Been in the garden...want some LUV!!!

Well, I have been in the garden with regards to credit card apps/CLIs since October of last year and thought it was time to see if I could get some LUV from my two main cards.  A local Credit Union Visa Platinum and my Barclay Rewards Mastercard. For local CU Visa Platinum went from a 5K limit to 10K limit.  Was happy about that.Barclay rewards mastercard went from $2750 to 4K limit (asked for 5K).  Given that I just got an auto CLI from Barclays in January, I wasn't planning on it.  Asked for LUV and got the ten day notice... called the RECON line and was asked some questions (mostly about my Ch. 7 BK back in 2013).  So, all in all, can't say I am dissapointed with these results.  So now, between Target and Amazon and these two cards, I have over 20K of credit - not too bad for less than two years post BK discharge. Just wanted to share the news!!!

OP: That is wonderful news. Thanks for sharing! Congrats to you and much luck with your credit rebuilding endeavors!

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