No love from CITI

[Cleaningitup2016]

My gf has a higher CS than I (upper 600's), and was denied best buy store card.

Seems like I seldom here of people getting approved for CITI store cards.

They must be pickier with credit than comenity or sync

[Anonymous]

What was the reason for denial?  Looking into the problem will give you some direction on what to fix so that next time you may be approved.

[K-in-Boston]

CBNA store cards are a bit different than regular Citi cards and they are certainly YMMV.  I've not had luck with CBNA over the years.  Shell card opened 2002 @ $500, CLI to $2025 after taking a convenience check offer that year where it stayed until I closed it 14 years later. NTB card opened 2009 @ $1000 where it stayed until I also closed it last year.  Home Depot card opened @ $1250 in 2011, took 8-10 HPs over the years and they would never increase it even though I used it constantly as much as the tiny line would allow (closed it the day after I got a Lowe's with a $17k starting line last year).  Meanwhile, I opened an actual Citi card last year with a starting line in the $5000s.  My wife on the other hand had no problem getting a CLI from $2k to $10k on her 20 year-old Best Buy card (which was a CapOne card until about 4 years ago).

[Anonymous]

Has your gf been approved for other CITI cards recently?. Citi is pretty stingy when it comes to inquiries