500,000 Points in a single churn
#1
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: SLC
Posts: 392
500,000 Points in a single churn
Has anyone scored 500,000 points or more in a single App-O-Rama?
I'm on track to do it. I call it my Evel Knievel churn. It includes 13 card applications (so far, 10 are confirmed approved). The beauty of it is that I only expect 7 or 8 inquiries. Once my credit score "bounces back", I may still have difficulty getting approvals due to a high number of new accounts, but I'll worry about that later. I estimate more than $5,000 in value from this churn.
Here is a list of the cards involved:
Amex Gold Business - 50,000
Amex SPG Business - 25,000
Amex Delta Gold Business - 30,000
Citi ThankYou Premier - 50,000
Citi ThankYou Preferred - 50,000
BoA Alaskan Airlines - 25,000
BoA Hawaiian Airlines - 35,000
BoH Hawaiian Airlines - 35,000
Chase Ink Bold Business - 50,000
Chase Priority Club - 60,000
Barclays Travelocity - 20,000
Barclays US Airways - 40,000
Discover Miles - 12,000
More details here.
I'm on track to do it. I call it my Evel Knievel churn. It includes 13 card applications (so far, 10 are confirmed approved). The beauty of it is that I only expect 7 or 8 inquiries. Once my credit score "bounces back", I may still have difficulty getting approvals due to a high number of new accounts, but I'll worry about that later. I estimate more than $5,000 in value from this churn.
Here is a list of the cards involved:
Amex Gold Business - 50,000
Amex SPG Business - 25,000
Amex Delta Gold Business - 30,000
Citi ThankYou Premier - 50,000
Citi ThankYou Preferred - 50,000
BoA Alaskan Airlines - 25,000
BoA Hawaiian Airlines - 35,000
BoH Hawaiian Airlines - 35,000
Chase Ink Bold Business - 50,000
Chase Priority Club - 60,000
Barclays Travelocity - 20,000
Barclays US Airways - 40,000
Discover Miles - 12,000
More details here.
Last edited by TheManofaThousandPlaces; Nov 2, 2011 at 11:11 am Reason: Added list of cards.
#2
Join Date: Sep 2002
Posts: 178
Good job and good info in your blog post! It's nice to see that you are using some methodology and discovery behind your massive app-o-rama rather than just making another "I sent in a bunch of applications and got a bunch of points" post. I'm excited for people when they make a big score, but it's even better when they add more data to the knowledge base. Again, good job!
#5
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: SLC
Posts: 392
It would be much lower except that one of the Amex cards has a $10,000 requirement. This obviously will be the toughest one to meet.
#9
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: SLC
Posts: 392
New Barclays Travelocity Amex Offer - 20k points ($400 travelocity.com credit)
Despite this error, I still hope to hit 500K+ points since I will transfer my 70,000 HA points into 140K HHonors points.
#10
Join Date: Sep 2002
Posts: 178
+1 - That would definitely be on my radar if I can get it with 40K - That's $800 in redemption through Travelocity and you can still get FF miles for your flight!
#14
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: Southern California
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Nice selection of cards. I trust that the OP's credit file is fairly thick (lots of accounts with lengthy history) as there may be a risk of adverse action by creditors with the large number of recent applications.
#15
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Omaha
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Posts: 1,452
Maybe I'm just dense but why woudn't you just stagger these offers so you could more easily meet the spend, who wants to buy gift cards just to meet a spend? Are these offers going away or do you need the miles/points for a specific trip?