Congratulations!
What a great feeling! Was just approved for mine yesterday 
Congrats!
@CreditInspired wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:Really happy about this surprising approval!
I applied and was accepted for the Amex Gold card earlier today.
Since I could not have done it without this forum I thought I'd share my stats for anyone else interested in the card.
19 years old
AAoA is 7.5 months
2 Accounts
Oldest account is a federal student loan: 8 months, $5,500.
Disco It student card: 7 months, never carried a balance and always under 8% utilization.
Credit Karma shows TU 729, EQ: 715.
Amex pulled Experian but I don't know what that score is. I assume slightly higher than the others because it had no inquiries.
I was pre-qualified for the card and when visiting the website in incognito mode I was able to get the 50,000 MR point offer for 2k spend in 3 months!
Big thanks to everyone else for sharing their stats.
Bravo, Bravo. You’re off to a great start at only 19 yo. I thought one couldnt get CCs until 21. Guess I read that wrong somewhere. Anyway, congrats.
I don’t know about now, but 30 years ago when I was an undergrad, credit card companies were all over my campus. You could pull applications off of message boards(the old school kind) right beside flyers for someone looking for a roommate.
NFCU GoRewards Sig ($40,000), NFCU Cash Rewards ($33,000), PenFed Power Cash ($25,000), FNBO Evergreen Visa ($20,000), Bread Financial Rewards Amex ($19,150), PNC Cash Rewards ($18,400), PNC Cashbuilder ($18,700) , Citi Double Cash ($9600), Discover It Cash ($9000), Walmart MC ($8000), Bank of America Unlimited Cash Rewards ($7500), Fifth Third Unlimited Cash Back Mastercard ($7500), Wells Fargo Active Cash Sig($7000), Apple Card ($6000), Amex BCE($6000), Amex ED($6600), X1 Card ($5000), PNC Points ($8000), Amex Cash Magnet($2000), Fifth Third Truly Simple ($4000), Truist Spectrum Cash Rewards($4500), Truist Bright Card($4500), CapOne Quicksilver(Bucketed @$1500), US Bank Cash+ ($5,000), US Bank Cash+ ($1,000), WF mortgage 195K Fico 8: EQ 766, TU 763, EX 753, FICO 9:EQ 829, TU 812, EX 791, AAoA-97 months, AoOA-28 years
@Brian_Earl_Spilner wrote:I have no idea how you guys do the incognito thing. Once I punch in my info, amex recognizes me and forces me to log in.
To view offers in Incognito Mode, you need to navigate to the card you're interested in BEFORE entering any personal information.
This of course, assumes that you've completed clearly your browser history before going to the website. So using Amex as an example, clear your browser cache/history, then open an incognito window and go to Amex's website. Scroll through the cards to the one you want and you should see the enhanced offer.
Using this method I was able to get the same offer as the OP:
Compared to the public offer when view in a regular browser window:
@CreditInspired wrote:
@Brian_Earl_Spilner wrote:I have no idea how you guys do the incognito thing. Once I punch in my info, amex recognizes me and forces me to log in.
Hi @Anonymous
How to search in incognito mode
https://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch001378.htm
I know how to use incognito mode. The issue is once my personal info is entered, the app is stopped and I'm prompted to log in, where I have to go through the cards page to apply. I can't submit an app in incognito.
@Anonymous wrote:
@Brian_Earl_Spilner wrote:I have no idea how you guys do the incognito thing. Once I punch in my info, amex recognizes me and forces me to log in.
To view offers in Incognito Mode, you need to navigate to the card you're interested in BEFORE entering any personal information.
This of course, assumes that you've completed clearly your browser history before going to the website. So using Amex as an example, clear your browser cache/history, then open an incognito window and go to Amex's website. Scroll through the cards to the one you want and you should see the enhanced offer.
Using this method I was able to get the same offer as the OP:
Compared to the public offer when view in a regular browser window:
Ok, I'll give that a shot. Thanks.