Congratulations on your rebuild and approval!! Very nice.
That is awesome and I know you must be veyr happy that it worked out for you!
Chase does seem to like the banking relationship, I had been banking with them as my primary checking for 5 years when I applied for my old CSP in 2015 less than a year into my rebuild, my first card with Chase. I have no idea what my scores were but was only approved for 5K so that is great that you got the 9K off the bat!
...and that 80K SUB! Sweet!
Threads like these are always great to read. I had financial issues back in 2017, and Chase was part of it. I ultimately settled the debt and I am now using them as my primary bank. This gives me hope that I will not be blacklisted forever. I'd really like to get the Freedom Flex once I get my Experian report fixed.
Congrats on your very useful CSP 
Congrats on your approval!
@Anonymous wrote:I messed up my credit in 2018 with 32 missed payments and I started my rebuild journey in October 2019 with 40K+ in debt and all but one credit cards closed by grantor. It took me 9 months to pay all my debts which was my first step of rebuilding and As of August 1 2020 I was Debt-free. So I started my 2nd step of the rebuild, which was to apply for a couple of starter/secured cards and keep making full payments and raise my FICO score to 720+. In my plan applying for a Chase Travelcard was in late 2021. but chase came off with this limited time offer of 80K bonus and I couldn't resist, I applied thinking I am blacklisted(see below) but I was approved. So, this is my approval Story.
- Background
Got my first card in Nov 2014 which was Discover IT. So my oldest account is of 5 years 10 months. Got my first chase card (Chase Slate) on 04/2016. Got CFU on 04/2017. Turned out I was not that good at credit cards and in August 2018 I had 7 Credit Cards, 1 Store Card, almost 40K credit limit, all credit cards nearly maxed out and on top of that, I had been jobless for 3 months.
So, I started missing payments and they started closing my cards. Fast forward to Oct 2019, all of my credit cards were closed by the credit grantors and I had a total of 32 (2-90D, 4-60D) missed payments in 6 Credit cards and 1 installment Loan.
Chase closed both of my cards in March 2019 and my most recent missed payment on chase cards was Oct 2019. Please note that even if my cards were closed, I was still making minimum payments whenever possible and bringing my payment status to current. None of the cards were charged off.
And then I got a good job, COVID happened, I saved some money and I decided to be debt-free and started paying debt around March 2020 and paid all outstanding amounts by July 2020.
2. Current Status
I applied for an Apple card and Capital One Platinum in August and got approved for both.
These are my current cards:
Apple Card - got on August 1st week - 3K limit (approved 2.5k, CLI after 45 days)
CapOne Platinum - got on August 1st week - 1K limit
Macy’s - 5 Years old - 1.1K limit (survived my credit apocalypse, but was CLDed to 100, got CLI in August)
Experian Fico Scores
Fico 8 - 628Fico BankCard Score 2 - 672
Fico 3 - 658
Fico BankCard Score 8 - 647
3. Prior Chase Relationship
Slate (CLOSED) - open 04/2016 - closed by chase on 04/2019 - 5 missed payments(3-30D, 2-60D) , Paid in full on July 2020 (0% apr partial payment agreement on 11/2019), most recent missed payment - Oct 2019
CFU (CLOSED) - open 04/2017 - closed by chase on 04/2019 - 2 missed payments (2 - 30D), Paid in full on April 2020, most recent missed payment - Sep 2019
Chase Checking account - Opened on Feb 2019 - direct deposit 500-1000 every month, used the debit card as an everyday driver until august while all my cc were closed
4. CSP Application
I was introduced to this forum, r/CreditCards, r/CRedit subreddits fairly recently, and I wanted to get back to the credit game right way this time to maximize rewards and was planning to apply for a Chase card in 2021. But these 80K bonus points were irresistible and I have huge spending coming up in October so I decided to bite the bullet this morning.
Logged in to my chase account to apply and only had to enter current income, which is around 100k. Got “We need to review your request a little longer. We will let you know of our decision as soon as possible. Please do not resubmit this request" message.
Called the recon line immediately, First guy asked for identification details, kept in hold for like 5 minutes, provided me the reference number, and transferred to another department. The second lady reverified my identification details and kept in hold for another 5 minutes, she came back and asked for couple credit verification questions and said “you are approved and you will receive a welcome package in 7-10 days”, First of all, I could not believe it, I thought I was blacklisted, I had even prepared this huge sob story knowing they will deny me and mention prior cards as a reason but it was straight approval. I asked for expedited delivery, she transferred me to another department where the 3rd lady again asked for identification details and said that “Rush” Delivery has been processed and I should receive the card in 2 business day in unmarked UPS mail. I immediately logged in to the Chase account in disbelief and there it was a shiny new account of guess what … 9K credit limit.
I learned the hard way that credit card limits are not my money, I messed up big time in the past. My credit scores are trash, paid thousands in Interest, but most importantly I learned a valuable lesson of personal finance while young. Going forward I will only use credit cards for maximizing the rewards and this CSP card is my first step and I will continue this rebuilding process.
Wow. Inspiring.
