What was your first credit card?

[JGGM]

On my 18th birthday - 15-ish years ago, I got approved for an American Express, I think it was called Blue for Students, but I could be wrong. I know it was a $1,500 credit line. Also on my 18th birthday, I got approved for a credit card through Providian....which got bought by WaMu, and then Chase.

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymouswrote:

Discover it for Students last year

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Also Discover IT student from last year!

[Anonymous]

First card was a Wells Fargo Platinum card which I got in 2006 at age 18. Didn't think much about CCs other than I knew it's good to have one to build credit. Got a Chase Freedom in 2011, and cards 3-6 in 2014 and 15 were when I actually started trying to optimize my CC strategy. Only about 10 years after I opened the WF card did I realize how useless it is and now I wish I'd gotten a Discover instead, at least now it'd be useful as an It - which incidentally is a card I am planning to open later this year lol.

[Anonymous]

The same here!!!! Applied for it in store for and got randomly approved for 400, with out having any previous credit history. 6 months later I got a random CLI to 600.

[Anonymous]

Tie: Sears and JCPenney store cards. Got both the same day. This was way back when neither store actually took Visa/MC/Amex and Discover didn't even exist yet (1983). This was followed by a bunch of gas station cards (again most didn't accept MC/Visa yet). My first "real" card was a Citibank master charge card a couple of years later, now long deceased.

Chris.

[SunriseEarth]

Back in 1998, my first card was an MBNA Visa affiliated with my school's alumni association.  I think it started off with a $500 CL and I eventually got it up to $11K before declaring BK in 2005.  

[Anonymous]

Capital One Platinum 2016 SL $300

Now a QuickSilver with CL of $1,900

Will be 2 years old in August

[pags1019]

Amex green 1986

[Gregory1776]

Secured cc at my FCU. $500 closed it 😞

[Anonymous]

Sears!