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AMEX initial credit limit

Anonymous — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 00:11:21 GMT

Hi,

I am interested in applying for an AMEX card as it is one of the few main cards i do not have. My question is what are some typical initial credit limits??

My info:

FICO 779

Experian 752

UTIL: less than 10%

AVG Age: 4 years

Household Income: approx. 110K

No bankrupt, collections, delinqt.

No missed payments

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Re: AMEX initial credit limit

chalupaman — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 00:13:04 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
Hi,
I am interested in applying for an AMEX card as it is one of the few main cards i do not have. My question is what are some typical initial credit limits??

My info:
FICO 779
Experian 752
UTIL: less than 10%
AVG Age: 4 years
Household Income: approx. 110K
No bankrupt, collections, delinqt.
No missed payments

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Everything seems to look pretty good to me. Why don't you check Credit Pulls and see what other people have gotten with your scores and go from there?

Is there any Amex card in particular that you want?

Re: AMEX initial credit limit

Anonymous — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 00:15:32 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
Hi,
I am interested in applying for an AMEX card as it is one of the few main cards i do not have. My question is what are some typical initial credit limits??

My info:
FICO 779
Experian 752
UTIL: less than 10%
AVG Age: 4 years
Household Income: approx. 110K
No bankrupt, collections, delinqt.
No missed payments

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thats a good profile. You should be in with any choice you go with. Unless, there is something that spooks them about your credit profile.

Re: AMEX initial credit limit

Anonymous — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 00:15:59 GMT

I was considering the Blue Preffered Card. I have just heard AMEX sometimes goes with a lower initial credit line. Then does a CLI after 60 days. Id like to take advantage of the balance transfer offer but dont wanna push my UTIL abover 30% if possible. Currently Id be transferring about $4,500.

Thanks for the advice. Im new to this site (just signed up) so im still getting used to navigating this forum and what it has to offer.

Re: AMEX initial credit limit

ojefferyo — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 00:16:10 GMT

There's no telling what they would give you.

Re: AMEX initial credit limit

Anonymous — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 00:16:43 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
Hi,
I am interested in applying for an AMEX card as it is one of the few main cards i do not have. My question is what are some typical initial credit limits??

My info:
FICO 779
Experian 752
UTIL: less than 10%
AVG Age: 4 years
Household Income: approx. 110K
No bankrupt, collections, delinqt.
No missed payments

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

You look good to me. I'd feel comfortable loaning you some money. I'd guess at least 5k.

Re: AMEX initial credit limit

Anonymous — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 00:17:33 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
I was considering the Blue Preffered Card. I have just heard AMEX sometimes goes with a lower initial credit line. Then does a CLI after 60 days. Id like to take advantage of the balance transfer offer but dont wanna push my UTIL abover 30% if possible. Currently Id be transferring about $4,500.

Thanks for the advice. Im new to this site (just signed up) so im still getting used to navigating this forum and what it has to offer.

Welcome.. You will like it. I have the card and got it recently. You should be good to go. I bet you will be given a good limit. Keep us posted.

Re: AMEX initial credit limit

Billybob_TX — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 00:30:40 GMT

You look good for a 10K+ limit IMO.

Re: AMEX initial credit limit

Anonymous — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 00:30:42 GMT

I have never heard anyone on here BT to an AMEX before. I was under the impression everyone is terrified of carrying a balance on AMEX. This should be interesting to see how it turns out. Your profile supports a pretty nice initial starting CL. I would assume it would be between 5-10K. Let us know once you apply and good luck! It seems to me that Income is more directly tied to CL and scores are more closely tied to APRs. This is purely empirical data, by the way.

Re: AMEX initial credit limit

Anonymous — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 00:34:47 GMT

Yea, i have never personally known anyone to BT to AMEX either. Ive been itching to get one for a while, and seen they had a 15 month 0% BT offer. I have been working to get my credit score to a place where I could hopefully get a solid initial CL. I will keep posted on how it turns out.

Re: AMEX initial credit limit

ways2go — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 06:50:02 GMT

I don't know why some people are afraid to carry a balance on Amex, if it's a revolver. I've been carrying a balance since end of july about 3k. They even given me a auto-cli of 2k on my TE card a few weeks ago.

Re: AMEX initial credit limit

takeshi74 — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 14:09:03 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
My question is what are some typical initial credit limits??

Credit and income determine limit. You can't just rely on what others get to tell you what you would get. As suggested above you can Google and review the credit pulls database and that's about as close as it gets to what you're asking for.

@Anonymous wrote:
Then does a CLI after 60 days.

AmEx isn't guaranteed to grant a CLI after 60 days. You can request a CLI after 60 days. Definitely read the 3x CLI Guide. It should be linked in the Helpful Threads sticky.

