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What does it take to get a pre approval from any of the major banks?

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bigblue7722
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What does it take to get a pre approval from any of the major banks?

I have gotten approvals from barclaycard, discover, capital one, GE money, BOA secured the only one i have ever gotten a pre approval from is barclaycards website. I have never gotten a pre approval from any other major bank either by mail or online. I am opted in. So what does it take? My DW gets like 4 mailers a day from discover and amex our scores are almost the same and we have the same cards plus i make more than she does. I cant figure this out lol. 

AMEX PRG NPSL,Lowes $17000,Capital One venture card $12,000,Us Airways mastercard $9500,Fidelity Amex $9000, Discover it $8000, Capital One Venture One $7500, BOA 123 rewards $7500 CSP $6000, Capital One Quicksliver $5500, Amazon Store card$5000,Barclay
Card Ring $5000 Chase Marriott $5000,Chase Hyatt $5000, Sallie Mae Mastercard $4400, Paypal smart connect $4000,Chase Freedom $3200, Capital one Quicksliver visa $3000, Chase IHG Rewards $2300, Chase Southwest Premier $2000, Citi Double Cash $1500, AMEX BCE $1000

Last app July 22nd 2015- No apps for two years.
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gdale6
Moderator Emeritus

Re: What does it take to get a pre approval from any of the major banks?

If you have ever opted out it can take 6 months to several years before the offers come in, your credit profile will also affect what offers you get.

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bigblue7722
Valued Contributor

Re: What does it take to get a pre approval from any of the major banks?


@gdale6 wrote:

If you have ever opted out it can take 6 months to several years before the offers come in, your credit profile will also affect what offers you get.


Ive never been opted out. The only bad thing on my report is student loan late payments from over a year and a half ago. All my scores are like 670 plus my ulti is perfect like 2%

AMEX PRG NPSL,Lowes $17000,Capital One venture card $12,000,Us Airways mastercard $9500,Fidelity Amex $9000, Discover it $8000, Capital One Venture One $7500, BOA 123 rewards $7500 CSP $6000, Capital One Quicksliver $5500, Amazon Store card$5000,Barclay
Card Ring $5000 Chase Marriott $5000,Chase Hyatt $5000, Sallie Mae Mastercard $4400, Paypal smart connect $4000,Chase Freedom $3200, Capital one Quicksliver visa $3000, Chase IHG Rewards $2300, Chase Southwest Premier $2000, Citi Double Cash $1500, AMEX BCE $1000

Last app July 22nd 2015- No apps for two years.
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gdale6
Moderator Emeritus

Re: What does it take to get a pre approval from any of the major banks?


@bigblue7722 wrote:

@gdale6 wrote:

If you have ever opted out it can take 6 months to several years before the offers come in, your credit profile will also affect what offers you get.


Ive never been opted out. The only bad thing on my report is student loan late payments from over a year and a half ago. All my scores are like 670 plus my ulti is perfect like 2%


Then I would suspect that the lates are to recent and when creditors poll the CRAs for people who qualify for an offer you are being excluded. FICO and util are not the only things that would affect whether or not you do get an offer.

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gdale6
Moderator Emeritus

Re: What does it take to get a pre approval from any of the major banks?

Also if you have ever frozen a report or a FA has been placed on your report(s) these actions result in an automatic opt out.

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adavis425
Established Contributor

Re: What does it take to get a pre approval from any of the major banks?


@bigblue7722 wrote:

I have gotten approvals from barclaycard, discover, capital one, GE money, BOA secured the only one i have ever gotten a pre approval from is barclaycards website. I have never gotten a pre approval from any other major bank either by mail or online. I am opted in. So what does it take? My DW gets like 4 mailers a day from discover and amex our scores are almost the same and we have the same cards plus i make more than she does. I cant figure this out lol. 


Just curious...why do you want them? A pre-approval is not a guarantee of approval. 

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bigblue7722
Valued Contributor

Re: What does it take to get a pre approval from any of the major banks?


@adavis425 wrote:

@bigblue7722 wrote:

I have gotten approvals from barclaycard, discover, capital one, GE money, BOA secured the only one i have ever gotten a pre approval from is barclaycards website. I have never gotten a pre approval from any other major bank either by mail or online. I am opted in. So what does it take? My DW gets like 4 mailers a day from discover and amex our scores are almost the same and we have the same cards plus i make more than she does. I cant figure this out lol. 


Just curious...why do you want them? A pre-approval is not a guarantee of approval. 


I like seeing the different offers. I know its not a guarantee but i would much rather have a pre-approval going into an application than no pre approval at all. 

AMEX PRG NPSL,Lowes $17000,Capital One venture card $12,000,Us Airways mastercard $9500,Fidelity Amex $9000, Discover it $8000, Capital One Venture One $7500, BOA 123 rewards $7500 CSP $6000, Capital One Quicksliver $5500, Amazon Store card$5000,Barclay
Card Ring $5000 Chase Marriott $5000,Chase Hyatt $5000, Sallie Mae Mastercard $4400, Paypal smart connect $4000,Chase Freedom $3200, Capital one Quicksliver visa $3000, Chase IHG Rewards $2300, Chase Southwest Premier $2000, Citi Double Cash $1500, AMEX BCE $1000

Last app July 22nd 2015- No apps for two years.
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AlwaysUp
Established Member

Re: What does it take to get a pre approval from any of the major banks?


@gdale6 wrote:

Also if you have ever frozen a report or a FA has been placed on your report(s) these actions result in an automatic opt out.


 

That's exactly what happened ot me Smiley Sad

 

How can I fix this?

 

 

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sexy_kitten7
Regular Contributor

Re: What does it take to get a pre approval from any of the major banks?


@adavis425 wrote:

@bigblue7722 wrote:

I have gotten approvals from barclaycard, discover, capital one, GE money, BOA secured the only one i have ever gotten a pre approval from is barclaycards website. I have never gotten a pre approval from any other major bank either by mail or online. I am opted in. So what does it take? My DW gets like 4 mailers a day from discover and amex our scores are almost the same and we have the same cards plus i make more than she does. I cant figure this out lol. 


Just curious...why do you want them? A pre-approval is not a guarantee of approval. 


I want them bc targeted offers are often better than public! Unfortunately, I have to scour FT and beg CSRs for richer offers! lol


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takeshi74
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Re: What does it take to get a pre approval from any of the major banks?


bigblue7722 wrote: The only bad thing on my report is student loan late payments from over a year and a half ago.

That's a big "only".  Derogs are always a major concern.  Get them addressed.  Visit the rebuilding subforum.

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