[QUOTE=Often1;19201962]You are to blame. You are asking for an extension of new credit (even when you are moving existing credit lines). Checking credit is part of the extension of credit.
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Not necessarily. I asked AmEx to increase my credit line from 15K to 25K and I asked the rep if she could do it without a Hard pull. She said yes, and she increassed it without a hard pull.