Dan,
I applied for the United and Sapphire Preferred cards last week. I was rejected for the Sapphire Preferred because I had too many requests for credit with Chase. I called reconsideration (Thanks Dan!) and was told that the real reason that I was rejected, was because I had been accepted for the United card!! All I had to do was ask, and they immediately and without any difficulty transferred credit from the new United account to a new, approved Sapphire Preferred account! Thanks Dan!
Here's a question though. I also applied for the Citi Preferred and Citi Premier cards. I was accepted for the Preferred, but when I tried to submit my application for the Citi Premier, I received a message along the lines of: 'this request cannot be made at this time'. I refreshed multiple times (believe me lol), but to no avail. Has anyone had this experience? Is there any way to ask Citi for consideration?
Thanks for your help!
Chez