Capital One Platinum?

I have just begun my credit rebuilding journey. About a month ago, I applied for a secured card from my bank and was approved for $300 minimum. I sent them the $300, and read that CapOne is pretty lenient with approving secured cards, so I applied with them as well. I got approved and had to send them the deposit. I talked my grandparents into adding me as an AU on a credit card with a $9k limit and $0 balance that they've had since 1987. That AU alone bumped my scores 20+ points on EX and EQ. TU had the wrong address for me, so it didn't pick up on the AU but I sent them a letter requesting change of address. Anyway, with my scores slightly higher, I was feelin' froggy and I had been reading that CapOne QS1 is pretty relaxed with their approvals. I thought I most likely would not get approved if I applied but it was worth a shot. I applied yesterday and got the "7-10 day" message. I read on the forums that if you get this message, its not an approval or denial, and to call the BD number the following day to ask them if they needed any more info. I called them today and to my surprise, the account specialist told me I was approved for $300 (better than nothing, and I was ectstatic to finally have a real card) and to expect the card within 7-10 days. Now my question is, I've been reading some people had better luck with CapOne Platinum but denied a CapOne QS1. Since I've already got the QS1, what are the chances I could get approved for a Platinum? And if I do it today, would it still be with the 3 HPs from yesterday? I'd like to be able to get both of those unsecured, keep my CapOne secured, and either close or keep my bank secured card. Not sure what the best option is. Thanks in advance.

First congratulations!! Second, I wouldn't go for the Platinum right now, because it seems sometimes when you start out with Capital One's sub-prime cards, they get stuck at low credit limits and won't grow. Give yourself some more time, use the cards you have over the next few months, and before you know it, you'll get approved for better cards.

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Capital One Platinum Instant Approval

I just applied for the Capital One Platinum this morning after it showing up on the prequal site and got an instant approval for $500! I know it's not much but its exciting to me lol. This is only my second card, but its one more card towards getting back on track. Looking forward to posting more cc approvals on here with help from you guys!

_GoBlue wrote:
I just applied for the Capital One Platinum this morning after it showing up on the prequal site and got an instant approval for $500! I know it's not much but its exciting to me lol. This is only my second card, but its one more card towards getting back on track. Looking forward to posting more cc approvals on here with help from you guys!
It is exciting. I fondly remembered my first card with Cap. One and I have grown leaps and bounds since then and I know you can too! Be excited, it's a great start. WTG

Capital One Platinum CLI Question

I have received a Capital One Platinum Mastercard back in August.
Tomorrow is my 5th statement being cut but I keep reading about steps increases every 6 months.
I never got a letter or email about being in the steps program.
If I'm not in steps what am I looking at for a possible CLI and when?
Thanks in advanced.

His response: "Vadin10:40 AMSure, you can certainly check with us or in our department before you proceed. If you need any assistance in the future, please do not hesitate to contact us Vadin10:40 AMI appreciate your time and patience. Is there anything else I can help you with today?" Well that chat failed miserably

Capital One Platinum new look + chip

Looks like Capital One updated their website with the new look for the Platinum card:

That's what the secured cards look like too. I opened a secured account back in April or May and received the old white/silver card. The following month when I added DW as an AU, two cards arrived. One for me also. The new card with the chip, same as hers. My new card is the same number, exp, and security code on the back.
I wonder if I can use the old card still? Hehe. When I added the original card to Apple Pay, the phone displayed the new card design before the new card design rolled out onto the site.

Capital One Platinum MasterCard

I hace 3 capital one cards. One is secured and 2 are quiksilver ones. One was a regular platinum and one statement cut already, I tried to change it to qs through secure message didn't work. Then when I did the online chat they just changed it to qs one no problems! My credit scores are baaaaaad...rebuilding right now. So I do recommend you can probably change it to the rewards qs.

