cancel
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

Gambled with Synchrony

tag
CreditBloke
Valued Member

Gambled with Synchrony

I have been an avid synchrony user. Last year I applied for the Sam's MC but got Sam's store card. Since then, it has grown, the is 5K, but as I keep a zero balance on all cards and I am now diversifying my issuers, I really don't need the padding. As for all of my synchrony accounts, I use my Paypal Mastercard (2K) regularly, my Venmo Card (4K) once or twice a month, and I make sure to swipe my Care Credit (10K) once every two months at Walgreens. I took a gamble today, and I requested a CLI on my PMC and got a 1K increase, bringing my line to 3K, and then went ahead and closed my sam's club store card.

 

I may have flagged myself for possible accounts closing, but I really don't NEED any of my synchrony cards. It would suck because I love my Paypal MC, and like the peace of mind with having Care Credit financing but I am getting to the point that it is getting hard to maximize all the benefits when I have to swipe non rewards cards to keep them active. My spending is way down across the board as I work on completing my emergancy fund as well as my car replacement fund, and I start to agressivley pay off student loans. I plan on a reduction in my spend until 2023. So I figured I would trim the fat. 

 

Anyone else do this and get burned?

 

I will report with any closure info for data points.

Current Cards:



Student Loan Accounts:


Scores as of 7/01/2021:


Inquires as of 7/01/2021:


Average Age of Credit History as of 1/30/2021


* Gardening since 07/01/21. Garden Goal Date is 07/01/23


2 REPLIES 2
Girlzilla88
Valued Contributor

Re: Gambled with Synchrony

@CreditBloke      Interesting indeed I do know several ppl that "trim their fat" so to speak but I'm not sure if they were all Synch that they did and what the end results were so I am interested to see ppl who have Synch reply Smiley Very Happy







Message 2 of 3
Anonymous
Not applicable

Re: Gambled with Synchrony

Some people have requested CLIs just to find all of their cards closed a week or so later and others requested CLIs on their 10 cards like normal and didn't face closure. It's still a pretty random pattern from what I have seen. 

Message 3 of 3
Advertiser Disclosure: The offers that appear on this site are from third party advertisers from whom FICO receives compensation.