When is good time to apply for Amex BCE

CreditGuy03 · ‎06-26-2014

My wife has a 663 experian score. One open collection and one card with 1% util. Other baddie is a short sale we had 2 years ago.

aaoa is 7 years and her income is 60k.

Would she qualify for the amex?

Equifax - 628, Experian -627, Transunion- 654 In the garden until 01/01/2019

Kenny · ‎06-26-2014

An open collection might stop her from getting it. -- is this a credit card charge off? If so that makes it more highly unlikely she'll get it.

I'm not sure how low of a score someone has gotten approved, but we have seen some 650s, I think.

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Closingracer99 · ‎06-26-2014

@CreditGuy03 wrote:
My wife has a 663 experian score. One open collection and one card with 1% util. Other baddie is a short sale we had 2 years ago.

aaoa is 7 years and her income is 60k.

Would she qualify for the amex?

I would wait a few months and hope the score goes up a bit imo around 700 EX

My Cards: Amex BCE: $9,000, Amex Hilton HHonors: $2,000, Amex ED: $12,000, Barclays NFL extra points: $3,000, Bank of America MLB cash rewards: $17,000, BBVA compass NBA Amex triple double rewards: $17,000, Chase Amazon: $1,000, Chase Freedom: $9,000, Chase Sapphire: $5,000, Chase Slate: $5,000, Chase Disney: $4,000, Citi Double Cash: $5,400, Citi AA plat: $5,500, Citi Simplicity: $3,000, Citi Thank you preferred: $8,800, Capital one GM: $2,000, Capital one PlayStation: $3,000, Gamestop: $1,150, Amazon Store: $5,000, Ebay MasterCard: $5,000, American Eagle Storecard: $750, Macy's: $500
EX: 744, TU:750, EQ: 740

CreditGuy03 · ‎06-26-2014

@KennyRS wrote:
An open collection might stop her from getting it. -- is this a credit card charge off? If so that makes it more highly unlikely she'll get it.

I'm not sure how low of a score someone has gotten approved, but we have seen some 650s, I think.

Yea its a Ge paypal smart connect card. it was charged off in jan 2014 too. so it is pretty recent

well that sucks. Is there another card she should shoot for? She only has a single cap one platinum for 3 years. They suck at cli's

Equifax - 628, Experian -627, Transunion- 654 In the garden until 01/01/2019

Closingracer99 · ‎06-26-2014

@CreditGuy03 wrote:
@KennyRS wrote:
An open collection might stop her from getting it. -- is this a credit card charge off? If so that makes it more highly unlikely she'll get it.

I'm not sure how low of a score someone has gotten approved, but we have seen some 650s, I think.
Yea its a Ge paypal smart connect card. it was charged off in jan 2014 too. so it is pretty recent

well that sucks. Is there another card she should shoot for? She only has a single cap one platinum for 3 years. They suck at cli's

you can send an Email to the EO for a CLI might have better success for a CLI

My Cards: Amex BCE: $9,000, Amex Hilton HHonors: $2,000, Amex ED: $12,000, Barclays NFL extra points: $3,000, Bank of America MLB cash rewards: $17,000, BBVA compass NBA Amex triple double rewards: $17,000, Chase Amazon: $1,000, Chase Freedom: $9,000, Chase Sapphire: $5,000, Chase Slate: $5,000, Chase Disney: $4,000, Citi Double Cash: $5,400, Citi AA plat: $5,500, Citi Simplicity: $3,000, Citi Thank you preferred: $8,800, Capital one GM: $2,000, Capital one PlayStation: $3,000, Gamestop: $1,150, Amazon Store: $5,000, Ebay MasterCard: $5,000, American Eagle Storecard: $750, Macy's: $500
EX: 744, TU:750, EQ: 740

Kenny · ‎06-26-2014

@CreditGuy03 wrote:
@KennyRS wrote:
An open collection might stop her from getting it. -- is this a credit card charge off? If so that makes it more highly unlikely she'll get it.

I'm not sure how low of a score someone has gotten approved, but we have seen some 650s, I think.
Yea its a Ge paypal smart connect card. it was charged off in jan 2014 too. so it is pretty recent

well that sucks. Is there another card she should shoot for? She only has a single cap one platinum for 3 years. They suck at cli's

January 2014 is very recent and will impact every CC application I would think. And a manual review would pretty much would definitely lead to a denial of any credit seeking behavior.

Can she try to satisfy this charge off? Pay for deletion? Anything like that, because I bet that's the main thing holding her back.

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