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Re: What was the first credit card you opened in your name?
« Reply #40 on: May 14, 2014, 07:53:14 AM »
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Re: What was the first credit card you opened in your name?
« Reply #41 on: May 14, 2014, 07:54:13 AM »
Amex Plat, hence my username
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Re: What was the first credit card you opened in your name?
« Reply #42 on: May 14, 2014, 08:00:45 AM »
My wife's first was an Amex Plat as well.

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Re: What was the first credit card you opened in your name?
« Reply #43 on: May 14, 2014, 08:26:22 AM »
My wife's first was an Amex Plat as well.
But I bet it wasn't a week after she turned 18
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Re: What was the first credit card you opened in your name?
« Reply #44 on: May 14, 2014, 08:31:11 AM »
Citi Secured with a $500 limit.
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Re: What was the first credit card you opened in your name?
« Reply #45 on: May 14, 2014, 08:43:56 AM »
Citi forward card 1800 CL
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Re: What was the first credit card you opened in your name?
« Reply #46 on: May 14, 2014, 08:49:10 AM »
My wife's first was an Amex Plat as well.

+1
It was a couple years after she turned 18.
With a sub 700 credit rating.

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Re: What was the first credit card you opened in your name?
« Reply #47 on: May 14, 2014, 08:58:57 AM »
Citi forward card with a 3k CL.

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Re: What was the first credit card you opened in your name?
« Reply #48 on: May 14, 2014, 09:17:30 AM »
Gap card $800 CL

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Re: What was the first credit card you opened in your name?
« Reply #49 on: May 14, 2014, 09:30:39 AM »
It wasn't really a credit card, (only could be used in gap, not anywhere else.)
As long as it shows up on your CR, it's as good as an amex plat (as far as building credit goes)

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Re: What was the first credit card you opened in your name?
« Reply #50 on: May 14, 2014, 09:36:53 AM »
SPG, with a $5000 limit.

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Re: What was the first credit card you opened in your name?
« Reply #51 on: May 14, 2014, 10:54:16 AM »
Capital One platinum
$300 CL

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Re: What was the first credit card you opened in your name?
« Reply #52 on: May 14, 2014, 11:31:15 AM »
US Bank World perks with a $500 CL. This was over 10 years ago.

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Re: What was the first credit card you opened in your name?
« Reply #53 on: May 14, 2014, 11:52:49 AM »
Amex Blue Sky
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Re: What was the first credit card you opened in your name?
« Reply #54 on: May 14, 2014, 12:03:40 PM »
Amex Blue Sky
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That was my first amex. I needed one for shopping at costco, so I filled out the next amex offer that came in the mail that didn't have an annual fee.
Life was much simpler back then, too ;)
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Re: What was the first credit card you opened in your name?
« Reply #55 on: May 14, 2014, 01:49:52 PM »
Cap1 plat. Started at $500, later went up to $750!  :)

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Re: What was the first credit card you opened in your name?
« Reply #56 on: May 14, 2014, 02:09:56 PM »
Cap1 plat. Started at $500, later went up to $750!  :)
$750 - wow!

until I started thinking about MS I hadn't even noticed that Chase raised my freedom CL from $500 to $700.

But my spouse's (only) credit card has a $300 CL! Don't worry - even though we're only married 2 weeks we already have a sapphire preferred coming in the mail...
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Re: What was the first credit card you opened in your name?
« Reply #57 on: May 14, 2014, 02:13:25 PM »
Funny thing is, I now have cards with $20k-$30k cl, yet they never raised that card again passed the $750.

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Re: What was the first credit card you opened in your name?
« Reply #58 on: May 14, 2014, 02:13:44 PM »
$750 - wow!

until I started thinking about MS I hadn't even noticed that Chase raised my freedom CL from $500 to $700.

But my spouse's (only) credit card has a $300 CL! Don't worry - even though we're only married 2 weeks we already have a sapphire preferred coming in the mail...
Gotta pay for the honeymoon SOMEHOW... ;)

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Re: What was the first credit card you opened in your name?
« Reply #59 on: May 14, 2014, 02:17:08 PM »
Funny thing is, I now have cards with $20k-$30k cl, yet they never raised that card again passed the $750.
if you max out your other cards you can always call them to raise the $750. :)

When I opened my SP my total chase CL went from $500 to $7500 in one shot. It was pretty cool.
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