Originally Posted by pgary
The highest limit possible is very useful on those cards offering a 0% no fee balance transfer deal. The Citibank ones allow you to order a check to yourself for $1 less than the full limit, and count this as a balance transfer under the 0% deal. That's a free loan of money you can deposit into an interest bearing account until you have to pay it back.
True enough. I was thinking only in normal terms, not of the intro offers. Although the highest limit I've ever gotten with a brand new card I think is $15k (though it's certainly possible that some might be able to get higher ones right off).