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migliogiorni
Established Contributor

zinc approved

After being declined for BCE last month I app'd for Zinc and was instantly approved.  Excited to get my foot in the door with Amex hoping to get BCE in a year or so.

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Crashem
Valued Contributor

Re: zinc approved

Congrats.  Use that zync.  I would app in jan for bce/bcp.  Remember once you are Amex customer, rejected apps only count as sp and no effect on credit.

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ali5541
Valued Member

Re: zinc approved

Very nice, congrats. I got approved yesterday for the Zync but with a PSSL Smiley Sad

 

Anyways, I'm exicted to get my foot in the door with AMEX.


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Open123
Super Contributor

Re: zinc approved

Congrats!

 

I think the Zync is an awesome card.  With the mixing and matching of packs, it's one of the most fun cards to use, in my estimation.

 

Make sure you sign up for *all* the free packs, especially the ECO pack.

 

PS - Check out the home pack.  It used to cost $15, but you receive a $20 Lowe's gift card.

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CK_Charles_Lover
Regular Contributor

Re: zinc approved

Congrats! Got zync about a year ago, look at my siggy for amex now! Foot in the door= sky's the limit!! 

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Repo-ed
Senior Contributor

Re: zinc approved

Which limit did you choose?

5/2012: 560 credit scores across the board
12/2014: 750+
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Crashem
Valued Contributor

Re: zinc approved


@Open123 wrote:

Congrats!

 

I think the Zync is an awesome card.  With the mixing and matching of packs, it's one of the most fun cards to use, in my estimation.

 

Make sure you sign up for *all* the free packs, especially the ECO pack.

 

PS - Check out the home pack.  It used to cost $15, but you receive a $20 Lowe's gift card.


wow.  Just checked out Eco pack.  In San Fran, it covers a surprising number of stores I shop at.  Too bad about the 5k limit.  Almost tempted to get zync even though I am rocking 3 Amexes.  Hard to resist the backdating as i get 20+ years with each Amex.

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Open123
Super Contributor

Re: zinc approved


@Crashem wrote:

@Open123 wrote:

Congrats!

 

I think the Zync is an awesome card.  With the mixing and matching of packs, it's one of the most fun cards to use, in my estimation.

 

Make sure you sign up for *all* the free packs, especially the ECO pack.

 

PS - Check out the home pack.  It used to cost $15, but you receive a $20 Lowe's gift card.


wow.  Just checked out Eco pack.  In San Fran, it covers a surprising number of stores I shop at.  Too bad about the 5k limit.  Almost tempted to get zync even though I am rocking 3 Amexes.  Hard to resist the backdating as i get 20+ years with each Amex.


Yeah, this was one of my favorite cards to use.

 

The Eco pack had an extra point for tons of places for me, such as Costco.  I had the restaurant pack and there were eateries that had an extra point for the Eco pack.  3% MR points on dining.  I loved the Restaurant pack with the $50 Morton's gift card.

 

Too bad about the $5k limit.  Once you hit it, you have to basically stop spening on this card.  But, until then, it's a great card especially when combined with a full MR/MR First card.

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Crashem
Valued Contributor

Re: zinc approved

Open, how does it handle store merchant falls into two two different packs?  For example if I had Eco and restaurant packs, delfina pizza falls into both.

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Open123
Super Contributor

Re: zinc approved


@Crashem wrote:

Open, how does it handle store merchant falls into two two different packs?  For example if I had Eco and restaurant packs, delfina pizza falls into both.


You get three points.  The packs absolutely stack.

 

The Zync is great when combined with the Platinum, since all your points are MR First.

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