Too soon for an Ink App?

[Anonymous]

Hey everyone,

I am cooling my heels in the garden while I wait to close on my home. Hopefully all will go well and I'll close on time May 3. I'm keeping myself entertained by dreaming about the cards I will apply for after I close. Not only will I have furnishings to pay for this year, but I'm getting married and I'm planing a modest wedding and honeymoon. The plan is to apply for the chase ink( I have a small side buisness), and combine the points with the existing URs from my CSP and Freedom. My concern is that I just got Freedom and CSP July 2015. Should I get something else to help with the purchases and miles and app for the Ink after my year is up? I currently have 4 cards in the two year period. 

Also has anyone applied for a card right before they moved? I plan on apping as soon as I close and possibly moving two weeks later. It's possible that I wouldn't know the outcome of the ink application. I've heard stories of 20+ days. 

[Anonymous]

The Ink card is a business card.  Do you have a business as I don't see it mentioned in your post...

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Hey everyone,

I am cooling my heels in the garden while I wait to close on my home. Hopefully all will go well and I'll close on time May 3. I'm keeping myself entertained by dreaming about the cards I will apply for after I close. Not only will I have furnishings to pay for this year, but I'm getting married and I'm planing a modest wedding and honeymoon. The plan is to apply for the chase ink( I have a small side buisness), and combine the points with the existing URs from my CSP and Freedom. My concern is that I just got Freedom and CSP July 2015. Should I get something else to help with the purchases and miles and app for the Ink after my year is up? I currently have 4 cards in the two year period. 

Also has anyone applied for a card right before they moved? I plan on apping as soon as I close and possibly moving two weeks later. It's possible that I wouldn't know the outcome of the ink application. I've heard stories of 20+ days. 

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You're fine timewise to apply for the Ink+.  You don't need to wait a year after the other cards.   As for the move, you might be better waiting until after so that there's no screwup in delivering the card to you.

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:

The Ink card is a business card.  Do you have a business as I don't see it mentioned in your post...

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Yes- Its- Me you must have missed it.  I posted above that I do have a small side buisness, I didn't go into detail because I wasn't asking if I qualified for the card. But since you askeed, despite my typo written posts on the forum,  I'm a published fiction author and have been for 14 years.  I have 6 books, 7 if you count the 2nd addition and 9 if you count the two that have been translated into Spanish and French.  I travel to cons, buy office supplies, pay for internet and phone, web etc and have an accountant who writes all those things off for me come tax time.  I also write off my home office space, and a lot of reading and marketing materials.  I generally use travel for research and therefore I can write off most of it. 

My IRS tax documentation says "writer", however I do ride a desk doing IT/ Operations work for the medical insurance and 401K contributions.  Does that qualify me as having a buisness? 

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:

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@Anonymous wrote:

Hey everyone,

I am cooling my heels in the garden while I wait to close on my home. Hopefully all will go well and I'll close on time May 3. I'm keeping myself entertained by dreaming about the cards I will apply for after I close. Not only will I have furnishings to pay for this year, but I'm getting married and I'm planing a modest wedding and honeymoon. The plan is to apply for the chase ink( I have a small side buisness), and combine the points with the existing URs from my CSP and Freedom. My concern is that I just got Freedom and CSP July 2015. Should I get something else to help with the purchases and miles and app for the Ink after my year is up? I currently have 4 cards in the two year period. 

Also has anyone applied for a card right before they moved? I plan on apping as soon as I close and possibly moving two weeks later. It's possible that I wouldn't know the outcome of the ink application. I've heard stories of 20+ days. 

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You're fine timewise to apply for the Ink+.  You don't need to wait a year after the other cards.   As for the move, you might be better waiting until after so that there's no screwup in delivering the card to you.

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Thanks Irish. I was thinking I should probaly wait.  When I got the CSP I asked them to mail it to my IT jobs because recpetion could sign for it. I'm thinking that might be a bad idea for a buisness card ;-).

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:

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@Anonymous wrote:

The Ink card is a business card.  Do you have a business as I don't see it mentioned in your post...

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Yes- Its- Me you must have missed it.  I posted above that I do have a small side buisness, I didn't go into detail because I wasn't asking if I qualified for the card. But since you askeed, despite my typo written posts on the forum,  I'm a published fiction author and have been for 14 years.  I have 6 books, 7 if you count the 2nd addition and 9 if you count the two that have been translated into Spanish and French.  I travel to cons, buy office supplies, pay for internet and phone, web etc and have an accountant who writes all those things off for me come tax time.  I also write off my home office space, and a lot of reading and marketing materials.  I generally use travel for research and therefore I can write off most of it. 

My IRS tax documentation says "writer", however I do ride a desk doing IT/ Operations work for the medical insurance and 401K contributions.  Does that qualify me as having a buisness? 

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Yes, you're qualified

[Anonymous]

Thanks much, Irish!

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Thanks much, Irish!

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You're very welcome.  Enjoy the card when you do apply and are approved.

[driftless]

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@Anonymous wrote:

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@Anonymous wrote:

The Ink card is a business card.  Do you have a business as I don't see it mentioned in your post...

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Yes- Its- Me you must have missed it.  I posted above that I do have a small side buisness, I didn't go into detail because I wasn't asking if I qualified for the card. But since you askeed, despite my typo written posts on the forum,  I'm a published fiction author and have been for 14 years.  I have 6 books, 7 if you count the 2nd addition and 9 if you count the two that have been translated into Spanish and French.  I travel to cons, buy office supplies, pay for internet and phone, web etc and have an accountant who writes all those things off for me come tax time.  I also write off my home office space, and a lot of reading and marketing materials.  I generally use travel for research and therefore I can write off most of it. 

My IRS tax documentation says "writer", however I do ride a desk doing IT/ Operations work for the medical insurance and 401K contributions.  Does that qualify me as having a buisness? 

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That is pretty darn cool!