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Old May 4, 2013 | 8:00 am
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Originally Posted by Tiki
In my last AOR in Jan, Barclays denied me for "having sufficient credit with them" and wouldn't budge on reallocating credit lines. To add insult to injury, they pulled all 3 credit bureaus. I only have a US MC with 5k credit line which I am keeping as long as I get the 10k anniversary bonus and a BW MC with 2k credit line which I got a few years ago for Grand Slam hits. Both cards have been sock-drawered.

I was wondering if I should just cancel the BW card as I have no use for BW points with the demise of Grand Slam even though it's a no fee card?

I have my eye on that new Arrival card for the August AOR but don't want to get denied again for "sufficient credit". By contrast SPG AMEX gave me $13k credit line as did US Bank on both LifeMiles and Club Carlson so I have no issues with credit history or anything like that.
I would say Barclays is the hardest for AOR's. They seem to limit how many you have (not how much credit with them). They also will watch and if you opened others either give you THE call or close cards. They are just tough on churners!
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