Is that PreApproval from CapOne or another company. The way I see it and the way I have done it. Is that I went to get as many CC's as I could but yet BE SURE that the banks are reputable. I stayed away from any CC that charges high interest and high annual fees, etc. because quite honestly that is NOT helping you. There many that offer you a $700 Limit but by the time you get the card you can only us like $300 because they take all the fees. I can't remember what banks they were but it was ridiculous with $100 AF, 34% APR and nickel and dime you. There many options for you to get a decent secured card like Wells Fargo, BofA many Credit Unions. It will depend how damaged your credit is and how recent. Time is the only way you can fix things. If Cap One gave you a QS plus your secured. If the 3rd is CapOne also I would get it. Let those age together because it doesn't make much sense to wait for one card to age then get another. You might as well get as many as you can then build those. Build your rapport with the bank so they increase you. Cap One will tell you if it is secured or not. Their cards all serve a purpose and have different tiers with criteria.

Capital One Platinum Card...Should I apply for a Quicksilver next month also?

Have you tried the Cap1 pre-qual site?
https://findmycard.capitalone.com/en/PageVersions/LandingPages/LP_UNS_QUICK_RWD_V01.aspx

If it says, "XXXX, we couldn't match your records to a card offer. But based on your answers, we think you might like this card." - - I would NOT app.
If it gives you a preapproval on the Cap1 Quicksilver, I'd try it depending on the rest of your profile. I opened the Platinum as a secured $200 card in January. I PIF'd every month and in June I checked the preapproval site and it prepaproved be for the Quicksilver. I applied and got $1,000 unsecured. I ran some charges and paid them right away and they gave me a $300 unsecured CLI on the Platinum card just a couple weeks later.
I really like the QS card so far because of the cashback.

Capital One Increase, it will come

I applied for a Capital One secured card about 5 years ago and with a $300.00 deposit and over the course of the years I ended up with a credit limit of $1000.00. Upon reading several articles and several forums I took a chance and applied for the C1 QuickSilver One card and was approved for $300.00 which was low but it was my first unsecured Credit Card in a very long time. I remembered reading on the forums to immediately apply for another C1 card so i did and was approved for a Capital One Platinum card for $300.00 and was in the Step program with both cards. I use both cards all the time and paid them off but not every month. In 5 months, my QuickSilver One CLI went was a $1000.00 but my Platinum only went up to $500.00 and I wasn't happy but i was grateful and this was in January. I kept requesting an increase on the Platinum but wasn't getting a CLI. I got online today and hit the credit increase button and to my surprise, I got a $2000.00 CLI on the QuickSilver One which gave me credit limit of $3300.00 and I immediately requested a CLI on the Platinum card and I got a $1000.00 CLI to give me a credit limit of $1500.00 All i can say is be persistent and don't give up, it will soon payoff. My scores are between 620-650 so I can't wait to see how this will bump up my credit scores.

Congrats OP!
As to a low limit QS, i was approved for a Quicksilver Visa last year for $500, no af, and it was in credit steps. 100% not the one. I mean the card doesnt say "one" and the pre-approval letter I received to apply didnt either. It did say minimum $3000 cl, but whatcha know, lucky me got 500. I believe ive read elsewhere here of other QS (not ones) with small cl. Maybe they have some sort of internal low level QS or something...

Capital one Cli after 3 month mark

My 3rd statements just posted for my 3 capital one cards, discharged june 2015. Got an instant increase on my capital one platinum for $500, 2-3 day message on my quick silver one rewards.

Congrats

Capital one Approval!

So i'm working on rebuilding my credit after getting my chapter 7 discharge in february. I was planning on opening a second secured card next week, but decided to go ahead and try the capital one pre qualifier just for the hell of it. To my surprise they said I was pre-qualified for the Capital one Platinum, and the QuicksilerOne card. So I went ahead and applied for the platinum, instantly approved. Then I remembered someone on the forum saying that if you were approved for one card through them then you would most likely be approved for a second one, so I went ahead and applied for the quicksilver and was approved for that one as well! Both have a $300 limit which may not seem like a lot but to someone like me who is young, in college, has 3 kids, and trying to build a credit history, it is great. So I guess now I probably won't be needing that second secured card through my credit union. It's only through using this website that ive been able to gain the knowledge to begin my credit rebuilding journey, and i am truly greatful, so thank you! Edit: Do you guys think it is worth applying for an amazon store card? or am i likely to be declined? Reason I am asking is i've had my eye on an air conditioner on there and was planning on just paying cash for it when I get payed monday.

