BarclayCard Rewards automatically tripled my available credit

[Anonymous]

Just goes to show that people with pretty horrid credit histories can recover.  For most of my adult life, I had two premier bank cards totaling 550 of available credit.  Since cleaning up some baddies on my report, and beginning to practice good credit habits regarding utlization and paying in full before the due date with a secured card, Barclaycard and BoA opened accounts for me with short lines - 500 credit line each.  Today at the 6.5 month mark, got a letter from Barclay stating that based on my payment and account history that they'd be increasing me to $1,500, no soft or hard pulls were made.  For those in my position or in a comparable situation, keep it up, and remember - there really are no shortcuts to repairing your credit.  Stay on the path and don't overextend yourself.

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Just goes to show that people with pretty horrid credit histories can recover.  For most of my adult life, I had two premier bank cards totaling 550 of available credit.  Since cleaning up some baddies on my report, and beginning to practice good credit habits regarding utlization and paying in full before the due date with a secured card, Barclaycard and BoA opened accounts for me with short lines - 500 credit line each.  Today at the 6.5 month mark, got a letter from Barclay stating that based on my payment and account history that they'd be increasing me to $1,500, no soft or hard pulls were made.  For those in my position or in a comparable situation, keep it up, and remember - there really are no shortcuts to repairing your credit.  Stay on the path and don't overextend yourself.

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congrats TL17.....that shows that you are doing something right. 

[coldnmn]

Congrats! Thanks for sharing.

[BigBS]

Congrats on the CLI!

[wagsk1]

same here, just went from 10k to 13.5k  on my 6 month statement ( well not triple but auto luv)

[alvon123]

congrats

[-Wade-]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Just goes to show that people with pretty horrid credit histories can recover.  For most of my adult life, I had two premier bank cards totaling 550 of available credit.  Since cleaning up some baddies on my report, and beginning to practice good credit habits regarding utlization and paying in full before the due date with a secured card, Barclaycard and BoA opened accounts for me with short lines - 500 credit line each.  Today at the 6.5 month mark, got a letter from Barclay stating that based on my payment and account history that they'd be increasing me to $1,500, no soft or hard pulls were made.  For those in my position or in a comparable situation, keep it up, and remember - there really are no shortcuts to repairing your credit.  Stay on the path and don't overextend yourself.

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Congrats on your CLI

[gdale6]

Congrats on your CLI

[vpae]

Congrats! Welcome to the forums and thanks for the information.

Keep up the great work!

[the_jan_b]

That's awesome!!