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American Express Gold Card (May 2020): $6000 Limit

American Express Blue Cash Preferred (July 2019): $18,000 Limit

Discover it (April 2018): $9,000 Limit

Chase Freedom (December 2019): $4,000 Limit

Capitol one Quicksilver (October 2018): $3,000 Limit

Kia Forte EX 2020 $17,488 @ 3.7% 72m

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Congratulations on your approval!

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Congratulations on your Amex Gold approval!

Current Cards (in order of approval):

Current FICO 8 | 9 (February 2024):

Credit Age:

Inquiries (6/12/24):

Banks & CUs:

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Congrats on your Amex Gold approval!

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Congrats on your Amex Gold approval!

Current FICO 8:

US Bank Cash+ (PC from Perks+) | 05/2007 | $10,000

Dillards | 02/2008 | $4,600

AMEX Blue Cash Preferred (PC from Blue) | 09/2008 | $25,000

Best Buy | 10/2008 | $4,300

Target MC | 03/2009 | $10,500

Kohl's | 08/2009 | $3,000

Lowe's | 09/2009 | $35,000

US Bank LOC | 03/2010 | $500

US Bank Cash+ (PC from Platinum) | 12/2014 | $20,000

Goldman Sachs' Apple Card | 08/2019 | $26,000

Chase Freedom Unlimited | 09/2019 | $16,000

Chase Amazon Prime | 04/2020 | $24,000

AMEX Cash Magnet | 04/2021 | $10,000

US Bank Altitude Go | 05/2021 | $25,000

Elan Max Cash Preferred | 05/2021 | $25,000

Citi Custom Cash | 07/2021 | $17,600

FNBO Evergreen Rewards | 07/2021 | $25,000

Discover It | 07/2021 | $14,500

X1 | 03/2022 | $28,500

Affinity FCU Cash Rewards | 04/2022 | $32,500

Affinity FCU CLOC | 04/2022 | $10,000

Chase Freedom Flex | 09/2023 | $23,500

US Bank Altitude Reserve | 09/2023 | $15,000

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Yay! Congratulations!

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Congrats on your AmEx Gold Card approval.

Starting FICO 8 Score in 06/2019: EQ-625, TU-649, EX-640
Current FICO 8 Score in 06/2021: EQ-796, TU-806, EX-812
Goal FICO 8 Score in 06/2022: EQ-825, TU-850, EX-850

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Congrats on your AMEX approval! 🎉👍🏼

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Congrats!

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Great approval, congratulations to you!

NFCU More Rewards 28K CL
NFCU Cash Rewards 16K CL
Citi Custom Cash 7.5K CL
AODFCU Visa Sig 5K CL
Discover IT 2.5K CL
Capital One QS 3600 CL

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