Excellent! Congrats! In my wallet: Venture 15k; Barclay Ring 12.5k; Discover 10k; CareCredit 7.7k; Amazon Store Card 5k. QS 5k; Band of A Travel Rewards 3.5k; Bank of A Travel Rewards 3.5k; Bank of A Platinum Visa 2k; Barclay Apple Rewards 2k. Total Credit: 66,200. 7/2-FICO: EQ - 788; TU - 777; EX - 690; Utilization: 12%; GOAL: 780 across the board then 800 across the board. Inquiries: EQ: 5 TU: 7; EX 3; Chapter 13 seven years May, 2015. Reset my garden date to 6/27. Gardening until further notice.

Capital One low CLI, options and questions...

I opened my first credit card in January 2011. It was an Orchard Bank MC that was later sold and converted to a Capital One Platinum MC. A few years later (not sure) it was converted to the QS MC. Since I opened this account I have never missed a payment or had any negatives on my report. I got my last CLI 6 months and a few days ago. Because I have open 6 new credit cards in the past 2-7 months and meeting spend requirements I haven't been using the card much at all. I created a spreadsheet to calulate when I could request another CLI. 180 days after my last. On day 180 I requested one and was declined because of low payments. The card had a ~$500 balance a couple months ago that I paid off so the reason didn't make sense. I figured the reason was lack of recent usage. So for the past few days I have been using the card and requesting daily. Today it finally approved me for $400 to bring my limit to $3900. I was really hoping for at least $1500 so it could be a WMC as I have a VisaSig. The increase and limit bothers me as its my oldest revolving account.
I have the following cards...
1/11 C1 QS $3900
2/13 BoA BBR MC $5000 (BBR can't be WMC they say)
1/15 C1 QS $3500
1/15 Barclay Rewards $1000
2/15 AMEX ED $9000
3/15 Chase Freedom $4500
4/15 Citi DiamPref $1500
5/15 Disc It Secured $500 (really secured but wanted the card, best card I got IMO)
5/15 BoA 123 VisaSig $5000
Also to note...
12/14 Mortgage $59k/$64k (double+ pmts)
4/15 Shared Secured Installment 352/500 (to max mix)
2/15 Victoria Secret 0/500 (big regret)
FICO08 EQ 680 TU 700 EX 698
My question is was it a mistake to accept the low CLI now? Should of just contacted the EO for a manual review? Can I still do that or will I just get the line you got a CLI a day ago and gotta wait? Would they possible let me combine my 2 capital one cards ($3900 and $3500) into one card if they won't give me an addition $1100 increase for a WMC? I've had contact with the EO before and got the number; better to email or just call?
Sorry if this scramble, unorganized, grammar, etc as this is the 3rd time I've written it as the page times out and I lost it.
So to recap my questions...
Does me accepting the low $400 CLI to $3900 today prevent the EO from possibly giving me a higher CLI?
Can you combine your limits on 2 cards into one? Would combine the newer card to the older one to keep my oldest CC open.
Any experiences you had with similar issues.
Thanks in advance for your time and responses.

As I've experience with capital one (capital one platinum) is that they DON'T give out many credit limit increases. I had my crapital one card since '09 and started when I was in rebuilder mode. Flash froward to present day and you can look at my siggy that I've come pretty far. High 700's and major credit cards in my wallet with some in the 10k plus and crapital one only gave me two CLI during my '09 to July 2015 loyalty to them. I felt I was capped at 2k after numerous emails to the EO. Don't sweat capital one and just use them for the history while you get better cards imho

Cap One Platinum to QS

Back in December my mailbox was flooded with pre-approvals from Capital One Platinum MC offers (literally got 7 in a month). I decided what the heck and applied and got 2 cards each with a $300 limit, no AF and Credit Steps program. Pathetically low limits I know, but I was excited to have anything. I have made all payments on time and always several times throughout the month. I haven't yet received a CLI which is frustrating to me, but when I initiated a chat they said that I will get it by the 7th statement (still 2 months out..grrr). While I was on chat though, I decided to see if they had any upgrade offers for me and they did! They upgraded both my Cap One Platinum Cards to QS cards with no AF!!! I am hoping to get those CLI soon, but I'm starting to feel like things are changing! Whoo hoo for rebuliding and Thank you to everyone on this forum for the great advice! I would have never thought to ask for an upgrade before seeing it suggested here.

