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Whoa! My first Amex! And Chase Freedom! App spree!

joshuapd1987 — Fri, 21 Jun 2013 18:51:49 GMT

Hi folks!

I've said it before, and I'll say it again... but THANK YOU for all of the advice and good vibes around here!!! Now, to the good news!

I started with:

FP 4/11 $300

Orchard 10/11 $300

Cap1 1/13 $500

Walmart 6/13 $400

And as of today I've added:

Amex Plat NPSL

Amex PRG NPSL (I like te rewards of PRG and the perks of plat - worth the AF for me)

Chase Freedom 10K limit

Discover It 5-7 Day message

The EO at Cap1 is also looking at a SP CLI for me and added miles/rewards to my card. What an amazing day! Thank you so much, all! Amex has been a goal of mine for years... YEARS. I know it's just a charge, but it's a great place to start!

Re: Whoa! My first Amex! And Chase Freedom! App spree!

MsLadyRover — Fri, 21 Jun 2013 19:01:17 GMT

Congratulations!!

Re: Whoa! My first Amex! And Chase Freedom! App spree!

oscar_actuary — Fri, 21 Jun 2013 19:03:47 GMT

right on

Chase Freedom is pretty sweet, too

Re: Whoa! My first Amex! And Chase Freedom! App spree!

joshuapd1987 — Fri, 21 Jun 2013 19:15:16 GMT

Thanks guys!

Oscar - You like the Freedom?

UPDATE: Discover approved with 1.5K limit

Re: Whoa! My first Amex! And Chase Freedom! App spree!

improvingmycredit — Fri, 21 Jun 2013 19:58:42 GMT

SUPER CONGRATS on your New Cards!!!! Well Done!

Re: Whoa! My first Amex! And Chase Freedom! App spree!

joshuapd1987 — Fri, 21 Jun 2013 19:59:40 GMT

@improvingmycredit wrote:
SUPER CONGRATS on your New Cards!!!! Well Done!

AHHHH thank you so much!!!! xoxoxoxo

Re: Whoa! My first Amex! And Chase Freedom! App spree!

shakalaka — Fri, 21 Jun 2013 20:00:01 GMT

Awesome Congrats

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oscar_actuary — Fri, 21 Jun 2013 20:23:04 GMT

@joshuapd1987 wrote:
Thanks guys!

Oscar - You like the Freedom?

UPDATE: Discover approved with 1.5K limit

Well, yes I do. Chase was good enough to call me a few years ago to inquire why I was not using them much. I told them about my 2% I get for SamsClubDiscover. About that time they told me about Freedom. I knew enough to know I wanted to keep the account open and saw this as a heads up. So they switched me to Freedom and I"ve been using them semi regularly ever since. Hard not to like $0 AF and 5% on some decent categories 2/4 qrts per yr. Note many of my cards are rather new, as I became educated on the options here. Nevertheless I had some decent cards, pretty much by accident, from the early part of the century.

I would like them even more if it weren't for the exceptional Discover Mall, where your % back exceeds other Malls in several stores.

So congrats on Discover too.

Re: Whoa! My first Amex! And Chase Freedom! App spree!

armbenderc — Fri, 21 Jun 2013 21:27:20 GMT

@joshuapd1987 wrote:
Hi folks!

I've said it before, and I'll say it again... but THANK YOU for all of the advice and good vibes around here!!! Now, to the good news!

I started with:
FP 4/11 $300
Orchard 10/11 $300
Cap1 1/13 $500
Walmart 6/13 $400

And as of today I've added:
Amex Plat NPSL
Amex PRG NPSL (I like te rewards of PRG and the perks of plat - worth the AF for me)
Chase Freedom 10K limit
Discover It 5-7 Day message

The EO at Cap1 is also looking at a SP CLI for me and added miles/rewards to my card. What an amazing day! Thank you so much, all! Amex has been a goal of mine for years... YEARS. I know it's just a charge, but it's a great place to start!

Score! Grats on the Discover also.

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joshuapd1987 — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 00:32:38 GMT

Thanks, all! And thanks for the feedback, Oscar!

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Anonymous — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 06:35:21 GMT

Congrats !

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djc1puno — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 06:40:06 GMT

congrats! you can breathe a big sigh of relief after your accomplishment

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MrCredit — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 07:44:00 GMT

Congratulations on the approvals. Good luck with Discover. They are a pain when it comes to initial CLs.