Amex Blue Approved! PC Question

minipoly1 · ‎07-15-2013

Today I received Amex Blue Pre-Selected application in mail. 0% APR in 15 months. 15.24% after that. Decided to go for it. Instantly approved but there is no limit. Call the application status number on the backdoor thread and was shocked when the system told me that I got 7500 limit!

I only have BoA 99/500 for 9 months (increased to 1000) and Discover It approved in Mar'03 (1000) and several store cards with low limit. Have no idea why they gave me 7500!

But, yet until I was approved, I realized that the card I apply for is Amex Blue, not Amex Blue Cash (with rewards). Is it possible to call to change from Blue to Blue Cash?

Amex BCE $17,600 | CSP $6,200 | PayPal Extras MC $3,000 | Discover $3,000 | BofA $3,000
Last app: Oct 1, 2013. No app until 2015 or new credit card with big bonus introduced.

tonyjones · ‎07-15-2013

What's your FICO score? (EQ/TU/EX) ? I'm thinking of applying

Current Fico Scores: (November 2025)

minipoly1 · ‎07-15-2013

My Walmart TU on July 12 was 710. I subscribed to citi identity monitor and FAKO scores are EQ: 701, EX: 716

Amex BCE $17,600 | CSP $6,200 | PayPal Extras MC $3,000 | Discover $3,000 | BofA $3,000
Last app: Oct 1, 2013. No app until 2015 or new credit card with big bonus introduced.

tonyjones · ‎07-15-2013

@minipoly1 wrote:
My Walmart TU on July 12 was 710. I subscribed to citi identity monitor and FAKO scores are EQ: 701, EX: 716

Damn your 110 points higher than me, I'm only 600 on Walmart TU, but 690 on MyFico TU?

What's your MyFico TU score?

Current Fico Scores: (November 2025)

minipoly1 · ‎07-15-2013

I did not buy any other scores, so I don't know.

Amex BCE $17,600 | CSP $6,200 | PayPal Extras MC $3,000 | Discover $3,000 | BofA $3,000
Last app: Oct 1, 2013. No app until 2015 or new credit card with big bonus introduced.

Anonymous · ‎07-15-2013

Yeah it should be a super easy swap to the Blue Cash. Just call. But remember this, you forfeit any signup bonus offers when doing this. I got the Blue Sky, got my bonus points, used em, then swapped to the Blue Cash. I just couldn't give up the free $100!

Anonymous · ‎07-15-2013

YES! This is how I got my foot in the door with AMEX As soon as I got my Blue card, I called CS and requested a PC to the BCE. It was that easy. CONGRATS!

minipoly1 · ‎07-15-2013

As eagles08 suggested, I think I will collect bonus first, wait 61 days to do a CLI, then PC. Perfect plan, right?

Amex BCE $17,600 | CSP $6,200 | PayPal Extras MC $3,000 | Discover $3,000 | BofA $3,000
Last app: Oct 1, 2013. No app until 2015 or new credit card with big bonus introduced.

09Lexie · ‎07-15-2013

Congrats!

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Simply827 · ‎07-15-2013

@tonyjones wrote:
@minipoly1 wrote:
My Walmart TU on July 12 was 710. I subscribed to citi identity monitor and FAKO scores are EQ: 701, EX: 716
Damn your 110 points higher than me, I'm only 600 on Walmart TU, but 690 on MyFico TU?

What's your MyFico TU score?

Amex generally pulls EX by the way.

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