Long time reader of the forums. I'm so grateful for all the tips i've gotten. I've been building up my credit slowly over the past year and I finally got approved for the Sapphire Preferred. Got a great 50,000 bonus points deal and I'm looking forward to traveling with the card next year!
Thanks to all. Yea It's taken some work but I'm getting there. My next goal is an AMEX.
@Anonymous wrote:Congrats!!
Did you have less than 5 card approvals in 24 months?
Actually I did not. The Slate, Amazon, Express, Victoria Secret, Apple CC, Discover IT, Care Credit (still fixing my sig to show all of these) were all within the last 24 months since I've been rebuilding.
I've read on here that Chase is a relationship bank. I do have a Checking, Savings with them. Also when I got the Slate it was for a balance transfer which I paid off last month in under a year. So that may have helped.
I did try for the Freedom right after the approval for the Sapphire and that one was declined. I called to Recon and they told me it was because I had to many apps and cards with them. I plan on trying for the Freedom again within the next 6 months so we'll see.