I almost ended up in the garden before this little spree even started out. I've been dealing with a mixed TU file for the past few months which had my FICO showing as below 580. I got notified of the problem by Chase who called to inform me they had shut off my cards, a CLI rejection from Discover, and a rejection for a Citi ThankYou Preffered.
I worked diligently to sort out the mixed file, which brought my normal score (761) back out. A month after the rejections and stress of losing my Chase portfolio, the spree was on!
In order of approval, I managed to snag:
1) Barclays Arrival+ - $12,500
2) Capital One Venture - $15,000
3) BCE CLI - $2,000 to $6,000
4) Discover Double Dip CLI - $4,500 to $6,800
5) SPG Business - $25,000
6) Wife's CSR CLI - $11,000 to $20,000
7) Citi ThankYou Premier - $9,800
8) Ritz - $16,000
More than anything, I posted this as a datapoint for the Ritz card. I'm way beyond 5/24, and the co-branded Chase cards are still available. I did have to go through the J.P. Morgan Fraud Team to get final approval, but the process is pretty easy. If you've got a profile that should support the card, call the robo lady, ask for verification (note: it doesn't matter if you get transfered to lending, they sent me through to verification,) and they'll tranfer you to the J.P. Morgan Team. That team isn't in until 10 AM Eastern at the earliest and is fairly difficult to get in touch with. I had to call a few different times to get through.
In spite of the recent spree showing everything but Citi and the SPG on my most recent report, I didn't have any questions about credit seeking behavior. As a matter of fact, I really only had to verify name, address, name of AU, and read back a text verification code from a number they asked me for during the call.