cc2504 wrote:
Back in December my mailbox was flooded with pre-approvals from Capital One Platinum MC offers (literally got 7 in a month). I decided what the heck and applied and got 2 cards each with a $300 limit, no AF and Credit Steps program. Pathetically low limits I know, but I was excited to have anything. I have made all payments on time and always several times throughout the month. I haven't yet received a CLI which is frustrating to me, but when I initiated a chat they said that I will get it by the 7th statement (still 2 months out..grrr). While I was on chat though, I decided to see if they had any upgrade offers for me and they did! They upgraded both my Cap One Platinum Cards to QS cards with no AF!!! I am hoping to get those CLI soon, but I'm starting to feel like things are changing! Whoo hoo for rebuliding and Thank you to everyone on this forum for the great advice! I would have never thought to ask for an upgrade before seeing it suggested here. Very Cool! Congrats! I had to request mine a couple of days ago and they approved it.

Capital One 5 day hold on payments.

I was using my capital one card like normal running somewhat of high balances and then paying them right off. I always pay on time and I always pay before the statement closing date. However, paying the card off in full before the statement closing date seems to trigger some sort of hold for five days. I'll be calling to get the hold removed as soon as the ACH payment shows up on my bank account.
The reason I always pay in full before the statement closing date is because I don't want Capital One to report a 100% credit utilization for the month to the credit bureaus.
So now you can see how a five day hold would throw a wrench into my plans.
Here's the thing though. Once I scheduled the payment, Capital One's accounts show 0 balance on the card, but a 0 available funds on the card as well, while its in this 5 day hold limbo.
Well, here comes the statement closing date, on a *Monday (see edit). So what the heck is going to be reported to the credit bureaus?
Will it be a 100% credit utilization? Will it be 0% credit utilization?
Either way, it's not good. I would be better off paying a lower amount to see if there was a chance that it would be processed in a timely manner.
However, I can't do that during the 5 day hold. I can only do that once the 5 day hold is over.
If the payment hasn't been processed then I can only assume that they will report a credit utilization percentage of 100 percent. Like I spent.
What do you think? I'll be waiting as the weekend passes. Then, I'll call in on Monday; the day of the statement closing date. I might be able to get the hold released, push the payment through by the end of day. And then I will have a low balance reported to the credit bureaus. I'll have all A's on my credit score. edit: a mistake was made earlier in this post. the statement closing date is actually on a Sunday. So it's too late to try to push a payment through now. It's going to report as it was on that day.
UPDATE: It's Monday. I woke up at 6am and everything worked out perfectly. Capital one was happy to release the funds it took all of 5 minutes, and now I'm back to a card with a full balance.
UPDATE 2: 12:00 PM on Monday, the statement came in. It went just about as perfectly as possible. I'm all set with Capital One and my statement, everything is paid, and it correctly reported to the agency. Under 10% of my limit with full credit availability. I got an A.

motoleo wrote:
^ (Gasp) I can't have that happen to me. I can't have them report a 98% (105% in my case) utilization ratio! It mustn't. I have no other cards. This is my only card. It's just a platinum. The limit was just increased to 500 dollars. I never had any returned payments until they did the 5 day hold. You really don't know where the money is because everything is always pending.Are you waiting until the statement closing date to time your payment, or only few days ahead of statement closing, and making that one payment per month? That's a knife edge you are dealing with. On a $500 card, I'm all for maxing that puppy out and then PIF by the payment due date, but that presumes one stops using the card before the limit. If you are using this as your main spend vehicle, that is fine. You need to pay it more often. When you get to $250, set up an immediate payment on Capital One's site to pull the $250 from your bank account. That will take a few days to clear, meanwhile you continue to charge on the card. When you have charged another $250 of spend on the card, log on and schedule another payment to pull from your bank account. Alternatively, on Saturday, look at what is in your Capital One Open Balance, and schedule a payment to pull from your bank account to pay it on Monday. Let those balances report, whatever they are. You may think a $500 statement balance is a Bad Thing? It is not. Over the course of time, when you show that you can report those kinds of balances and PIF, then you will start to get better cards, to give yourself breathing room. And +1 to the comments that you can't allow these payments to be returned. Ever. When you commit to a payment going to your credit card, you no longer have those funds available in your checking account. As another alternative, open a checking account at Capital One. This will provide the instant payment from your checking to your credit card that you want to see. Good luck!

