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My son recently applied for Navy Federal. He is 19 and in the Air Force. He's wants to start working on establishing credit. His application was denied. Advise that he contacts them directly. He's been banking with Navy Federal for awhile. So if not Navy Federal what card do you suggest?
Usually Navy is pretty easy to get an approval from.
Did they offer him a secure card?
" Advise that he contacts them directly." I would follow up on that .. JMHO
He has no open accounts. At least not you our knowledge. I know with joining the Airforce he has to have good credit. They check and I'm sure they would have said something. I believed he applied for the ahi rewards card(blue).
@Anonymous wrote:He has no open accounts. At least not you our knowledge. I know with joining the Airforce he has to have good credit. They check and I'm sure they would have said something. I believed he applied for the ahi rewards card(blue).
Could be something as simple as ID verification .. We could only guess at this point.
I highly recommend to follow up with contacting them. Per their request.
Thank you
@Anonymous I agree with what has been said above.
I am sorry to hear that he was declined.
I would also suggest waiting for the denial letter for the specific reasons that he was declined. And while you are at it, you can ask your son to pull all three credit reports from annualcreditreport.com and review his reports for inaccuracies (its free once a week till next year).
Navy usually pulls Transunion for credit cards. Worst case scenario, he could apply for the secured card if all else fails. Navy has a great secured card (as does Discover).
Also, I hope you are a member as well. Under normal circumstances, Navy is very generous with credit limits.
Good luck, keep us posted.
I'd call, or wait for the denial letter to arrive and see what it says, then go from there.
@Anonymous wrote:My son recently applied for Navy Federal. He is 19 and in the Air Force. He's wants to start working on establishing credit. His application was denied. Advise that he contacts them directly. He's been banking with Navy Federal for awhile. So if not Navy Federal what card do you suggest?
You should have him pull his three reports from annualcreditreport.com That is the official site and you can pull weekly for free through April something. Everyone should pull their reports actually. Knowledge is power.
And... that NAVY SSL is essential, easy and a no brainer.
Navy Pulled Equifax for me.
@Anonymous wrote:@Anonymous I agree with what has been said above.
I am sorry to hear that he was declined.
I would also suggest waiting for the denial letter for the specific reasons that he was declined. And while you are at it, you can ask your son to pull all three credit reports from annualcreditreport.com and review his reports for inaccuracies (its free once a week till next year).
Navy usually pulls Transunion for credit cards. Worst case scenario, he could apply for the secured card if all else fails. Navy has a great secured card (as does Discover).
Also, I hope you are a member as well. Under normal circumstances, Navy is very generous with credit limits.
Good luck, keep us posted.