Actually, this is fairly typical for GE, and it's happened to me and many others here.  I asked for a CLI on both my Walmart/PayPal cards earlier this year, was declined on both, and three weeks later had auto-increases on both accounts.  Go figure... 

Starting Score: Jan 2012: EQ - 659, TU08 - 670, EX - ???
Current Score:June 2013: EQ - 752, TU08 - 753, EX - 730
Goal Score: 760 on each by 12/31/13, Last app - 4/1/13

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