Rebuilding help- need tips for Capital One Accounts

Hi- Thank you all for all the wonderful information, you make rebuilding seem so easy and attainable! I never realized all the different versions of scoring, how to do debt validation, get errors removed from my report and where to focus my attention. Just 2 months ago my scores ranged between 556-580, today they range from 600-611 so little improvement over the last couple months. Here is the situation I am in. I have 3 capital one cards, 2 of which are platinums with $500 limits and 1 is the old Orchard Bank card w/$300 limit. These cards are 6-8 years old. I also have a Fingerhut account w/a $1650 limit, totalling $2950 in credit of which $640 is in use so utilization should be about 22% (making a little more headway on this util each month). I have been 100% ontime w/Fingerhut for the last 2 years. 100% on time w/my auto loan for the last 36 months and almost always on time w/Capital one except for 3 months Sept-Nov in 2014 where I went over my balances and accrued over limit charges that brought my minimum payments up. Technically I was still on time but the $50 a month per card I was giving them wasn't enough for the min payment. I was in a tight situation at the time, they reported those 3 months as late for all 3 cards. I went years before this paying 100% on time every month but always carrying a high balance so they never increased my limits earlier even though payment history was good. Now that my utilization is down and its been 8 months since the Capital one dings, I applied for CLI's on these cards and received letters denying the increases as they said tehse late payments are too recent. I read that a lot of people have success w/CLI's after about 6 months. I've called twice to see if they would good will any of those late payments, I was shot down immediately the first time, the 2nd time I had a nice woman but she wouldn't budge either, she politely told me she went back and looked at those statements and I was indeed not meeting the minimum payments & the only thing she could do was to mail me hard copies of those statements. I really only have 1 major collection on file thats affecting my score for a little over $1000 w/a CA that I've never heard from via phone or mail yet they are accruing charges each month. It showed up in my file late in 2014 for a card that went delinquent on about 2.5 yrs ago. I haven't decided how to handle this collection just yet, PIF right now is not an option for me so before I figure out how I want to approach this I thought I'd try to make some headway w/Capital one first on my limits andutilization. Does anyone have any recommendations? I've lowered my utilization while still using the cards frequently, just paying down more and paying on time but am getting nowhere on goodwills or CLI's and persistence is not my strong suit. Do you recoomend I wait until I have a full 12 months of on time payments before I try again? I did prequal for the QS card but am afraid if I submit, I'll only get rejected for the same "recent late payments" that they rejected my CLI requests for even though they are going on 9 months old.... Does anyone have luck w/a new Cap 1 card while not having luck w/CLI's? Should I try for another card, Anybody get accepted for Barclays card w/low 600's score? I only have 4 inquiries on my file right now. 1 is old, should drop off next month, the other 3 were recent apps for a rental property, no inquiries from credit cards in 2 yrs. Thanks in advance for any advice!!!

