Got a prescreened offer from Barclays today on the Rewards World Mastercard. Two days ago I apped for three cards to replace my three secured cards. Got the first two (Citi Double Cash and Southwest Rapid Rewards Premier) but got turned down for Cap One Venture One.
Did a little research and saw that Barclays pretty much pulls TU. Fortunately, Cap One is the only one to pull TU. Other than that I only had 4 inquiries total, none in past six months and only 1 in past year. The other bureaus are in the double digits (10 and 13). Since TU was in good shape, I went for it. APPROVED! And just enough to qualify for the World Mastercard ($5K). So this week I've added $18K in limits and will be getting $1800 back from secured deposits.
I'm all set now with this lineup:
Chase Freedom (0% 8 more months)
Cap One QS1 (0% 6 more months)
Southwest Rapid Rewards (50K bonus miles)
Citi Double Cash (0% 15 months)
Barclays Reward World Mastercard (0% 15 months)
0.9% car loan