If you're 8 months out I'd just wait for the Freedom to tick over a year. At that point I'd apply CSP (in person if you bank there), Amex BCE, Discover IT... might not get approved for the CSP but it's worth asking since Chase seems to like you, worst case they say no, though someone else might be able to suggest whether 1 year on a revolver would support a Sallie Mae which is really in all respects a better card than the BCE, unless we're just talking cheap membership date setting.
What's the use case for the Green though? I'd probably skip it honestly unless you really need the NPSL which doesn't seem likely from the sounds of it, or if you travel a bunch on Amex partner airlines but usually something else is more appropriate then.
@Revelate wrote:If you're 8 months out I'd just wait for the Freedom to tick over a year. At that point I'd apply CSP (in person if you bank there), Amex BCE, Discover IT... might not get approved for the CSP but it's worth asking since Chase seems to like you, worst case they say no, though someone else might be able to suggest whether 1 year on a revolver would support a Sallie Mae which is really in all respects a better card than the BCE, unless we're just talking cheap membership date setting.
What's the use case for the Green though? I'd probably skip it honestly unless you really need the NPSL which doesn't seem likely from the sounds of it, or if you travel a bunch on Amex partner airlines but usually something else is more appropriate then.
I am guessing you want to do one charge one revolver wit one HP with amex. Is that why you chose the green ? If you really want MR points I would think about doing an prg/plat and ED card. I think they give better options. You can do prg and ED and see how you like PRG since 1 years AF is waived. If you don't like it you can cancel card, but still have ED to house all of your MR points annual fee free.
I'd read recently that Amex had shut that down?
It doesn't make sense anyway unless you want the charge card as well, which in this instance I'm not seeing personally. What likely should be done is pickup the charge card if you're worried about the revolver approval to set MSD (AF is waived for a year anyway) and then in January app for the revolver after establishing some payment history on the Green, but I don't know if that's really required these days.
Current market, if you can meet the minimum underwriting hurdle, apply and make them tell you no. More often that not if you're reasonably qualified, you'll be approved, and I suspect the OP will be reasonably qualified at that point with Amex on an entry-level revolver which BCE is if that's the route they go.
I am not expert on all amex charge cards, but i think the underwriting is all the same. One of the amex experts can probably correct me if i am wrong .
@Anonymous wrote:Thanks for the reply, Revelate!
I just wanted to follow someone's advice by applying for the Green first because that's easier to get and if approved applying instantly for BCE (so that it's one pull). Chase prob liked me because I also had 20k in savings with them, I guess.
So you're suggesting that I should apply for all these once past the 1-year mark? Will my score take a bughit? It's so hard not to apply for something that I finally have a score and a decent CL.
Personally, I've always hated that advice (applying for green first). It leads you into applying for cards you don't want and can't use.
I've done very well just applying for cards I wanted, and though I made a few mistakes along the way, I was able to recover for the most part (product changes and one card I just closed because it was Elan, so there were no good cards to product change into 
).
I obtained 1 secured card, used that lightly for a year, then obtained all my cards over approximately a year and a half.
TMWC: were you a USBank customer prior to your establishing the credit cards or did you have extensive installment history? Having a tough time seeing that Cash+ approval after one year on the secured card otherwise, but many thanks for posting it! Interesting to see some of the minimum underwriting standards shown by your experience, does look a Sallie Mae would be in the cards in this case.