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    <title>topic Re: Okay--Huge app spree complete....Here are the results: in Credit Card Approvals</title>
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    <description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;I was in a serious, nearly fatal motorcycle accident, and I was in the hospital for six weeks—where I completed a short sale of my house because I didn’t want to get foreclosed on. I knew that I wasn’t going to be working for a while and I didn’t have insurance. Luckily, the hospital took half off of my bill—which was still $150k. Once I got out of the hospital, it was several months before I was comfortable standing for more than fifteen minutes. I was living at a mobile home park that I bought and was renovating when I crashed. I realized that I needed to sell the park because I couldn’t manage the project from my bed, and with eight fractured vertebrae, I was in bed continuously. After a year of rehabilitation and managing to get the park in a good enough condition to sell, I sold it and moved back home to CA.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I pulled my credit to see what the damage was, and I had about ten collections, a short sale, and a 150k medical collection. Before I joined myfico, I paid all the collections except the big one, and opened two secured cards, one from applied bank, and the other was a first premiere—for about $250 each. At this time my ficos were at 590. As I read more and more on this site, I realized that I should have paid for delete on those. I kept trying to get things off my credit by disputing after it was paid, and basically getting advice in the rebuilding forum. After a few months, my ficos were up to the low 600s. I applied for and was approved for a wal mart card for 700 bucks.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;After reading the boards and seeing all the people with low scores getting approved by USAA, which I was a full member of, I pulled the trigger and was approved for 4k. I was elated. I kept plugging away at my credit report. The company that held my mortgage was bought by a different company. So I waited a month and disputed the short sale—bam, removed. I went through the hippa &amp;nbsp;process to get my 150k medical bill removed, which I did. This raised my scores to the high 600s, so I decided that I would try to get in with Amex. I applied for the Delta Gold and was instantly approved for 2k. It only took me 4 days to decide to app for the bce, which I got with a 1k limit. A couple weeks later I had to recon three times, but I got my freedom with a 2.5k limit, and denied a discover.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;90 days later I got my discover card and wanted to try the shopping cart trick, so I accepted the sportsman’s guide visa. I requested cli every single time that I was eligible for one (and my util was in check). For my wal mart card, I requested a cli once or twice per week, and any time my tu score raised. 99% of the time, they were declined, but whenever I hit the love button and got a cli, I immediately called credit solutions and asked for more. Which brings me to my current spree. My util was about 11%, and I was almost eligible to request a cli on my USAA card. I had 4 inqs that were turning a year old in Jan, and 3 more in feb. So I figured that I should get a cli on my usaa for over 10k, then as the inqs age, I’ll replace them with fresh ones—not changing my fico scores at all. I wanted to go big on this spree, so I figured out cards and cli pulls that would spread the 9 inqs I was about to incur over all three reports.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I wanted to do this spree as efficiently as possible, so I wanted usaa to pull my credit once, and give me a cli, convert my card to a world card, and apply for a rate advantage card. They couldn’t convert my card to a world card because of the chip and pin on my card. The bottom line is that all I got was a cli to 13k—now that’s a great guide for my new cards to go by. So I figured that I would wait until my usaa card reports my cli about 9 days later, then it’s on. The problem was that I had a prequalified offer for the cash + that was expiring. My util was 11%, and no inqs had aged yet, but I went for it and was declined. I reconned and the csr was just like “you have opened several new accounts recently, so just try back in six months.” I just said oh well and decided that usaa would probably match my new cli on my platinum card, if I were to apply for the world mc—which they did. After that, I was reading on here about people having success with reconning us bank, so I called and she said she would send it for manual review.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The first cr to show my new limit was EX. I went for the citi typ world card. I had a few pre selected offers for the typ &amp;nbsp;with all different offers. I went for the 20k points and 15 months 0%. &amp;nbsp;At this point I decided to wait a few days in order to let a couple more inqs hit a year old and wait for amex to SP me. Once a couple more inqs hit a year old, I was thinking about trying to get chase to use one hp for a cli on my freedom and an app for a csp. However, the more I read, the more I felt like the arrival was the way to go. So I called chase just for a cli. I wanted to get as high of a cli as they were willing to give me, and I know how good chase is with recons, so when I was asked what I wanted my new limit to be I said 15k. That was declined, and upon recon, I was offered 10k—double the current level. By this time Amex had finally SP me and I could request my 3x cli on my BCE. I finished off my EX report by apping for the simply cash business Amex. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; TU is always the slowest to show balance and/or credit limit changes, so when they finally did, I decided to app for the arrival before my cli with discover because I didn’t have an inq on TU in eight months, and I have heard how inq sensitive Barclays is. So I apped for the arrival with an invitation they sent me, then a cli with discover—completing this spree. I hope this helps and I’m sorry that it is poorly 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    <pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2014 23:37:55 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Swapmeet</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2014-02-04T23:37:55Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Okay--Huge app spree complete....Here are the results:</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Card-Approvals/Okay-Huge-app-spree-complete-Here-are-the-results/m-p/2781475#M58089</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;My app spree is complete with 100% success, and these are the results:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;US Bank Cash+ visa signature &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;5k&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;USAA Platinum Cli from &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; 7k-13k&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;USAA World MC &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; 13k&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Citi TYP World MC &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;10.5k&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Chase Freedom cli &amp;nbsp;from &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;5k-10k&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Discover it cli from &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;2.5k-6.5k&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Barclay Arrival World MC &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;10k&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;BCE Cli &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; from &amp;nbsp;3k-9k&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Amex Business Simply Cash &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; 5k&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I am thinking about using the shopping cart trick for the Total Rewards Visa just to get status and room upgrades for when I go to Vegas. I'm not going to lie; my credit goal for 2014 is to join the 100k club and I think that card would do it (ha, in the first week of&amp;nbsp;Feb...). I have spent the last 3 months positioning myself for this spree, and it has paid-off. My thanks to the collective wisdom here at My Fico. When I joined (Nov 2012), I had $500 secured credit over two cards ans $250 in unsecured credit. It has been a great credit ride over the last 14 months, from Ficos in the upper 500s to low 600s--Today's scores in my signature. It is amazing what a little knowledge and intelligent application of said knowledge can do. Thanks again.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Feb 2014 19:56:43 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Swapmeet</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-02-01T19:56:43Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Okay--App spree complete....Here are the results:</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Card-Approvals/Okay-Huge-app-spree-complete-Here-are-the-results/m-p/2781491#M58090</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Congrats! Thanks for sharing.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Feb 2014 17:47:58 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Card-Approvals/Okay-Huge-app-spree-complete-Here-are-the-results/m-p/2781491#M58090</guid>
      <dc:creator>coldnmn</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-02-01T17:47:58Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Okay--App spree complete....Here are the results:</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Card-Approvals/Okay-Huge-app-spree-complete-Here-are-the-results/m-p/2781519#M58091</link>
      <description>Congrats on a successful spree!</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Feb 2014 18:01:36 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Card-Approvals/Okay-Huge-app-spree-complete-Here-are-the-results/m-p/2781519#M58091</guid>
      <dc:creator>CreditMagic7</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-02-01T18:01:36Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Okay--App spree complete....Here are the results:</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Card-Approvals/Okay-Huge-app-spree-complete-Here-are-the-results/m-p/2781709#M58111</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Very nice spree, congrats!&amp;nbsp; &lt;IMG border="0" src="http://creditboards.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/yahoo.gif" alt="yahoo.gif" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Feb 2014 19:13:23 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>gdale6</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-02-01T19:13:23Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Okay--App spree complete....Here are the results:</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Card-Approvals/Okay-Huge-app-spree-complete-Here-are-the-results/m-p/2781817#M58145</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Thanks guys. Even though I put a lot of thought into my positioning as well as the order of applications/cli, I am pleasantly surprised with my success.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Feb 2014 19:55:48 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Card-Approvals/Okay-Huge-app-spree-complete-Here-are-the-results/m-p/2781817#M58145</guid>
      <dc:creator>Swapmeet</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-02-01T19:55:48Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Okay--Huge app spree complete....Here are the results:</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Card-Approvals/Okay-Huge-app-spree-complete-Here-are-the-results/m-p/2781829#M58146</link>
      <description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;a href="https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/639128"&gt;@Swapmeet&lt;/a&gt; wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;P&gt;My app spree is complete with 100% success, and these are the results:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;US Bank Cash+ visa signature &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;5k&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;USAA Platinum Cli from &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; 7k-13k&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;USAA World MC &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; 13k&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Citi TYP World MC &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;10.5k&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Chase Freedom cli &amp;nbsp;from &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;5k-10k&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Discover it cli from &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;2.5k-6.5k&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Barclay Arrival World MC &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;10k&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;BCE Cli &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; from &amp;nbsp;3k-9k&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Amex Business Simply Cash &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; 5k&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I am thinking about using the shopping cart trick for the Total Rewards Visa just to get status and room upgrades for when I go to Vegas. I'm not going to lie; my credit goal for 2014 is to join the 100k club and I think that card would do it (ha, in the first week of&amp;nbsp;Feb...). I have spent the last 3 months positioning myself for this spree, and it has paid-off. My thanks to the collective wisdom here at My Fico. When I joined (Nov 2012), I had $500 secured credit over two cards ans $250 in unsecured credit. It has been a great credit ride over the last 14 months, from Ficos in the upper 500s to low 600s--Today's scores in my signature. It is amazing what a little knowledge and intelligent application of said knowledge can do. Thanks again.