Originally Posted by
Huevosman
How long should I wait? I am signed up for all hotel and airline rewards programs just trying to maximize points. I really have only applied for 2 cards in 2011. I'm on the west coast bay area
Have you checked your credit score/reports lately? That might be a good starting point. And what was the reason for denial for the cap1 card? I'd be more concerned about that.
Based on CB lists for California, Chase/Amex pulls from Experian and most likely Citi, so you need to keep this in mind when you apply for cards.
I would wait on applying for Chase for at least a few more weeks, maybe wait until the last possible date to apply for your 80k PC card and see what happens. And try the BoA or Amex cards if there is no major concern from your cap1 denial.