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@Anonymous wrote:
Hello, ... Would it be advisable to use that 750 and pay it down to $0 1-2 times a month? Essentially using it for all my purchases (bills, groceries etc ...
Hello.
Your plan should work as well as any other. Spend regularly & pay quickly is a sound approach to let a lender know you are there.
That said, exact Discover methodology is a tough nut to crack. There is no consensus "formula." But you can read many tales of success in the Approval Forum and then decide for yourself. Just search: Discover CLI.
Anecdotally, I went 12 months with zero CLIs. Then I received a healthy CLI in 3 straight months. Neither my spend pattern, nor my scores, changed significantly. In other words, ask often.
@Anonymous wrote:
Hello,
I was recently approved for the Discover IT card and am wondering how best to maximize my future CLI chances/amount.
My initial limit was $750. Would it be advisable to use that 750 and pay it down to $0 1-2 times a month? Essentially using it for all my purchases (bills, groceries etc) and making sure it reports under 10% utilization at statement close. Or is simply making sure utilization reports low my only concern?
My income/debt would easily support any CLI, I am just not sure what behaviors would look best to Discover. If there is a handy posting going over these things feel free to direct me there.
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My suggestion is to just use the card as you normally would.
No magic potion for CLI's. Some report being able to get one after 3rd statement. ..But that is kinda rare.
You can always hit the CLI button any time .. as it is a SP on your report.
@rockstar53 wrote:
... from there you can technically ask every 30 days ...
You can "technically" ask much more often than that.
I'm in the same boat, I was just approved. I read one forum where someone got one at 61, than again at 91. I may try 61 but I'll be sure to use 75% of it and PIF before due date.
I got an auto CLI at three months. I didn't ask for it. Was approved for a SL of $800 (on a 630-something FICO if I recall) and I LOVED, LOVED, LOVED that card. It was my best "real" credit card at the time. (I had a secured Green Dot with a limit of $200 and some store cards too.) And I was so grateful to Disco. (Still am!) I swear I think I sent in payment a few times a week. I'm not sure how much money I put through it in a month, but at least over $1000.
My limit, at about 11 months in, is at $2400. I asked for CLIs twice after that initial auto-one and got accepted each time (for smallish amounts but I'm not complaining). The CLIs would probably would be higher if my income were more. I don't use it as much as I used to (since I got in with Navy) but it gets its fair share of usage and always will.
My advice is to pay a lot of attention to it and pay faithfully. Then the CLIs will happen when they happen.