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Anonymous
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Re: Capital 1 Approval

Congrats on your approval!

 

I'll respectfully disagree with everyone that has said that the card is not bucketed based on the $2000 SL.  While I'm not saying that it is bucketed, SL in and of itself is not the only way to know if a CO card is bucketed.  The best way to know if a card is going to be bucketed IMO depends upon your profile at the time of approval for a CO product.  My question then to the OP is what did your profile look like?  What are your Fico scores for example and what was the score you were provided with at the time of your approval?  What else can you tell us about your profile such as clean/dirty, thick/thin, young/old etc?

 

I offer myself and personal experience on this subject as an example.  I was approved for a Capital One Platinum card with a $3000 limit, but it was indeed a bucketed card.  Even with heavy use/PIF for several years it was next to impossible to grow it. 

 

On the surface it would have appeared that a $3000 SL wouldn't be bucketed, but based on my overall profile it indeed was.  Why?  Well, I was approved with a 619 score.  My file however was aged (15 years or so) and thick (probably 20 accounts) but was recently dirty.  My file had been clean for ever a decade and recently had negative information introduced, dropping my ~800 scores down to the low 600s.  Capital One was my first rebuild card.  My opinion on the relatively high SL for the starter card was simply because my file overall was strong, but it was still bucketed due to the recent negative information on my file.

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DebtStinks
Established Contributor

Re: Capital 1 Approval

Congrats on the approval @Bdaddy23

 

I'm proof that you're likely NOT a bucketed card. I opened up a Cap1 Platinum in 11/2017 with a starting CL of $1,000. It now sits @ $11,200 CL and was upgraded to a World Elite Mastercard.

 

Best of luck!

NFCU More Rewards AMEX $25000 (Opened 1/19) - NFCU Platinum $21000 (Opened 1/21) - TTCU Platinum Visa $10000 (Opened 10/18) - Discover $5500 (Opened 11/21) - Barclays View MC $5000 (Opened 1/19) - Capital One Platinum $3500 (Opened 2/19) - Capital One World Elite MC $1000 (Opened 3/21) - Target Store Card $2000 (Opened 10/18) - Floor & Decor Store Card $42500 (Opened 10/18)
Closed - PenFed $35,000 - Cap1 World Elite MC $11,200
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Anonymous
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Re: Capital 1 Approval


@DebtStinks wrote:

Congrats on the approval @Bdaddy23

 

I'm proof that you're likely NOT a bucketed card. I opened up a Cap1 Platinum in 11/2017 with a starting CL of $1,000. It now sits @ $11,200 CL and was upgraded to a World Elite Mastercard.

 

Best of luck!


Not enough information to say.  If you and OP have similar profiles yes, I would agree.  What did your credit profile look like at the time if your $1000 approval / what was your Fico score pulled when you apped?

 

It's also important to understand that there are a ton of things that go into a profile that aren't always thought about when it comes to bucketing.  For example, someone may have a rock solid profile but only be approved with a $1000 SL due to their income being very low.  Perhaps their income is the constraint to a higher limit on an otherwise stellar file.  Such an account may not be bucketed, but may not receive CLIs due to that income constraint.  Fast forward a few years, perhaps that person sees a considerable income increase and then may see a CLI follow.

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Anonymous
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Re: Capital 1 Approval

Congrats on the approval!

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BAD_UP
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Re: Capital 1 Approval

Congrats on your cap1 Approval🎉👍




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Anonymous
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Re: Capital 1 Approval

Congrats on your approval!

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M_Smart007
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Re: Capital 1 Approval

Congratulations!

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CreditMagic7
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Yeliaba1
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Re: Capital 1 Approval

Congratulations on your approval!

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SweetCreditObsession
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Re: Capital 1 Approval

@ghost-cell - great explanation. 

 

Congratulations on the new card, OP. 



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