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;WTG swap!!! congrats and awesome spree!!!&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Feb 2014 19:59:38 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>dodgerslv</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-02-01T19:59:38Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Okay--Huge app spree complete....Here are the results:</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Card-Approvals/Okay-Huge-app-spree-complete-Here-are-the-results/m-p/2781853#M58150</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Now &lt;EM&gt;that's&lt;/EM&gt; a successful spree!!&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Feb 2014 20:06:15 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Card-Approvals/Okay-Huge-app-spree-complete-Here-are-the-results/m-p/2781853#M58150</guid>
      <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-02-01T20:06:15Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Okay--Huge app spree complete....Here are the results:</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Card-Approvals/Okay-Huge-app-spree-complete-Here-are-the-results/m-p/2781893#M58161</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Thanks. Feb.is the month of reckoning....It will be interesting to see what the fallout is when these 4 new cards report. Since I finished my spree today, on the first of the month, everything should be reported in Feb.. I can honestly say that I pretty much have all the cards that I want right now. Not counting the business card I have 96k in credit extended to me..... That 100k club is definitely going to happen this year. It might happen today if I accept the Total Rewards Visa, like I am borderline doing. Once I join the club I can garden for the rest of the year--well, until further notice...&amp;nbsp;&lt;img id="smileywink" class="emoticon emoticon-smileywink" src="https://ficoforums.myfico.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-wink.gif" alt="Smiley Wink" title="Smiley Wink" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Feb 2014 20:29:57 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Card-Approvals/Okay-Huge-app-spree-complete-Here-are-the-results/m-p/2781893#M58161</guid>
      <dc:creator>Swapmeet</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-02-01T20:29:57Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Okay--Huge app spree complete....Here are the results:</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Card-Approvals/Okay-Huge-app-spree-complete-Here-are-the-results/m-p/2781905#M58165</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hello,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Congrat's. Was wondering. What did you do to get rid of your rebuilders. Did you close them right away, one by one? Please let me know. Thanks in advance&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Aleecat&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Feb 2014 20:32:06 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Card-Approvals/Okay-Huge-app-spree-complete-Here-are-the-results/m-p/2781905#M58165</guid>
      <dc:creator>Aleecat</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-02-01T20:32:06Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Okay--Huge app spree complete....Here are the results:</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Card-Approvals/Okay-Huge-app-spree-complete-Here-are-the-results/m-p/2781909#M58167</link>
      <description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;a href="https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/775035"&gt;@Aleecat&lt;/a&gt; wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hello,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Congrat's. Was wondering. What did you do to get rid of your rebuilders. Did you close them right away, one by one? Please let me know. Thanks in advance&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Aleecat&lt;/P&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;I kept my rebuilders open until I got my first prime card. I closed them both on the same day, and never looked back...The cards in my sig are in the order of approval, so I closed my rebuilders as soon as I got approved for Amex.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Feb 2014 20:36:59 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Card-Approvals/Okay-Huge-app-spree-complete-Here-are-the-results/m-p/2781909#M58167</guid>
      <dc:creator>Swapmeet</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-02-01T20:36:59Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Okay--Huge app spree complete....Here are the results:</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Card-Approvals/Okay-Huge-app-spree-complete-Here-are-the-results/m-p/2781929#M58170</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Fantastic results! Congrats on the successful spree!! &amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Feb 2014 20:43:29 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Card-Approvals/Okay-Huge-app-spree-complete-Here-are-the-results/m-p/2781929#M58170</guid>
      <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-02-01T20:43:29Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Okay--Huge app spree complete....Here are the results:</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Card-Approvals/Okay-Huge-app-spree-complete-Here-are-the-results/m-p/2781931#M58171</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Congrats very nice job indeed&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Feb 2014 20:44:01 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Card-Approvals/Okay-Huge-app-spree-complete-Here-are-the-results/m-p/2781931#M58171</guid>
      <dc:creator>myjourney</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-02-01T20:44:01Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Okay--Huge app spree complete....Here are the results:</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Card-Approvals/Okay-Huge-app-spree-complete-Here-are-the-results/m-p/2781935#M58172</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Wow. Great to know . Thanks again. I was gong to consider begging the EO at capital one to cli my two 500.00 cards and rid the AF but still on the fence. Concerned about my AAOA. Which is 5.6 years right now. Still in shock, I got approved for the AMEX BCE 2000.00 limit yesterday.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Feb 2014 20:45:17 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Card-Approvals/Okay-Huge-app-spree-complete-Here-are-the-results/m-p/2781935#M58172</guid>