@Anonymous wrote:
I have never heard anyone on here BT to an AMEX before.

I have.

@Anonymous wrote:
I was under the impression everyone is terrified of carrying a balance on AMEX.

A lot of people rely on the notion that "AmEx hates balances" but that's a gross oversimplification. A lot people are also concerned that any action they take may trigger an FR. You always have to consider the source.

Re: AMEX initial credit limit

Anonymous — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 14:18:54 GMT

Thank You takeshi74 for the input, i am new to this site and appreciate any and all feedback!

Re: AMEX initial credit limit

lhcole77 — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 14:29:33 GMT

My stats were nearly identical to yours in June 2013 when I applied. They started me at $9,500.

Re: AMEX initial credit limit

Anonymous — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 14:35:33 GMT

Thank You lhcole77! i know its hard to predict what CL im must trying to gather as much info as possible.

Re: AMEX initial credit limit

taxi818 — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 14:49:24 GMT

@ways2go wrote:
I don't know why some people are afraid to carry a balance on Amex, if it's a revolver. I've been carrying a balance since end of july about 3k. They even given me a auto-cli of 2k on my TE card a few weeks ago.

Yes overrated the talk here. I carried balance. Got my 3x cli despite balance. As far as how much you get. Amex has it's own determination. I got 3500starting on delta. Now at 10.500 in 2 months. So who knows.

Re: AMEX initial credit limit

Dw4250 — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 15:16:38 GMT

@takeshi74 wrote:
A lot of people rely on the notion that "AmEx hates balances" but that's a gross oversimplification. A lot people are also concerned that any action they take may trigger an FR. You always have to consider the source.

+1000

AMEX would not offer revolving credit if they were not OK with people carrying balances and/or BT. The fact that they have expanded their offerings of revolving credit products in recent years proves that they make PLENTY of money from these cards.

Banks care about two things: Making money and managing their risk. But making money definitely takes precedent. So if they are making money from you, and you are not showing yourself to be a major credit risk, they will continue to grant credit.

Takeshi is so right about considering sources. OP, take every absolute delaration you read with a grain of salt. If you read posts on here from someone about how their bank "screwed them" and closed their account "for no reason" even though they have an 800 score, 3% UTL, and make $150K/year...they are either a) not telling the whole story or b) have extremely unusual spending which triggered red flags. If you are a normal credit consumer; pay on time keep your overall UTL at a reasonable level, and use your cards in predictible ways, you have little to fear.

Re: AMEX initial credit limit

Callandra — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 15:34:28 GMT

@Dw4250 wrote:
@takeshi74 wrote:
A lot of people rely on the notion that "AmEx hates balances" but that's a gross oversimplification. A lot people are also concerned that any action they take may trigger an FR. You always have to consider the source.

+1000

AMEX would not offer revolving credit if they were not OK with people carrying balances and/or BT. The fact that they have expanded their offerings of revolving credit products in recent years proves that they make PLENTY of money from these cards.

Banks care about two things: Making money and managing their risk. But making money definitely takes precedent. So if they are making money from you, and you are not showing yourself to be a major credit risk, they will continue to grant credit.

Takeshi is so right about considering sources. OP, take every absolute delaration you read with a grain of salt. If you read posts on here from someone about how their bank "screwed them" and closed their account "for no reason" even though they have an 800 score, 3% UTL, and make $150K/year...they are either a) not telling the whole story or b) have extremely unusual spending which triggered red flags. If you are a normal credit consumer; pay on time keep your overall UTL at a reasonable level, and use your cards in predictible ways, you have little to fear.

Very true...my boyfriend carried a maxed out balance of 1.8k on a 2k card for years making only minimum payments. He BT'd to a 0% card and finally paid it off just a few months ago. He has no lates/baddies/etc so he was never CLD/AA'd. I take everything on here with a grain of salt (as well as the rest of the internet) as there is often more to the story than posters might let on.

Re: AMEX initial credit limit

EvilR-T — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 19:01:21 GMT

I applied for that card 4 months ago. 80k income, 760 score, 13% ratio, AAoA 3.6 and was approved for $5500 with a 3x cli to $16500 last month.

Re: AMEX initial credit limit

OnTheRebound — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 19:48:36 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
Hi,
I am interested in applying for an AMEX card as it is one of the few main cards i do not have. My question is what are some typical initial credit limits??

My info:
FICO 779
Experian 752
UTIL: less than 10%
AVG Age: 4 years
Household Income: approx. 110K
No bankrupt, collections, delinqt.
No missed payments

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I was expecting $2K on my BCE maybe $5K if I was lucky. I got $11,100.00 instantly. My scores are higher than yours but only $33K income. I think you may be pleasantly surprised.