Cam0215 wrote:
Hi- Thank you all for all the wonderful information, you make rebuilding seem so easy and attainable! I never realized all the different versions of scoring, how to do debt validation, get errors removed from my report and where to focus my attention. Just 2 months ago my scores ranged between 556-580, today they range from 600-611 so little improvement over the last couple months. Here is the situation I am in. I have 3 capital one cards, 2 of which are platinums with $500 limits and 1 is the old Orchard Bank card w/$300 limit. These cards are 6-8 years old. I also have a Fingerhut account w/a $1650 limit, totalling $2950 in credit of which $640 is in use so utilization should be about 22% (making a little more headway on this util each month). I have been 100% ontime w/Fingerhut for the last 2 years. 100% on time w/my auto loan for the last 36 months and almost always on time w/Capital one except for 3 months Sept-Nov in 2014 where I went over my balances and accrued over limit charges that brought my minimum payments up. Technically I was still on time but the $50 a month per card I was giving them wasn't enough for the min payment. I was in a tight situation at the time, they reported those 3 months as late for all 3 cards. I went years before this paying 100% on time every month but always carrying a high balance so they never increased my limits earlier even though payment history was good. Now that my utilization is down and its been 8 months since the Capital one dings, I applied for CLI's on these cards and received letters denying the increases as they said tehse late payments are too recent. Once you get nine months out from the last late payment on the account (not just a reported 30, but service charge late) they will allow a CLI if your scores are high enough. I read that a lot of people have success w/CLI's after about 6 months. I've called twice to see if they would good will any of those late payments, I was shot down immediately the first time, the 2nd time I had a nice woman but she wouldn't budge either, she politely told me she went back and looked at those statements and I was indeed not meeting the minimum payments & the only thing she could do was to mail me hard copies of those statements. Yeah, Cap One is pretty strict with their reporting. I really only have 1 major collection on file thats affecting my score for a little over $1000 w/a CA that I've never heard from via phone or mail yet they are accruing charges each month. It showed up in my file late in 2014 for a card that went delinquent on about 2.5 yrs ago. I haven't decided how to handle this collection just yet, PIF right now is not an option for me so before I figure out how I want to approach this I thought I'd try to make some headway w/Capital one first on my limits andutilization. Does anyone have any recommendations? Is the OC also reporting that delinquency? If so are they showing an unpaid balance? With Cap One, they like to see heavy usage, and low reported balances. Keep requesting CLI's online until you get some joy - you just need to get far enough away from those lates. I've lowered my utilization while still using the cards frequently, just paying down more and paying on time but am getting nowhere on goodwills or CLI's and persistence is not my strong suit. Do you recoomend I wait until I have a full 12 months of on time payments before I try again? I did prequal for the QS card but am afraid if I submit, I'll only get rejected for the same "recent late payments" that they rejected my CLI requests for even though they are going on 9 months old.... Keep trying every month - use the online link for it, don't call them. Don't worry about CLI denials, they won't be held against you in any way. JUst keep plugging away and check the denial reasons. I was getting the same thing all last year until Jan when I sarted getting "score reasons", then they tripled my limits in Feb. Does anyone have luck w/a new Cap 1 card while not having luck w/CLI's? Should I try for another card, Anybody get accepted for Barclays card w/low 600's score? I only have 4 inquiries on my file right now. 1 is old, should drop off next month, the other 3 were recent apps for a rental property, no inquiries from credit cards in 2 yrs. Thanks in advance for any advice!!! Right now you would only qualify for the "average credit" level Cap One cards, and they are an auto-deny for having two or more cap one accounts already. (its stated in the disclosures), so do not app for any more Cap One cards until scores are in the high 600's - then app for the "excellent credit" cards. Since you have a long history with the cards, you might try Barclays (I was approved for Barclays with 618 TU score), but wait until your last 30 day late is over 12 months old.You're actually doing fine, just need to move out a bit from those lates that occurred last year. You might also call and get them converted to QS/QS1 reward cards.

Capital One Executive Office - no response to my emails

I sent the Capital One EO a very nice email two days ago, requesting CLI's on both of my cards. I have yet to receive a response. Should I just call them instead?  Here's the email I sent:
Hello Capital One! I've been with the Capital One family for about 10 months now. I appreciate the company extending credit to me, and use both of my Capital One cards on a regular basis. I have several other credit cards that I can use, but I prefer to purchase with my Capital One card when I can because of the great cash back no-hassle rewards.  I started with a Platinum card, and a couple of months later applied for a Quicksilver One card. Recently I have upgraded my Platinum card into a Quicksilver One card, so I'm earning cash back with both now- something I'm very happy about.  The only trouble I have with my cards are their very low limits. I started both cards in the Credit Steps program, and both limits are only $500. I have to make several large payments every month to keep my credit under the limit, and I have to be very careful about staying below 30% utilization before my statements generate. Honestly it's a bit of a pain to make sure I have enough available credit, and I pay the bill often enough to keep my balances low.  I am respectfully requesting to have my card limits raised to $2000 each. This will allow me to charge the amounts I need, without having to make several payments every month.  I would greatly appreciate a followup to this email. I can be reached via phone at xxx-xxx-xxxx

