Barclays Reconsideration

[TimT]

Yup. I didn't have high hopes after all my recent apps... 

Were they for Barclay cards ?

[dsw193]

Were they for Barclay cards ?

No, This was my first ever Barclay App.

[TimT]

No, This was my first ever Barclay App.

They're quite easy on the first one.

[IsraelGuy]

Both wife and I had Lufthansa cards opened last July.

We both applied for arrivals and usairways past month. She got approved for arrivals rejected usairways, I got approved usairways rejected arrivals.
We both called tonight for reconsideration. They moved credit lines from our Lufthansa cards opened last year and we each got approved. 

Just another recent reconsideration happy ending.

[sam28]

if my wife got approved for a Barclays  Lufthansa on 06/01/14 can I apply for the arivel now or its to soon ?

[@Yehuda]

Both wife and I had Lufthansa cards opened last July.

We both applied for arrivals and usairways past month. She got approved for arrivals rejected usairways, I got approved usairways rejected arrivals.
We both called tonight for reconsideration. They moved credit lines from our Lufthansa cards opened last year and we each got approved. 

Just another recent reconsideration happy ending.

Nice! That's quite a good Barclays story. I imagine shifting CL worked here (as opposed to many other reports) because of how old those LH accounts were.

[Ephraimh]

Nice! That's quite a good Barclays story. I imagine shifting CL worked here (as opposed to many other reports) because of how old those LH accounts were.

Definetely a new era with Barclay.

[Freddie]

I have seen posters here commenting that it really is a new era at Barclays as far as recon. IME it's 100% true. Barclays recon used to be a brick wall. I just successfully pushed through a US Airways by shifting CL from M&M.

Now, I will add that 6 weeks ago I HUCA'd Barclays recon 8 times to no avail, but if you take that failure and today's success then you get a 50% success rate -- MUCH better than the "99% total waste of time" touted in the Wiki. Maybe even time to change that. 

[MeirS]

Data point: the CSR I spoke to asked me how long I've been working for, when I said 1 year he told me that their policy is they like to see 3 years of employment history.

(He subsequently approved my application)

[YG]

Data point: the CSR I spoke to asked me how long I've been working for, when I said 1 year he told me that their policy is they like to see 3 years of employment history.

Thanks for sharing that!

I successfully applied for a M&M card three and a half months ago, and just applied for an arrival two days ago.  It was declined.
I just got off the phone with recon (first time re' this app).  She said it was declined automatically by the system so she would have to pull my credit to consider my app, so I told her to go ahead.  She came back asked all the usual q's, asked my how long I've been at my curent job, I said "one year, and at a similar job for two years prior to this job -- thanks for the heads up MeirS -- and she said "that's good, we usually like to see at least three years."  She looked over my report, said she sees that I have handled my credit well, always payed my M&M in full "as well as the other larger credit lines"  so she can approve me for 5K on top of the 12K I have on my M&M. I asked her to take 6K from my M&M and make my arrival plus 11K which she agreed to no prob.  - at 2.2% cash back toward any travel expenses, I'll do my MS on an Arrival over a M&M any day.  I dont actually need 11K to spend, but this way I can carry up to 2.2K at any given time and still be under 20% of my CL to keep FICO happy.

[Jeremiah]

applied for us air 2 wks after closing. called into recon and they never pulled my credit cause i already had the card. i had them pull it and got declined because too many accounts opened and closed etc.. 5 sec later i applied for arrival and got approved with 5k.
any chances of getting the us approved by calling again?

[bubble347]

applied for us air 2 wks after closing. called into recon and they never pulled my credit cause i already had the card. i had them pull it and got declined because too many accounts opened and closed etc.. 5 sec later i applied for arrival and got approved with 5k.
any chances of getting the us approved by calling again?

You bet, I just got off the phone with Barclays with a successful recon for the US airways card after closing it. Perhaps the 99% from wiki should be edited.

[Jeremiah]

You bet, I just got off the phone with Barclays with a successful recon for the US airways card after closing it. Perhaps the 99% from wiki should be edited.

even though i kinda applied thru recon?
do they shift cL?

[bubble347]

even though i kinda applied thru recon?
do they shift cL?

Yes and yes.

[Jeremiah]

thanks!

[sam28]

my wife got approved for the Miles and more on 06/01 for $5000 applied for the us airways today after calling and moving over $3000 of the credit she got approved .

[itsyehuda]

I have seen posters here commenting that it really is a new era at Barclays as far as recon. IME it's 100% true. Barclays recon used to be a brick wall. I just successfully pushed through a US Airways by shifting CL from M&M.

Now, I will add that 6 weeks ago I HUCA'd Barclays recon 8 times to no avail, but if you take that failure and today's success then you get a 50% success rate -- MUCH better than the "99% total waste of time" touted in the Wiki. Maybe even time to change that. 

I think the insurmountable difficulty of a Barclays recon is when you are new with them, AND asking for multiple cards. Once you have established history and accounts in good standing with them they are likely to loosen up a bit.

[Jeremiah]

no go for me. "to many new opened accounts"

[Jeremiah]

Has anyone had success within the past month or 2 to get approved on a SECOND call to recon?

[sammy n]

Has anyone had success within the past month or 2 to get approved on a SECOND call to recon?

I think they pull your credit again.