@Anonymous wrote:
Thanks for the advice! That’s what I was thinking. So far I’ve charged and paid $2,300 on the card. Increased my scores up to an average of 675 but still waiting for my other accounts to report 0 balances. Hopefully after 2-3 months of similar spend and payments they’ll take another look. It was worth a shot at the 60k miles though.
Keep doing what you're doing!
I too burned them on an old Optima card (the original revolver, not the current "penalty box" version). Was blacklisted 10+ years. Finally one day about two years ago they let me back in. Grabbed a Platinum charge and an Everyday card. The Everyday was $1000. Hey, I screwed them, so I wasn't complaining about the limit. I was chasing the SUB on both the Platinum and ED so I did like you're doing now, and used the hell out of it. Never carrying a balance, making multiple payments, etc. 61 days later I got my 3x CLI. Shortly after, I apped for the BCE and was approved for $7,100. So in less than 3 months I went from the blacklist to 10K of credit. My last Amex app was the SPG a few months ago. That was an approval with a $16,100 SL. (not sure why AMEX likes to start me off with the odd $x100 limits, but its what it is)
I also have the Gold card which is my go-to card, so it gets used heavily. Moral of the story is that it can be done! You'll have to prove yourself, but once they're comfortable with you, you'll be fine.
