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Old May 1, 2009, 4:35 am
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Originally Posted by philemer
I applied for one of the new 30K mile Citi AA cards this morning. I was NOT instantly approved so I called the toll free number to try and activate the account. I'm glad I did. The rep. said that I had reached my max. credit line with my other three Citi AA cards. He suggested moving some $$ around so he could approve the card. Did it and card was approved. Painless procedure.
Yes, always remeber to call and reduce the CR limits of other cards first before applying anew. I have forgotten this step several times but end up with your decent results. We all have a combined limit. And there's really no reason why the new card needs to be anything over $1000 or 2.
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