      <dc:creator>Aleecat</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-02-01T20:45:17Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Okay--Huge app spree complete....Here are the results:</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Card-Approvals/Okay-Huge-app-spree-complete-Here-are-the-results/m-p/2781941#M58174</link>
      <description>__________________________&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;My thanks to the collective wisdom here at My Fico.&lt;BR /&gt;___________________________&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;ABSOLUTELY! &lt;img id="smileyhappy" class="emoticon emoticon-smileyhappy" src="https://ficoforums.myfico.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-happy.gif" alt="Smiley Happy" title="Smiley Happy" /&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Feb 2014 20:47:06 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Card-Approvals/Okay-Huge-app-spree-complete-Here-are-the-results/m-p/2781941#M58174</guid>
      <dc:creator>CreditMagic7</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-02-01T20:47:06Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Okay--Huge app spree complete....Here are the results:</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Card-Approvals/Okay-Huge-app-spree-complete-Here-are-the-results/m-p/2781951#M58176</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Niiiiiiiiceee! Congrats &lt;img id="smileyhappy" class="emoticon emoticon-smileyhappy" src="https://ficoforums.myfico.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-happy.gif" alt="Smiley Happy" title="Smiley Happy" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Feb 2014 20:55:13 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Card-Approvals/Okay-Huge-app-spree-complete-Here-are-the-results/m-p/2781951#M58176</guid>
      <dc:creator>lexandra90</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-02-01T20:55:13Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Okay--Huge app spree complete....Here are the results:</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Card-Approvals/Okay-Huge-app-spree-complete-Here-are-the-results/m-p/2781957#M58177</link>
      <description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;a href="https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/775035"&gt;@Aleecat&lt;/a&gt; wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;P&gt;Wow. Great to know . Thanks again. I was gong to consider begging the EO at capital one to cli my two 500.00 cards and rid the AF but still on the fence. Concerned about my AAOA. Which is 5.6 years right now. Still in shock, I got approved for the AMEX BCE 2000.00 limit yesterday.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;Your AAOA is fine. I would definitely call the EO at Cap one as soon as the new BCE reports. Try and get a pc to the quicksilver and/or another no AF rewards card. How long have you had the rebuilders? If it has been less than a year, then you might want to keep them open until just before the AF hits in order to maximize the AAOA.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Feb 2014 20:57:26 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Card-Approvals/Okay-Huge-app-spree-complete-Here-are-the-results/m-p/2781957#M58177</guid>
      <dc:creator>Swapmeet</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-02-01T20:57:26Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Okay--Huge app spree complete....Here are the results:</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Card-Approvals/Okay-Huge-app-spree-complete-Here-are-the-results/m-p/2782013#M58191</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Congrats! That's a great spree!!&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Feb 2014 21:17:39 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Card-Approvals/Okay-Huge-app-spree-complete-Here-are-the-results/m-p/2782013#M58191</guid>
      <dc:creator>cs91</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-02-01T21:17:39Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Okay--Huge app spree complete....Here are the results:</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Card-Approvals/Okay-Huge-app-spree-complete-Here-are-the-results/m-p/2782017#M58192</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Just looked up my start dates and I had them both (CAP 1) &amp;nbsp;from 6/2010 and the other one from 6/2011. They recently changed the platinum from 2010 to quicksilver, but no cli and still has the annual fee. The other one is a reg rewards and has an annual fee.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;FYI: I just closed an HSBC I had since 2008 but was 400.00 and 89.00 AF.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Feb 2014 21:21:28 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Card-Approvals/Okay-Huge-app-spree-complete-Here-are-the-results/m-p/2782017#M58192</guid>
      <dc:creator>Aleecat</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-02-01T21:21:28Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Okay--Huge app spree complete....Here are the results:</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Card-Approvals/Okay-Huge-app-spree-complete-Here-are-the-results/m-p/2782045#M58193</link>
      <description>Wow!!! Incredible results!!</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Feb 2014 21:33:56 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Card-Approvals/Okay-Huge-app-spree-complete-Here-are-the-results/m-p/2782045#M58193</guid>
      <dc:creator>baller4life</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-02-01T21:33:56Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Okay--Huge app spree complete....Here are the results:</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Card-Approvals/Okay-Huge-app-spree-complete-Here-are-the-results/m-p/2782057#M58196</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Great story it gives me motivation to do the some &lt;img id="smileyhappy" class="emoticon emoticon-smileyhappy" src="https://ficoforums.myfico.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-happy.gif" alt="Smiley Happy" title="Smiley Happy" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Feb 2014 21:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Card-Approvals/Okay-Huge-app-spree-complete-Here-are-the-results/m-p/2782057#M58196</guid>
      <dc:creator>credit-hunter</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-02-01T21:50:00Z</dc:date>
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