Originally Posted by sargenet

I agree on waiting to cancel....

I got the Continental, United, Southwest, Hyatt and Sapphire in the last 12 months....all with substantial sign up bonuses. I cancelled the Continental and United late in the year.....

Then I wanted to get the Freedom with the 30K sign up bonus. At first they totally denied me at the reconsideration line. Would not move around credit lines either. My only bargaining power was talking to a supervisor and giving up my Hyatt and Southwest cards. They would not move credit lines for me. But I did get the Freedom....with a substantial credit line. So even though they could have approved me and spread out the credit line, they would not.