Citi Forward Approved

[mahendra82]

I couldn't contain myself and apped for the Citi Forward, despite having two new cards (Amex & Discover). The 5x points on amazon was just too appealling for me since I do most of my shopping there. 

Unfortunately, they started me with a low CLI ($4000), perhaps owing to the fact that I have too many new cards. What are my chances of a CLI at activation? How is Citi with CLI?

[Anonymous]

Citi doesn't give a CLI for the first 6 months on accounts I believe. You could try a CL recon and see if that leads anywhere.

[MarineVietVet]

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@mahendra82 wrote:

I couldn't contain myself and apped for the Citi Forward, despite having two new cards (Amex & Discover). The 5x points on amazon was just too appealling for me since I do most of my shopping there. 

Unfortunately, they started me with a low CLI ($4000), perhaps owing to the fact that I have too many new cards. What are my chances of a CLI at activation? How is Citi with CLI?

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I guess a CL is like beauty; it's in the eye of the beholder. 

I consider $4,000 a pretty decent CL.

I'm just giving you a hard time. Congratulations on the approval.

From a BK years ago to:
EX - 3/11 pulled by lender- 835, EQ - 2/11-816, TU - 2/11-782

"Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem".

[vish1]

I have heard that citi is pretty good with CLIs but I don't have a citi card (the citi card I want is AA for the 75k miles).

I will wait for other experts to chime in...

[laz98]

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@MarineVietVet wrote:

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@mahendra82 wrote:

I couldn't contain myself and apped for the Citi Forward, despite having two new cards (Amex & Discover). The 5x points on amazon was just too appealling for me since I do most of my shopping there. 

Unfortunately, they started me with a low CLI ($4000), perhaps owing to the fact that I have too many new cards. What are my chances of a CLI at activation? How is Citi with CLI?

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I guess a CL is like beauty; it's in the eye of the beholder. 

I consider $4,000 a pretty decent CL.

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that's kind of what i was thinking!  i see a lot of these type of posts though.  congratulations, OP! 

[mahendra82]

Thanks everyone. I've been seeing a lot of high CL from Citi so I was a little disappointed with the 4k in a relative sense. I do plan on using this for Amazon purchases only though so 4k should be enough for that.  

[Scuba]

How do you get 75K miles on AA Advantage?  Every time I go to the Citi web page, I saw 40K miles and now 30K miles.

Is there a link to apply for 75K miles?

[Anonymous]

scuba you can find the link for the card on flyer talk forum. My mother and I applied for the 75k bonus card. I think citi was generous with the CL.

[Scuba]

Thanks I am going there now!

[vish1]

good luck to you