DeeBee78 wrote:
I sent the Capital One EO a very nice email two days ago, requesting CLI's on both of my cards. I have yet to receive a response. Should I just call them instead?  Here's the email I sent:
Hello Capital One! I've been with the Capital One family for about 10 months now. I appreciate the company extending credit to me, and use both of my Capital One cards on a regular basis. I have several other credit cards that I can use, but I prefer to purchase with my Capital One card when I can because of the great cash back no-hassle rewards.  I started with a Platinum card, and a couple of months later applied for a Quicksilver One card. Recently I have upgraded my Platinum card into a Quicksilver One card, so I'm earning cash back with both now- something I'm very happy about.  The only trouble I have with my cards are their very low limits. I started both cards in the Credit Steps program, and both limits are only $500. I have to make several large payments every month to keep my credit under the limit, and I have to be very careful about staying below 30% utilization before my statements generate. Honestly it's a bit of a pain to make sure I have enough available credit, and I pay the bill often enough to keep my balances low.  I am respectfully requesting to have my card limits raised to $2000 each. This will allow me to charge the amounts I need, without having to make several payments every month.  I would greatly appreciate a followup to this email. I can be reached via phone at xxx-xxx-xxxxI think you just need to wait several more days. I've read that the EO office can take a week or so to reply but that they do eventually reply.

Capital One Secured Cards

Hi all, it's been great reading up and learning so many things on this forum about getting your credit back into shape. My only wish was getting to this forum before making a couple of recent mistakes that I should have known better but you live and learn. So currently I have 2 Capital One secured cards; one is a HSBC Orchard Bank card that transitioned once Cap One bought out their credit card portfolio. My current limit on the Cap One card is $700 (initial limit was $300 until I added $400 to increase the limit late last year) and $300 on the converted Orchard Bank card. The last time I had a late payment on both accounts was back in October of last year. Since then I've made my payments on time and always more than the minimum. I know from reading in this forum these cards don't graduate and although Cap One offers the account combination link when I sign in, I think I saw someone state it doesn't work with secured cards. For the heck of it I did request a credit limit increase on both accounts and one letter I received stated that I can't initiate credit limit increases on secured cards and the other letter said one or more of my accounts was recently 60 days past due. I also spoke to a rep and asked how many Cap One cards I can have (including branded) I believe she said 5 but when I did the prequal and the Platinum came up I applied for it and then got a letter stating that I couldn't have more than 2 cards. For the Cap One veterans am I just stuck with these 2 cards with no hope of getting a larger credit line (I know there is a cap to it) or getting an unsecured card? I was figuring maybe if I closed out one of them then maybe I can reapply for an unsecured card? Thanks for your time.

mtzion30 wrote:
That is a great question core; speaking for myself I would say it's just my inexperience. By no means do I want every Capital One card they have, I was just trying to figure out what to do with these two cards and maybe at least get one unsecured card from them.Keep going to the well, keep getting the same poisoned water. That's what we say in Texas. I understand, it's kind of a security thing. Well if I were you I'd bust out and apply for something _other_ than Capital One. If a mortgage writer looks at your file and sees 3 Cap One accounts and nothing else, what's he going to think? He might think you're mentally ill and decline the mortgage. I think 3 Cap One accounts is grounds for state-funded looney farm in some states. You want a "travel" card, there you go. I don't know anything about your credit profile, but if you're still in the secured market you might want to check out this helpful list: Get one that will unsecure and grow with you. But really, FICO doesn't know about secured cards so it doesn't affect your score anyway. It's a card like any other. And some are SP. I'll take one of those SPs anyday over a triple HP and raised eyebrows from the mortgage lender from having 3 Cap One accounts and nothing else.

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