@AverageJoesCredit wrote:
+100 Uncle B in regards to calling Credit Soultions. Many times people believe you need an excuse to try, ie, im going to go buy a big tv etc etc, but like you said, all you need is 5 minutes of your time. Just let them know you would like s credit limit increase and the rest as UB explained is that. Now sometimes, you may not be approved but others you may be countered but it is a good way to see where you stand.
Thank you UncleB and Joe...talked to DW last night... she already has 03 July scheduled as a day off from work, and her travel plans cancelled. I'm going to see if I can get that day off as well, and she and I can sit on the phone with our mortgage provider and various credit card companies all day.
(Trying to remove PMI from our mortgage, and TALK to various Sync account reps about CLIs...)
She's less than thrilled about the opportunity, but assured me that she'll get through it. 
@tcbofade wrote:
@AverageJoesCredit wrote:
+100 Uncle B in regards to calling Credit Soultions. Many times people believe you need an excuse to try, ie, im going to go buy a big tv etc etc, but like you said, all you need is 5 minutes of your time. Just let them know you would like s credit limit increase and the rest as UB explained is that. Now sometimes, you may not be approved but others you may be countered but it is a good way to see where you stand.Thank you UncleB and Joe...talked to DW last night... she already has 03 July scheduled as a day off from work, and her travel plans cancelled. I'm going to see if I can get that day off as well, and she and I can sit on the phone with our mortgage provider and various credit card companies all day.
(Trying to remove PMI from our mortgage, and TALK to various Sync account reps about CLIs...)
She's less than thrilled about the opportunity, but assured me that she'll get through it.
This is great news! Reassure her that the CS call is indeed painless... I actually put it off for months as well (I prefer to handle things online). I was actually surprised how painless (and fast!) the process was (other folks report a similar experience).
I was very pleasantly surprised how direct (yet polite) the rep was both times... if you prefer 'small talk' you might try the US call center, but the foreign call center in my case was very efficient (but friendly at the same time). FWIW there was no language issue, in any case the conversation is so short it wouldn't have been a problem anyway.
I'm pulling for you guys! 
P.S. Good luck with the PMI removal as well!
Just had a thought... if you want another opinion on the Credit Solutions foreign call center (specifically), @JamP might chime-in... I recall him being a fan as well.
I'm not meaning to short-change anybody else's opinion or feedback - I know there are many data points on this - it's just that I remember that @JamP specifically used the foreign number, while my memory isn't as certain on other members (I'm getting old.)
