Originally Posted by keeton

In theory, it is a great idea to maximize points, but in today's credit climate, one may find it difficult to obtain multiple credit cards in a relatively short time period.

A couple of years ago, in looser credit days, I decided to re-align my credit card business and went for the Hilton AMEX and DL AMEX within a few months of each other. The Hilton card processed fine but the DL one was processed but had a ridiculously low credit limit (since adjusted). My credit score was 800+ before applying. Opening a lot of lines of credit in a short amount of time raises a lot of flags, as it obviously happened with me.