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Ghoshida
Valued Contributor

Re: Discover Mega CLI


@Anonymous wrote:

@Ghoshida wrote:

So I was playing with my Excel sheet containing all my credit cards, and wondering which cards were coming close to their 91-day / 181-day marks for asking another CLI.

 

Discover had just bumped me from $25k to $28k on 14 Feb 2016 (now that's some V-day love) and generally I don't get anything before at least 3 months are over with the new CL. It was my top single CL before the Cap One card combo made my QS $29k. 

 

But my Discover FICO updated yesterday (770 because I refuse to play micromanage with zero balance), and I thought, what's the harm in hitting the button! Also, the $29k was reporting.

 

So I hit it, and it came back with the "Under review for 2 days etc. etc." message. Generally, this would mean that the button would go away for a few days before everything goes back to square one.

 

Not this time.

 

Logged in to find that my CL is now $34k. A $6k jump, my biggest with Discover (or any non-AMEX card) so far. 

 

Yay!

 

Some info: Last month balance approx $700, PIFed this month and new statement will be approx $600.

I was carrying a $2.5k balance to make use of my 2nd term 0% APR which  I paid off right after I got my last CLI. The 0% was to get over this month.


how does one get a 2nd term 0% APR? i'm hoping it's for PURCHASES and not BT. mine (1st yr) is about to expire. :/ 


You can chat with them. I did about a year after my 0% was over, and asked them for an APR reduction (something I was doing then with Citi, Barclays, AMEX etc.). The chat rep offered me a 2% permanent decrease or a 12-month 0% APR for new purchases. I jumped on the second offer. It's getting over this month. I've carried balance twice, first for about 5 months and the second time for about 5 months again. 

 

My CL was 11.5k then. It was the beginning of the Discover CLI gravy train last year Smiley Happy So they gave me the 0% promo, then a slew of CLIs, and then the 2X cashback for a year. The last one runs till the end of May; hopefully in June 2016 they keep their promise, we'll see!

 

Edited to add: You should probably inquire after the current 0% is over. I checked for new offers a few weeks ago; was told to wait till the current promo is over. Not guaranteed to get one but never hurts to try Smiley Happy better than the 4% temporary APR reduction from Cap One, unless someone's Cap One current APR is 4% Smiley Very Happy

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krisssmmm
Regular Contributor

Re: Discover Mega CLI

Incredible!!
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Ghoshida
Valued Contributor

Re: Discover Mega CLI

Time to update this:

 

It's been 2 months since my last CLI. 

 

I requested a CLI one month earlier and got the "not enough experience" letter.

 

But I pressed the button again on Sunday and got some action today.

 

Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to present to you, my one and only, Discover It Pride @ $40k.

 

FICO according to Discover on the 23 May 2016 statement is 763. Statement balance a little over $800.

 

Edited to add: declared income a little over $50k, no installment account, last HP in January 2016, AAoA 2.2 years, utilization 3% across the board.

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EW800
Valued Contributor

Re: Discover Mega CLI

Congrats on the great increase!   Smiley Happy

 

 

Year 2012: All Scores in the 520 range, during a foreclosure, CC Settlement and high UTIL. Very ugly days...
April 2023: EX8: 840; EQ8: 832; TU8: 842 -- Middle Mortgage Score: 822
In My Wallet: Discover $73.7K; Cap1 Venture $48.7K; Amex ED $38K; Amex Optima $2.5K; Amex Delta Gold $18K; Citi Costco $22.5K; Cap1 Plat $8.4K; Barclay $7K; Chase Amazon $6K; BoA Plat $21.6K; Citi TY Pref $21K; US Bank $4K; Dell $5K; Care Credit $6.5K. Total Revolving CL: $296K
My UTIL: Less than 1% - Only allow about $10 a month to report, on one account. .
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Anonymous
Not applicable

Re: Discover Mega CLI

Super congrats on your Discover cli!!!!  Woman Very Happy  Very nice.

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Ghoshida
Valued Contributor

Re: Discover Mega CLI


@EW800 wrote:

Congrats on the great increase!   Smiley Happy

 

 


Thanks. You have a very cool Discover line. 

 

I think I'll get stuck with my lower income this point onwards. Actually surprised that they allowed so far. AMEX wouldn't without tax forms!

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Ghoshida
Valued Contributor

Re: Discover Mega CLI


@Anonymous wrote:

Super congrats on your Discover cli!!!!  Woman Very Happy  Very nice.


 

 

Thanks Sandibeach!

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Anonymous
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Re: Discover Mega CLI

Congrats and thanks for the updates. Super nices increases.

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Anonymous
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Re: Discover Mega CLI

Fantastic! Super inspired!!
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The_Gazelle12
New Contributor

Re: Discover Mega CLI

Awesome! Yep, gravy train seems to be back!
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