Originally Posted by JJonahJ

IME, getting approval for multiple CIBC Aerogolds has not been so easy, as some seem to think, but still do-able. It did however, became very easy last year, after it was announced that TD would be the new player in the arena, and then they went into ramped-up signup mode, to get as many new cardholders as possible, so that they could fatten up their corporate wallets with the impending sale of 50% of the Aerogold accounts to TD. But, now with the new promo, offered at 20K Aeros (whereas it's been 15K in the previous 3 promos) , I've had to work 'harder' to get a second card within the same promo period. So, it is not as easy as it sounds to get duplicates, though YMMV.

If you didn't cancel your old card with the $50K credit limit, you'd probably get a decline on a new CIBC card signup...for peons (like me), they have a maximum $50K limit, cumulative across all of my CIBC CCs (including MCs and VISAs)...so, at one time when I had already $50K combined credit limit, I had a 'partial' decline on my next card application, but it just required me to call in to give them permission to shift the balance from one of my older cards to create a new AeroInfinite (requires $5K minimum credit limit).