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Oct 1, 2013 | 11:54 am

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mbece

Join Date: May 2013

Location: Austin, TX

Programs: AA ExPlat, UA Silver, Marriott Lifetime Gold

Posts: 715

Quote:

Originally Posted by fl9999

Marriott Premier is a Visa Signature, and minimum CLI requirement is $5000.

To start relationship with Chase, you can consider to apply for Chase Freedom card. This card is easy to get approved.

thanks for the input, fl9999. My Amex Blue was approved with a $5000 line, but in hindsight, it was very dumb of my to apply for the Marriott so soon as it is more of a "premier" card as opposed to the Blue which is Amex's lowest tier credit card.

My plan is to move half my banking from BoA to Chase soon (as soon as I get to be home on a weekday

), as I've heard they're a relationship bank, apply for an Amex charge card in Jan 2014 which would increase my AAoA and take it from there with Chase.

Does that sound alright or should I just keep banking with BoA and shoot for the Freedom next Jan to start a relationship with Chase?

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