cancel
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

Tempted to app for discover.

tag
Anonymous
Not applicable

Tempted to app for discover.

For some reason I really want a discover card. I've tried apping for them a few times all with no goes. It's always a different reason. Either accounts are too new, past charge offs (2 cap ones) and a 90 day late, loan amounts paid to loan ratio for mortgage, or the best one out of all of them low credit line available because at the time I had a 300 dollar secure card. So I know my newest account is 3 months old and oldest opened credit card is a year old which they would still deny me for age of accounts. Has anyone been able to get in with discover with negatives still reporting?
Message 1 of 20
19 REPLIES 19
RonM21
Valued Contributor

Re: Tempted to app for discover.

I did 3 years ago. At the time I had several 30 day lates on a paid car loan from 2010 (Santander issue). I can't remember my fico score at that time, but I want to say it was around 670.


Total CL: $321.7kUTL: 2%AAoA: 7.0yrsBaddies: 0Other: Lease, Loan, *No Mortgage, All Inq's from Jun '20 Car Shopping

BoA-55k | NFCU-45k | AMEX-42k | DISC-40.6k | PENFED-38.4k | LOWES-35k | ALLIANT-25k | CITI-15.7k | BARCLAYS-15k | CHASE-10k

Message 2 of 20
Anonymous
Not applicable

Re: Tempted to app for discover.

My scores are a little higher, I think I more less posted to be talked out of it as opposed to wasting a HI
Message 3 of 20
Anonymous
Not applicable

Re: Tempted to app for discover.

Did you try their prequal?
Message 4 of 20
Anonymous
Not applicable

Re: Tempted to app for discover.

Of course I tried it. Just a range on the prequal. I've wasted about 6 pulls with discover and I know they're not letting me in any time soon
Message 5 of 20
Anonymous
Not applicable

Re: Tempted to app for discover.

If I were you I wouldn't apply with them again for some time.  You've already been denied multiple times and not enough has changed with your profile to increase the odds of a different decision being yielded if I'm being honest.

 

I have a 90 day late and a 120 day late one 2 different accounts and I was approved for Discover about 3 weeks ago, but I also have an AAoA of 7-8 years with my oldest account being 16 years... and I only had 1 inquiry and no accounts opened in the last 15 months.  So, they definitely were able to overlook my baddies as everything else was pretty solid.

 

I think your best bet is to age you file for at least another 6 months but preferably a year without applying for anything (or much) else.  With your AAoA growing a year and no new inquiries along with past inquiries falling off I would imagine your chances will be much greater.  Your score will probably be 40-50 points higher too which of course is indicative of better chances of approval.

Message 6 of 20
Anonymous
Not applicable

Re: Tempted to app for discover.

I agree with brutalbodyshots u should wait 6 mos to a year before u apply for discover. I applied for amex a year ago and was denied; i waited a year with pretty much no inquiries and my scores had all increased over that time so when I reapplied for amex I was approved. So again wait 6mo to ayear with no inquiries and you should be Gold.

Message 7 of 20
Anonymous
Not applicable

Re: Tempted to app for discover.

I'm not too worried about it, can take it or leave it honestly. I have plenty of other cards that do work better for my spending habits and nice limits from Chase, Bofa, Amex, us bank and what not. It's just more of a I can't have it so I want it more
Message 8 of 20
Anonymous
Not applicable

Re: Tempted to app for discover.

I applied few months and was denied due to 2 couple collections. I didn't wasn't to take another chance so I just applied for their secured version and let it unsecure over time.
Message 9 of 20
Anonymous
Not applicable

Re: Tempted to app for discover.

I'm not interested in having anymore secured cards when I have cards with higher limits and a Chase siggy. To take on a secured card it would be a step back for me
Message 10 of 20
Advertiser Disclosure: The offers that appear on this site are from third party advertisers from whom FICO receives compensation.