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Indigo Mastercard Approval…Not What I Expected

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dryanaz80
Valued Member

Indigo Mastercard Approval…Not What I Expected

Approved for Indigo Mastercard through Credit Karma guarantee link and was approved with SL of $1500 and no annual/monthly fees whatsoever!


Am less than one year post discharge of Chapter 7 but have been able to secure about $4500 in available credit since then and scores across all 3 varied from 620 to 634.

 

I applied for what I a thought was a normal Indigo card using Credit Karma's guaranteed approval or $50 cash. At the time I knew one new inquiry would put me at 5 and wanted to test the waters a bit and - at worse - would get $50 out of the deal. 

Fast forward and card arrives and am first surprised to see a $1500 SL and no annual fee! I swear every time I see Indigo cards online you're expecting $300 SL and either a $75 or $99 annual fee.  It's not a rewards card but adding an extra $1500 will push my utilization down even further and since there's no annual fee, I'm curious if there's a downside to keeping this account open and use for small items or those I intend to pay off every month. Rate is 29.9% so definitely not one to roll over each month. 

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WildestDreams
Regular Contributor

Re: Indigo Mastercard Approval…Not What I Expected

Nice SL, congrats! I didn't think they even did no AF cards!

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GZG
Senior Contributor

Re: Indigo Mastercard Approval…Not What I Expected


@dryanaz80 wrote:

Approved for Indigo Mastercard through Credit Karma guarantee link and was approved with SL of $1500 and no annual/monthly fees whatsoever!


Am less than one year post discharge of Chapter 7 but have been able to secure about $4500 in available credit since then and scores across all 3 varied from 620 to 634.

 

I applied for what I a thought was a normal Indigo card using Credit Karma's guaranteed approval or $50 cash. At the time I knew one new inquiry would put me at 5 and wanted to test the waters a bit and - at worse - would get $50 out of the deal. 

Fast forward and card arrives and am first surprised to see a $1500 SL and no annual fee! I swear every time I see Indigo cards online you're expecting $300 SL and either a $75 or $99 annual fee.  It's not a rewards card but adding an extra $1500 will push my utilization down even further and since there's no annual fee, I'm curious if there's a downside to keeping this account open and use for small items or those I intend to pay off every month. Rate is 29.9% so definitely not one to roll over each month. 



@WildestDreams wrote:

Nice SL, congrats! I didn't think they even did no AF cards!


Congrats! Very nice approval!

 

They've been moving into the post-BK, $1000-$3000 CL space recently, and have moved beyond the $300/$99 AF space for some profiles

Starting FICO 8:
Current FICO 8:



2/6, 2/12, 6/24 new accounts
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Creditwiser
Valued Contributor

Re: Indigo Mastercard Approval…Not What I Expected

Nice SL !  Congrats on your approval !

NFCU Visa 43k | NFCU Platinum 37k | Cap1 QS 13K | Cap1 QS 12.5K | Barclay MC 20k | Delta Gold Amex 38K | Discover IT 20K | CFNA FS 3600 | CareCredit 20k| PayPal Credit 8k |
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NoMoreDebt
Senior Contributor

Re: Indigo Mastercard Approval…Not What I Expected

congrats on the approval

AMEX CHARLES SCHWAB PLATINUM NPSL/ AMEX GOLD NPSL / AMEX GREEN NPSL/ AMEX BLUE BUSINESS PLUS $5000 SL/ FIDELITY REWARDS VISA $23,500 SL

SOCKDRAWER/ PAYPAL CREDIT LINE $1700/NFCU FLAGSHIP $40,000 CL/ NFCU MORE REWARDS $40,000/ WELLS FARGO AUTOGRAPH $8200/APPLE CARD $6500/DISCOVER IT $3000 SL/CITI COSTCO ANYWHERE VISA $6000 SL
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SouthJamaica
Mega Contributor

Re: Indigo Mastercard Approval…Not What I Expected


@dryanaz80 wrote:

Approved for Indigo Mastercard through Credit Karma guarantee link and was approved with SL of $1500 and no annual/monthly fees whatsoever!


Am less than one year post discharge of Chapter 7 but have been able to secure about $4500 in available credit since then and scores across all 3 varied from 620 to 634.

 

I applied for what I a thought was a normal Indigo card using Credit Karma's guaranteed approval or $50 cash. At the time I knew one new inquiry would put me at 5 and wanted to test the waters a bit and - at worse - would get $50 out of the deal. 

Fast forward and card arrives and am first surprised to see a $1500 SL and no annual fee! I swear every time I see Indigo cards online you're expecting $300 SL and either a $75 or $99 annual fee.  It's not a rewards card but adding an extra $1500 will push my utilization down even further and since there's no annual fee, I'm curious if there's a downside to keeping this account open and use for small items or those I intend to pay off every month. Rate is 29.9% so definitely not one to roll over each month. 


Congratulations on the approval. No downside to keeping it open at this point.


Total revolving limits 569520 (505320 reporting) FICO 8: EQ 699 TU 696 EX 673




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CreditAggie
Community Leader
Super Contributor

Re: Indigo Mastercard Approval…Not What I Expected

Congratulations on your Indigo Mastercard approval!

Current Cards (in order of approval):

         
Current FICO 8 | 9 (April 2025):  
Credit Age:  
Inquiries (6/12/24):  
Banks & CUs:

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alextercero
Super Contributor

Re: Indigo Mastercard Approval…Not What I Expected

Congrats on the approval

Current Credit Cards



Currently rebuilding as of (May 2021)

Current Fico Scores 8/9: (December 2024)


Credit Age:

Inquiries:

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M_Smart007
Legendary Contributor

Re: Indigo Mastercard Approval…Not What I Expected

Congratulations on your Approval 🥳

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cashorcharge
Community Leader
Super Contributor

Re: Indigo Mastercard Approval…Not What I Expected

WooHoo!! Congratulations on your Approval!!👏🏼🍾🥂

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