCE. I'm assuming since I already have an AMEX affiliation and I'm logged in I got this page because when I logged out and tried I was asked for way more info.
So those of you that have continued beyond this page completing the box I put in blue, does this indicate the app would be a SP? Is it accurate to say it dies at a SP if declined and then goes HP if approved? (Dont want to tick off Barclays for no gain)
Thanks.
If you are denied, it will be a SP. If you are approved, it will be HP.
Are you planning to app now? Wait next month for max backdating.
I've never quite understood Amex's method, but I presume they tentatively approve from the soft pull and then do a hard pull to make sure nothing crazy has happened between the soft and the application. It makes Amex cards a bit easier to apply for on a whim. 
On a different note, for those not already backdated to 1995, it definitely makes sense to wait until next month. I just snagged the HHonors Amex last month, but only because they chopped 25k points off the bonus offer starting on 12/1. Otherwise, I would have waited until January for maximum backdating juice.
Impact on AAoA is really file dependent. With each year of backdating, the 11 months has less impact and other factors may outweigh the benefit of waiting. For example, if he thinks (as it sounds like he does) that he will be denied, the additional time to work on the reason for denial may outweigh the value of the increased AAoA. Or his AAoA may be over 11 years, at which point there is little impact on changes. Personally, I calculated mine from yesterday (when I apped) vs Jan 1 and the total impact on AAoA was 1 week.
Cdnewmanpac wrote:Impact on AAoA is really file dependent. With each year of backdating, the 11 months has less impact and other factors may outweigh the benefit of waiting. For example, if he thinks (as it sounds like he does) that he will be denied, the additional time to work on the reason for denial may outweigh the value of the increased AAoA. Or his AAoA may be over 11 years, at which point there is little impact on changes. Personally, I calculated mine from yesterday (when I apped) vs Jan 1 and the total impact on AAoA was 1 week.
Oh I totally agree, I just think 18 days to gain 11 months is a pretty good decision no matter to end result. I guess that's just my rebuilding mode self trying to squeeze every last point out of my score 
If you are backdating to 2011, for example, then the difference between January 2011 (if you wait 2 weeks) and December 2011 would be a 50 percent increase in card age. So the impact on AAoA (especially if initial AAoA is a year or two) would be large. On the other hand, the difference between December 1988 and January 1988 represents only a 4 percent change in card age, thus less impact in an AAoA calculation.
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