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Tonight, out of curiosity I decided to fill out an online app for the AMEX HHonors card. It's the last card I want in my wallet (and the one I want the most, honestly), and it was my goal card for 2013. Now, the only reason I apped now is because I knew for sure I would be denied (my EX report has already been pulled twice this month for my Amazon and Green cards), but also knew it would be a soft pull, and I wanted to see how that system worked.
Got a 14 day "further review needed" message. Figured I'd have a denial email any second. Ran a search on here about the 14 day message and read about checking application status. Did just that....imagine my surprise that it said APPROVED!!! Whoa! I haven't even had my Green card for a month!
I will call in tomorrow to find out the limit. My guess is $1000, which would be fine since AMEX has the 61 day CLI thing.
I will keep you all updated! This card is going to get a ton of use, and the 40,000 points after $750 in spending will come in handy for a wedding I need to go to in June
It seems like a common low limit for that card is $2,000. You may be surprised and get a $2,000 limit.
That would be awesome!
cards usually have a quota to fill, if you don't have enough them they lower the standards a little, I guess most people are just jumping on starwood amex for hotels since it's considered the best hotel card.
@distantarray wrote:cards usually have a quota to fill, if you don't have enough them they lower the standards a little, I guess most people are just jumping on starwood amex for hotels since it's considered the best hotel card.
That works out well for me then! I like lower key hotels like Hampton Inns as opposed to the options Starwood has. I work in a high end hotel so when I go on vacation I just want a basic cute room and I don't want anybody bugging me with fancy amenities
Congrats, you may be surprised what you get. I got mine starting at $6,000.
Edit: Sorry thought you got the Starwood card not the HHonors. Still could be surprised tho. I know I was.
@isoldmyatlas wrote:
@distantarray wrote:cards usually have a quota to fill, if you don't have enough them they lower the standards a little, I guess most people are just jumping on starwood amex for hotels since it's considered the best hotel card.
That works out well for me then! I like lower key hotels like Hampton Inns as opposed to the options Starwood has. I work in a high end hotel so when I go on vacation I just want a basic cute room and I don't want anybody bugging me with fancy amenities
I'm not too worried about hotels since I get $80 room prices at any Mariott hotel =) even Ritz on southbeach =)
It helps to have manager friends there, and I do occassional catering for them since my dad runs a catering company. The managers always pull strings and gets us the employee rates
@distantarray wrote:
@isoldmyatlas wrote:
@distantarray wrote:cards usually have a quota to fill, if you don't have enough them they lower the standards a little, I guess most people are just jumping on starwood amex for hotels since it's considered the best hotel card.
That works out well for me then! I like lower key hotels like Hampton Inns as opposed to the options Starwood has. I work in a high end hotel so when I go on vacation I just want a basic cute room and I don't want anybody bugging me with fancy amenitiesI'm not too worried about hotels since I get $80 room prices at any Mariott hotel =) even Ritz on southbeach =)
It helps to have manager friends there, and I do occassional catering for them since my dad runs a catering company. The managers always pull strings and gets us the employee rates
Yup, we do that at our hotel too. Although the lowest employee rate at our hotel is generally $140....normally we run between 400 and 600 a night so it's a nice deal for friends and family.
all my inq are 2 months + old. i know that sounds little. lol
in feb they will all be 6+ months old.
i know ill get denied for the card i want but its a soft pull.
but if i do get accepted i wont get the back dating...
should i go for the true earnings?
twiddling my thumbs.
+ i really want that new spade =/
p.s. congrats on the approval.
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@creditnocash wrote:all my inq are 2 months + old. i know that sounds little. lol
in feb they will all be 6+ months old.
i know ill get denied for the card i want but its a soft pull.
but if i do get accepted i wont get the back dating...
should i go for the true earnings?
twiddling my thumbs.
+ i really want that new spade =/
p.s. congrats on the approval.
What card do you think you'll get denied for? Is it the true earning?