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So here's the story. I have been gardening for about six-eight months now, just to improve my odds of being approved for a Sallie Mae MC. I was denied in late august and the again earlier this month for apping to recently. I was automatically denied by Barclay's system and a hard pull was not done in my report because my apps were to close to one another. However, i was given the option to app over the phone and have it pushed through by one of their credit analysis. I declined politely, as i had paid off some balances so i thought it would be more beneficial to just wait until my pif reported. Fast foward to today, and my balances have reported (i am guessing it was today because FICO 08 from discover bumped up 13pts and CK shows my utl at 4% rather then the 8% that was reporting last month). Here's my question for yall, since paying off some balances i have received a couple sp clis, one being from amex and the other being from cap1, should i wait until by new cls report or just pull the trigger as my Discover FICO is at 738? CK and a similar site are reporting a single inquiry on my TU but i pulled it earlier this week and i think there is a total of 3 "regular" inquiries.
id pull the trigger now unless we are talking substantial change in your CL's and making them new highest CL's you have.
How many account have you opened in the last 6 months? Honestly you should be fine...What was the previous reason for denial last august i believe?
@jzamarripa3220 wrote:
Thanks for the replies,
And yeah actually, my amex went to 10k (my highest limit by 5000) and my cap1 went to 5k ( my second highest limit). Before that my war and second highest limits were amex at 6k and BofA at 3.3k
I also haven't applied for anything since the SM denial. Their reason what too many INQ/ too many new accounts. I have been holding out.
id wait for the new CL's to report.
@Creditaddict wrote:
@jzamarripa3220 wrote:
Thanks for the replies,
And yeah actually, my amex went to 10k (my highest limit by 5000) and my cap1 went to 5k ( my second highest limit). Before that my war and second highest limits were amex at 6k and BofA at 3.3k
I also haven't applied for anything since the SM denial. Their reason what too many INQ/ too many new accounts. I have been holding out.id wait for the new CL's to report.
^+1 Barclay's likes to match new CL's.. If you don't get it on initial approval being a good limit you can call and recon and ask them to meet your X credit line and they usually will unless it is Nasa or NFCU type of thing. I would say they will deff match Cap one and possibly even amex. Best of luck when you actually apply!
@jzamarripa3220 wrote:
Thanks guys. I just called amex and they said they will most likely have my new cl reported on the ninth next month, which is when this months billing cycle ends. Now I gotta wait two more weeks. How lame on their part!
haha, pretty standard to report on the statement