Advice on third Barclays card

Old Feb 23, 2014, 8:19 pm
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Advice on third Barclays card

I'm about to go on a app spree and was looking at the 100,000 Citi, another Alaska card, the barclays arrivals card and possible the club carlson card.

My question is that if I already have a US Air and a NFL barclays card, do I have a good shot at getting a 3rd barclays card or do you think I would pushing my luck? High 700's for fico and vantage says 990 which I think must be an error. =)

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Old Feb 24, 2014, 8:45 am
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My experience has been that one can now only apply for any Barclays card once every 6 months. And you should first request them to lower the credit limit on each card you have, to like 6000 each.
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Old Feb 25, 2014, 10:45 am
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I've held a Priceline Barclays card for a few years that was actively used.

Last month, I applied for Arrival and US Airways. Approval was automatic but took some time. I had to wait about an hour checking the status window. Initially called into recon, but it wasn't even in their system yet. After the hour I checked status and I was approved for 20K. Second card went pending with letter. Called in and spoke with rep explaining I was simply interested in the pomotion being offered and wanted to separate spending. She indicated I had significant credit line with Barclays already (30K total), but approved by splitting credit to 10K each card.

This was my first AOR, but I applied/approved for the CapOne Venture card a week before. I now hold 3 Barclays cc, but finding the US airways card to be my least useful card in terms of points. Just added it on since there was concern about it ending.

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Old Feb 26, 2014, 12:41 am
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You can have 3, but hopefully you don't have too many other apps on your report. I applied for the US Air card last week, and they grilled me pretty good about why I had applied for so many cards within the past year. They're the only bank to have ever done that.

Then again, they only offered me a $7500 credit line, whereas all the other banks involved in my AOR pushed me over a total of 50k each (ok, one put me in the low 40s, but these were my first cards with them, so they gave me that amount as a new customer, on just two cards). In other words, Barclays is stingy, and a little more difficult. There's a reason the advice is generally to make them the first app in your AOR.
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Old Feb 26, 2014, 1:34 pm
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You can have at least 4 total Barclays cards, if you don't have a particularly high credit limit on any of them. I've had the Best Western and Choice cards for years, got the US card a year ago (and still have it though I'm about to cancel it), and was approved for the Wyndham Rewards card in December. I think I have about $5k on each one. (I have a very high credit score, though what it is exactly varies quite a bit from bureau to bureau, and to a smaller bit from month to month.)

I was turned down around November for a second US card, but the reason given was simply that I already have one US card and they won't issue me a second one. (Ie, it had nothing to do with how many total Barclays cards I had.)
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Old Feb 27, 2014, 9:00 pm
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Bailed on 3rd card

Instead I went for the 100,000 AA, Club Carlson and threw in an Alaska 25,000 with $100 credit. Got approved on all 3
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Old Feb 27, 2014, 10:44 pm
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Originally Posted by sdsearch
I was turned down around November for a second US card, but the reason given was simply that I already have one US card and they won't issue me a second one. (Ie, it had nothing to do with how many total Barclays cards I had.)
I think this is the #1 tip for getting approved for additional Barclays cards. Put some spend on the existing cards before applying for a new one.
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Old Feb 28, 2014, 12:57 pm
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I applied and was approved for the following Barclay cards. With the exception of the Arrival I never spent more than $25 on any Barclay Card

Us air #1 2/13/2103

Us Air # 2 10/26/2013

Arrival 12/23/2013

Wyndham 2/6/2014
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Old Feb 28, 2014, 1:12 pm
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Barclays is hard to figure, but for most people they definitely like some space. My card with them (I don't have the earliest dates):
1) NFL Card, Opened 2012 closed 6 months later
2) Arrival Card, Denied, >6 months after NFL opened
3) Best Western, Approved 2013/10/8 - <6 months after #2
4) US Airways, Denied 2013/12/20 - "Blah blah blah sufficient credit with Barclays your fico was 789"
I had 12 inquiries on my Transunion when they pulled #4, Chase pulls Experian and Transunion and Citi pulls Transunion (at least sometimes) for me in IL.
Edit to add, virtually no spending above bonus amounts on #1 and #3
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Old Mar 1, 2014, 4:53 am
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A bit OT, but somewhat related because we're talking about Barclays: Mr honu received a letter from Barclays, letting him know that his Choice Privileges Visa has been cancelled because he hasn't used it in a while. True, it might have ended up at the bottom of a sock drawer in the last year, or perhaps even longer. We would have preferred keeping the card, since it offers Gold on CP (which gives you a slightly longer award-booking window), and there is no annual fee. We occasionally have Choice stays, so that's how we've been using it - but evidently not in the last 14 months or so.

Two questions here: 1) is this type of closure (by the bank) a black mark on his credit report? And: 2) Would it be worth calling Barclays to see about reopening the card, or does it make more sense to apply again and get a second bonus (does that even happen with this kind of card?).
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Old Mar 1, 2014, 6:22 am
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I wanted to correct my previous post, I am bumping my TU and I checked again, it was US Bank, not Citi on my TU report - so for me in IL, US Bank, Chase, and Barclays are all pulling TU, and Citi, Amex and Chase are pulling experian. Capital One pulls all 3 for everyone, me included AFAIK.

In response to the post above, that kind of closure is not a black mark against your score. In terms of 2) it is always better to reapply and get the bonus if you really want the card, it is just a question of whether Barclay's will approve you, and on that I have no crystal ball unfortunately.
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Old Mar 3, 2014, 9:04 pm
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Originally Posted by diclemeg
My experience has been that one can now only apply for any Barclays card once every 6 months. And you should first request them to lower the credit limit on each card you have, to like 6000 each.
Interesting idea. Since getting 5 Barclays cards in 2012 (US Air 1 in June 2012, US Air 2, Virgin America, Priceline and Choice in December 2012) I have been totally shut out on each attempt since with 3 or 6 month gaps in apps. I closed Virgin America in December 2013 ahead of conversion to Arrival. Among the usual reasons recon says I have enough credit with them. Laid out my experience more fully in a post: http://boardingarea.com/rapidtravelc...-arrival-hype/
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Old Mar 4, 2014, 1:36 pm
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Originally Posted by tjbrooks
I think this is the #1 tip for getting approved for additional Barclays cards. Put some spend on the existing cards before applying for a new one.
I did have spend on my existing Barclays cards at the time. It didn't help a single bit.

But again, that was a rejection for trying for a 2nd US card while still having a first one open. It was not rejection for any other reason. So it was not a "Barclays" card rejection, it was specifically a 2nd US card rejection. (A short time afterwards I was approved -- non-instantly, btw -- for a Wyndham Rewards card from Barclays no problem. And that was after I had no further spending on any of my Barclays cards. So there goes your theory.)
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