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Got approved for two cards within a two month time frame. I was approved for a Discover it Cash Back card back on December 10, 2019, and then I received a mailer pre-approval from Merrick Bank Double Your Line Offer after getting accepted for the Discover it. I almost did not take it due to the fact that I just got the Discover it Card a week from the mailer getting to me. But I am in the process of building/repairing credit and carefully read the Merrick Bank DYL Offer and some of the posts on myFICO forums and I did not see any annual fee but a potential to boost my credit history by having more than my four lines of credit reporting positive payment history within this next year.
A few additional details to share:
CR pulls/FICO: Discover pulled EQ 633. Merrick Bank pulled TU 671.
UTI: 0% at the time across all of my cards which included Cap One QS $1000 and Cap One PL $1000. I got hit with an all zero penalty score drop of 12 points smh. So much for good behavior.
Income: $73K
Baddies: Three alleged collections accounts and one alleged repossession (two of the alleged collections have since been removed)
My interest in going after the Discover Card was for the Card Back Match, maximizing rewards, and amazing customer service. They are awesome!
Regarding CLIs, I only had one my Cap One QS went from $500 to $1000 back in November 2019. The next CLI is May 2020 and hope to get one on the secured one in March 2020 along with a Discover CLI in late March/early April 2020.
Thanks @AllZero ! I should have probably shared the I went ahead and applied for the Merrick Bank DYL offer on January 1, and got approved two days ago. Merrick has already reported it to Experian. Weird. But I decided to take the offer since it expired on the 22nd of January and the past offers I received from Merrick Bank appeared to be of the fee harvester variety that you have a nightmare about.
Congrats on your approvals!
Congrats on your approvals.
Congrats on your new approvals!
@ultimaterewardsguy357 wrote:Got approved for two cards within a two month time frame. I was approved for a Discover it Cash Back card back on December 10, 2019, and then I received a mailer pre-approval from Merrick Bank Double Your Line Offer after getting accepted for the Discover it. I almost did not take it due to the fact that I just got the Discover it Card a week from the mailer getting to me. But I am in the process of building/repairing credit and carefully read the Merrick Bank DYL Offer and some of the posts on myFICO forums and I did not see any annual fee but a potential to boost my credit history by having more than my four lines of credit reporting positive payment history within this next year.
A few additional details to share:
CR pulls/FICO: Discover pulled EQ 633. Merrick Bank pulled TU 671.
UTI: 0% at the time across all of my cards which included Cap One QS $1000 and Cap One PL $1000. I got hit with an all zero penalty score drop of 12 points smh. So much for good behavior.
Income: $73K
Baddies: Three alleged collections accounts and one alleged repossession (two of the alleged collections have since been removed)
My interest in going after the Discover Card was for the Card Back Match, maximizing rewards, and amazing customer service. They are awesome!
Regarding CLIs, I only had one my Cap One QS went from $500 to $1000 back in November 2019. The next CLI is May 2020 and hope to get one on the secured one in March 2020 along with a Discover CLI in late March/early April 2020.
Congrats, and continued success on your rebuild.
Congratulations on your success!!
Thanks for sharing it :-)