Yayyyy Me!! Joined the Amex Family in April, got approved for $3,500 with the BCP! Was kind of sad due to the low line of credit (was generous to finally be apart of the family though) and because I usually only get increases every 6 months, and I thought I would have to spend 10k in order to get to that increase, but lord behold I stumbled upon this post!! (Thanks so much!!!) I had got it in the mail on the 7-8th and activated on the April 10th. Spent the whole 3,500 ($3,493) by the end of april/early may; got the bonus $150, and then paid K in may, and finish the rest of the payment 4 days before the request for increase (June 6th) [Cycle ends on the 14th] but I wanted to give the payment time to go through, but this morning I put the 3x request in for 10,500 and submitted my income and all that good stuff, and WAlllahhhhhhh approved!! $10,500! 
Was scared at first due to the fact I thought I was asking for too much, (was just just going to ask for 8k) due to my limited but excellent credit history, but I went for it and yipeeeee stoked and excited!!!! Now my utilization will always stay below 2-10% mixed with my other cards Thanks for the guide!!!! P.S. I guess I asked on the (62nd day) to be safe. So if you follow my post, and your in my age group and shooting for the same limit/card don't be scared to go through my rambling, it might help! -LJ 8) #AmexFamily
Tip: Oh btw, they do soft checks every month on your accounts, so make sure after your first statement, you order a report then dispute your report online, go to inquiries, and under amex account, and amex inquiries (not hard pulls) check when they check it, and make sure your accounts are in low utilization/you don't have any crazy outstanding balances on the day they check, so that when you do ask for that increase your risk level is lower (since your risk level is based off that last soft pull that, they give every month); and I don't think you have to pay your account off before you ask for the request, but I would do so if your credit history is limited like mines/ just to be safe, but I know you don't have to! -LJ Cheers!
@ReaLiLJ wrote:Yayyyy Me!! Joined the Amex Family in April, got approved for $3,500 with the BCP! Was kind of sad due to the low line of credit (was generous to finally be apart of the family though) and because I usually only get increases every 6 months, and I thought I would have to spend 10k in order to get to that increase, but lord behold I stumbled upon this post!! (Thanks so much!!!) I had got it in the mail on the 7-8th and activated on the April 10th. Spent the whole 3,500 ($3,493) by the end of april/early may; got the bonus $150, and then paid K in may, and finish the rest of the payment 4 days before the request for increase (June 6th) [Cycle ends on the 14th] but I wanted to give the payment time to go through, but this morning I put the 3x request in for 10,500 and submitted my income and all that good stuff, and WAlllahhhhhhh approved!! $10,500!
Tip: Oh btw, they do soft checks every month on your accounts, so make sure after your first statement, you order a report then dispute your report online, go to inquiries, and under amex account, and amex inquiries (not hard pulls) check when they check it, and make sure your accounts are in low utilization/you don't have any crazy outstanding balances on the day they check, so that when you do ask for that increase your risk level is lower (since your risk level is based off that last soft pull that, they give every month); and I don't think you have to pay your account off before you ask for the request, but I would do so if your credit history is limited like mines/ just to be safe, but I know you don't have to! -LJ Cheers!
Congrats!
