In the past 5 weeks, I applied for SPG, AA Amex, AA Visa, Chase Co, Chase UA, Chase Sapphire. I received 3 cards, 4 approvals, 1 decline, and 1 still pending. Erm ... what can I say, I really want to travel and I want to travel now now now ... ahem.

I didn't check my credit score before the start of all the cc applications but I did check on Aug 21 and then just today and mine actually INCREASED 5 points to 744 since last time. Something about low credit card utilization -- low percentage of usage compared to available credit. That could also be because I just paid the cc bills too though.

Edit: Thanks for all the warm welcomes if I didn't mention it beforehand on other threads.