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Automatic CLI on State Department Federal CU Visa card.....

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Janneman
Valued Contributor

Automatic CLI on State Department Federal CU Visa card.....

I have two visa cards from this credit union. First one was opened in 2021 with SL $10K, and second one was opened in 2023 with SL $20K. Both accounts grew up by automatic CLI all these years wherein first one reached to CL of $35k...and today I got an alert from Experian Credit reporting agency, I logged in and found that my first account's CL got increased from $35k to $40k. I hardly use this account....On both accounts I now total have $70k limit. This CU increases CL automatically everywhere or in one and half year....

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Priory_Man
Valued Contributor

Re: Automatic CLI on State Department Federal CU Visa card.....

Congrats on the CLI, some very good SL's on those cards






"Total revolving credit $300,000 Current UTIL <1%"
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Copenix
Frequent Contributor

Re: Automatic CLI on State Department Federal CU Visa card.....

Always nice with a little love. Congrats on your CLI.

Building credit in the U.S. since January 2022

Current cards:

Total Credit Limit $117.8K | Utilization 0.9%

FICO 8s December 2025


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Rebuild2019
Valued Contributor

Re: Automatic CLI on State Department Federal CU Visa card.....

Congratulations @Janneman on your auto CLI


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AndySoCal
Senior Contributor

Re: Automatic CLI on State Department Federal CU Visa card.....

@Janneman  Congrats on the Auto CLI's  I also have the same card. SDFCU does an account review on the anniversary of the account opening.  I have recieved two auto CLI's as well of 5000 each. I have four auto pays set up for my card.   Again congrats.

FIC Scores XPN v8 805 V2 831 (SDFCU) TUC V 8 800 07/25 EFX Bankcard v8 822 EFX FIC0 v8 807 Vantage score 4.0 817 via JC Penney
JC Penney 10/2008 4,700 US Bank Cash 08/2010 12,000 Citibank Custom Cash 5/2015 14,100, State Dept. FCU 06/2023 25,000 02/2024 Redstone FCU Signature VISA 10,000 08/23/2024 Commonwealth Credit Union 15000 07/25 Walmart One 5000 12/04/25
Banking: Lafayette FCU Fortera FCU State Department FCU Redstone FCU Hughes FCU Commonwealth FCU
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Janneman
Valued Contributor

Re: Automatic CLI on State Department Federal CU Visa card.....


@AndySoCal wrote:

@Janneman  Congrats on the Auto CLI's  I also have the same card. SDFCU does an account review on the anniversary of the account opening.  I have recieved two auto CLI's as well of 5000 each. I have four auto pays set up for my card.   Again congrats.


Thanks. You are right that SDFCU doess an account review on the anniversary of the account opening. However, please know that not all accounts get automatic CLI. In order to receive automatic CLI, one needs to start using the account at least 3 months prior to the anniversary of the account opening, and that purchase could be even $1....but if an account is not used for a few months then no CLI....I charge only a dollar or two just 3 months before my accounts' opening anniversary and have been getting $5k each time except this time when I got $8k....

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JoeRockhead
Community Leader
Super Contributor

Re: Automatic CLI on State Department Federal CU Visa card.....

Very nice growth, congratulations on your new limits!

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AndySoCal
Senior Contributor

Re: Automatic CLI on State Department Federal CU Visa card.....

@Janneman @Thank you for the insight on what the Auto CLI criteria is based on. The SDFCU card is my default go to card to use when I would not get a better reward on another card. 

FIC Scores XPN v8 805 V2 831 (SDFCU) TUC V 8 800 07/25 EFX Bankcard v8 822 EFX FIC0 v8 807 Vantage score 4.0 817 via JC Penney
JC Penney 10/2008 4,700 US Bank Cash 08/2010 12,000 Citibank Custom Cash 5/2015 14,100, State Dept. FCU 06/2023 25,000 02/2024 Redstone FCU Signature VISA 10,000 08/23/2024 Commonwealth Credit Union 15000 07/25 Walmart One 5000 12/04/25
Banking: Lafayette FCU Fortera FCU State Department FCU Redstone FCU Hughes FCU Commonwealth FCU
My personal blacklist Axos Bank, Bank of America, Synchrony Bank Capital One TD Bank Comerica Bank BMO US Bank Wells Fargo
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