Within the last 3 months, I applied for the following and was approved:

Chase British Airways 100k
Chase Continental 50k
Citi Visa 75k
Citi Amex 75k
Chase Sapphire Preferred 50k
Alaska air visa signature 40k

Waiting on approval or denial on Citi Biz applied on Saturday. Called Citi and they say they need one more day to process. I asked if there is any problems with my credit report or credit card pull recently...They said "no" so hopefully I will be approved.

Really want the SPG 30k but better not press my luck.....Surprised I wasn't denied for one or more of the above approved cards.

Prior my credit card application spree as shown above, I never applied for any cards for at least 2 or 3 years.

The answer is probably different cases for different people. Also depends on who checks on your application ( I think)