What was your first card?

[Anonymous]

When I was 18, my first card ever was a Capital One Platinum with a tribal pattern on it (it was black with like the tribal band tattoo across the front).  I canceled that card a long, long time ago and have been credit-less for years but yeah, that was the first card I ever had.

[xgac12x]

On my own, $500 Discover It. Mom cosigned on a BB Credit Card and got a $2,000 CL and then she lowered the limit to $600 lol. I wish I wouldve known about this forum before she did that haha

[Jerry45]

Walmart

[Anonymous]

South Shore Bank Mastercharge 500 CL in late 70's and then Amex Green when I graduated from BC in 1978

[Santi78342]

My first card nearly 6 years ago was my University of Wisconsin Credit Union card. It started out as a student card with a $1k credit limit and no rewards. It has since been converted to a rewards card with a $10k limit. It doesn't get used much as it is only a 1% cash back on everything card and rewards are only paid out once a year. I'll keep it open forever since it's tied for my highest CL, has no annual fee and has sentimental value. I actually like the look of this card so I'll edit my post later with a pic.

EDIT: Looks a lot better in person but here it is. Can't really see that it's all "sparkly"

[Anonymous]

Can't remember specifically, but I'm sure it was one of the store cards. It was the late 1970's and I was loading up on them. Then it was BankAmericard, Mastercharge, and Amex Green. I had a seriously fat stack stuffed in to a giant wallet, and whipped them out at every opportunity.

[Anonymous]

Discover Open Road for Students in 2012.

2% for gas and dinning if I'm not mistaken.

[Anonymous]

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@chalupaman wrote:

Citi Forward, but the student version without 5x on restaurants. Starting limit of $1k and at the time of closure $2.3k.

In the process of trying to get it back open but it was pretty essential in me being able to get other cards.

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The student version did come with 5x, at least when I applied.

[Zz_JC_zZ]

Mine was a Cap 1 Platinum, $300 limit.

[WLRK11]

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@heyarrnold wrote:

Capital One secured with a 200 credit limit

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Ditto. So there is hope!