Amex Automatic CLI…. same 180days?

[Junebugged]

Hi all, long time lurker....

Woke up today to an auto increase on my BCP from 13K to 16.9K. Of course I'm thrilled they like me that much, but also a little mad they beat me to the punch.... I was saving that increase for an expected jump in credit score the end of the month and was hoping for a bit more. Does the auto increase start the 181 day clock on my Amex Everday card now too? I wish they liked me enough to take me out of welcome bonus purgatory instead.  

[FireMedic1]

Welcome @Junebugged 

I broke the post BK rule with no CLI's until the BK falls off. I got a auto CLI. Nice. Next day I went for it and asked. Got another CLI. Went from $1000 to $4500 in 2 days. So for DP sake. Give it shot tomorrow. Let us know how it goes.

[fury1995]

Congrats on your auto CLI! Agreeing with what was already said, you might as well go for the additional CLI request. You really have nothing to lose. I believe if YOU requested the limit increase, you'd start the clock. However, there has been data points recently of AMEX relaxing the 181 day rule (including myself).

[805orbust]

Yeah, +3 on trying anyway. For me, auto increases have never interfered with requests.  181 day timeline stood regardless of auto increases.

[Junebugged]

Ok, I did go ahead and try it. It got denied but recent CLI was not the reason. (Only reason stated was debt to income, which I forgot, was why I was waiting for my BoA card to report a paid off large purchase at the end of the month to begin with. I'll hit it again in 91 days. 

[Creditwiser]

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@fury1995 wrote:
Congrats on your auto CLI! Agreeing with what was already said, you might as well go for the additional CLI request. You really have nothing to lose. I believe if YOU requested the limit increase, you'd start the clock. However, there has been data points recently of AMEX relaxing the 181 day rule (including myself).

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Not relaxed for me. Last month I recieved a CLI via chat. Bumped from 16 to 20k. This morning I got itchy and hit the luv button only to recieve a message about my recent CLI.  Guess its a 6 mth wait for me. But hey, its Amex and its all good