Thanks guys, I owe this forum yet again.

My wife hasn't applied for quite as many so she logged in, saw the 60K offer, applied and was instantly approved. I did the same last night but my application was given the pending review message. I wasted no time and just called the reconsideration number this morning. They said no decision had been made yet but would be happy to see if they can do it over the phone. They made me explain why I felt it necessary to have 5 separate credit lines open with Chase, which I happily did. Then I offered to close the continental account (which I was going to do next month anyways) and they approved me right away.

100K more miles in the bank... good stuff.