Originally Posted by
echip
Yep, Barclays is very conservative. They do look for recent accounts openings even from other issuers. If you opened too many new accounts, they might not give any credit. But since OP have an excellent score and have not had any card with Barclays, probably no issue to get the US Air card.
Barclay closed all my accounts with them in my mini-AOR in March. I already had the US Air card from several months earlier, but I wanted to try churning it as others had reported doing. I got declined and called the recon line. The rep told me that I was a high risk because of all my recent apps (maybe 10 or 12 in the previous year) and that not only were they going to deny me for the new card, but they were also going to close my existing account.
Strangely enough, on the same day Chase instantly approved me for the largest credit limit they've ever given me.
That said, your current AOR looks good. Just be prepared to do battle with Barclay if you've had a lot of recent hard pulls.