Data Point!
4/22 I applied and was auto-approved for the AmEx Premier Rewards Gold card with 50k points / $1k spend.
More importantly:
Late in the day on 5/1 I applied for
THREE AmEx cards (through referrals) and was approved for all three!
- AmEx Platinum 100k points / $3k spend - auto-approved.
- AmEx Everyday Preferred 30k points / $2k spend - said under review but right away I went to check the status and it said approved!
- AmEx HHonors 75k points / $1k spend - went pending and was approved by early morning!
3 cards, 1 day, should be 1 credit pull!
Ant that's after a flurry of apps and new cards this year (Chase SW Plus, Chase SW Premier, Chase Sapphire Preferred, Chase Ink Plus that was declined, Citi AAdvantage, AmEx SPG, and Citi AAdvantage Biz).
--Kyle