Amex temporary auto CLI

[Anonymous]

Aug 27th instant approval for Hilton honors but with only $1000 SL. 

Activated card Sep 1st. Requested higher CL. Got the dreaded 7-10 day message. 

Ran  $800 through the card over past few days. when $600 out of the $800 posted I immediately paid that off. Next time I logged into my account my available limit was higher than my SL. 

Does Amex do these kind of things regularly? Any success stories on getting 3x CLI after 61 days with lower initial limit? 

Thanks for any help. 

[Anonymous]

I had a post with the same question

It is short term extra available credit but your CL is still 1K and has to be paid down to that at least by the due date. The extra credit will dissapear, or at least it did for me within days.

1K is Amex jail and I haven't been able to get out in my last 2 attempts, with spend being pretty high for it and my income