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@baller4life wrote:
Call tomorrow and demand a supervisor. They are also loan officers. Let them know given your profile you except a larger limit. What is the highest limit you have reporting?
Highest is 50K (2). The 20K they approved me for is my 2nd to the lowest which is 15K. I'm not complaining...20K is 20K! ![]()
@android01 wrote:
@baller4life wrote:
Call tomorrow and demand a supervisor. They are also loan officers. Let them know given your profile you except a larger limit. What is the highest limit you have reporting?Highest is 50K (2). The 20K they approved me for is my 2nd to the lowest which is 15K. I'm not complaining...20K is 20K!
OK definitely ask for $50k. Tell them you want to make it your main card. However, you need for it to match your two highest cards since you do not like to utilize too much of your limit.
Product approved and Limit: Platinum Rewards 20k
EQ Fico Score: 850
Penfed Nextgen Score: Unknown
AAOA: 13.6 years
Derogs?: 0
Util: 1%
Total EQ Inquiries:0
Last 12 months: 0
Last 6 months: 0
New Accounts in last 12 months: 0
Last 6 months: 0
@baller4life wrote:
@android01 wrote:
@baller4life wrote:
Call tomorrow and demand a supervisor. They are also loan officers. Let them know given your profile you except a larger limit. What is the highest limit you have reporting?Highest is 50K (2). The 20K they approved me for is my 2nd to the lowest which is 15K. I'm not complaining...20K is 20K!
OK definitely ask for $50k. Tell them you want to make it your main card. However, you need for it to match your two highest cards since you do not like to utilize too much of your limit.
Sounds good. I'll give it a shot and see what happens!
@android01 wrote:
@Justagirl73 wrote:Is there anything in the action box?
@android01 wrote:
@android01 wrote:Application still in review. I got an alert for an inquiry on EQ, so they've made it that far. I bet I'll have to wait until Monday.
As one poster mentioned, maybe my CR is to good to be true for instant approvals anymore. My 2015 card was a Venture, which wasn't an instant approval, and my 2014 card was Diners Club which wasn't instant either. Oh well, we'll see what happens!
Well, there's now a green check in the "review" box on the applications page and it's moved to "almost done".
So, it's moving....slowly
Yes. I hit continue and found out I was approved. The CL is a little light though....
I covet your APR. You'll get a higher limit. My starting limit (after calling back and speaking with a rep) is $15K. I wanted to do balance transfers. She took my info, put me on hold and came back within a couple of minutes with $15K instead of the original $5K. I think it shouldn't take much conversation at all for them to move up your limit.
Oh.... congrats ![]()
Congrats! I still haven't called to recon my limit. I got so excited because I had 2 envelopes in the mail today from Penfed, so I assumed I got my card. Nope! Penfed played with my emotions.... It was a benefactor signature paper and a telephone confirmation memo 😖
@Android1
When I see your EQ stats and perfect 850 score that only got you a measly $20K limit with PenFed I feel like this.

@android01 wrote:Product approved and Limit: Platinum Rewards 20k
EQ Fico Score: 850
Penfed Nextgen Score: Unknown
AAOA: 13.6 years
Derogs?: 0
Util: 1%
Total EQ Inquiries:0
Last 12 months: 0
Last 6 months: 0
New Accounts in last 12 months: 0
Last 6 months: 0
Beautiful! , but definitely recon the SL for 50K.
As other posters have stated mention your other limits etc.
You can add some cherries if you are thinking of doing Auto or Home Financing etc.
Ohhhhh and please keep us posted ! I am living vicariously through you now..
Because I have as much luck of having a 850 Trifecta as in spotting a Rainbow Unicorn !
@baller4life wrote:
@kugel wrote:
60 days in the 90 days is a good time asking for a cli ?
Or to wait after second statement cuts is on the 73 dayI would wait till after 2nd statement
I agree. I hit it at 77 days, which was well after my second statement.
I have been lurking at myFiico for awhile and have spent about 5 hours over the last 24 hours reading this entire thread. It has been a great learning experience and high praise goes out to baller for keeping this thread interesting. I figured it was now time to pay it forward with my data points as I just appled a couple hours ago.
Product(s) approved and Limit: $5k, PenFed Platinum Rewards
EQ 08 Fico: 698 (EQ Fico Bankcard Score 9 - 747)
Penfed Nextgen: ??
Instant or Review?: Initially "Under Review" then approved within an hour (on a Sunday)
POI?: No
AAOA: 8 per EQ (oldest is 15.9 years)
Derogs?: 3 paid collections each under $150, 2 of which were medical. One CO of $4.5k 5-6 years ago.
Util: 1-2%
Total EQ Inquiries: 8
Last 12 months: 5
Last 6 months: 2
New Accounts in last 12 months: 3
Last 6 months: 2
No lates or derogs in the last 40 months.
So now the challenge begins in getting this credit line up and I'm looking for suggustions from the PenFed experts.
I was hoping for a much larger limit as my high limit is on a Cap1 Ventures @ $30k that I opened in February of this year, I also have a $15k Cap1 Ventures One and a $9k CSP. Income is six figures. I keep my utilization under 2% with a total RCL of $54,730.
Since I opened the Cap1 Venture in February I have been putting on average $50k on that card each month (I pay in full every Friday and on the date the statement closes so a limited amount reports) as I use that card for business expenses. So my question to the PenFed gurus is how to best go about getting a CLI?
1) Call an request immediately and provide Cap1 statement activity to justiy CLI request?
2) Call but avoid mention of Cap1 statement activity as I've read it can be frowned upon to use personal card for business expenses?
3) Email?
4) Wait until I get survey and request?
Based on 200+ pages of comments here I think the answer is to call right away but I'm not sure if I try and use the Cap1 activity to leverage.
Thoughts?
Thanks All.