WTF? BoA reduces my credit limit, Citi raises it

[JohnCU]

just looked and it went from $4800 to $6300

i thought they were reducing limits not raising them these days

also this is the 2nd time this year they've raised it without me asking

 

[Quasmo]

Mine did the same thing in the last week

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Looks like BofA raised mine recently, as did Citibank. Not sure why they keep doing that since I normally never go above $200.

 

[ggnl]

BoA has been steadily raising my credit limit without asking since I got the card. From 3k when I got it 2004 to 17k now.

 

[Brainonska511]

Citi and American Express haven't touched my credit limits. I started at Citibank @ 18 (I'm 20 now) with a $2000 limit on a student card, up to $5500 now on a normal card. And Amex gave me $2000 to start and now it's up to $3000. Never had it automatically raised, only through requesting credit increases online.

 

[LS21]

just checked and mine are still fixed

 

[Chrono]

My AMEX started out at 2.5k and after a year of usage, it was then raised to 10.5k. WTF?

 

[hanoverphist]

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
Looks like BofA raised mine recently, as did Citibank. Not sure why they keep doing that since I normally never go above $200.

derrr, thats why. every time i pay mine to zero (like 2 or 3 times a year) MC raises my limit too.

 

[zoiks]

Just checked and found out Citi raised mine to 8k from 4k. BofA is unchanged at 16k.

 

[bunker]

My BofA card just went up $1500, my wife's has also been raised recently.

 

[Fenixgoon]

BofA is still at $5k for me (just got a new card a few months ago)

 

[FP]

Citi canceled a credit card I have had with them for 14 years yesterday due to lack of activity. I rotate out my cards every 6 months and this one hadn't been used in about 5 months.

I called them and begged them not to close the account but they wouldn't listen.

This is going to hurt my credit score... 14 year old card with a $27k credit line being closed. So much for customer loyalty.

 

[Kev]

Wow, I just checked my BoA credit card that I haven't used in over a year and they have upped the limit to 21k... When I first got it from mbna in college the limit was only 4k.

 

[Kev]

Originally posted by: binister
Citi canceled a credit card I have had with them for 14 years yesterday due to lack of activity. I rotate out my cards every 6 months and this one hadn't been used in about 5 months.

I called them and begged them not to close the account but they wouldn't listen.

This is going to hurt my credit score... 14 year old card with a $27k credit line being closed. So much for customer loyalty.

they can do that? shit i better use my boa card

 

[jman19]

Originally posted by: Chrono
My AMEX started out at 2.5k and after a year of usage, it was then raised to 10.5k. WTF?

Same. It jumped to 10k real fast, now it's at around 15k... I tend to make a lot of purchases with my Amex but I'm still shocked how fast it went up...

 

[FoBoT]

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:laugh:

 

[LS21]

Originally posted by: Kev

they can do that? shit i better use my boa card

put a dollar on all your cards

 

[ivan2]

anyone tried to use their 25k creditline at a auto dealer?

 

[MiniDoom]

my boa amex is still the same.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: binister
Citi canceled a credit card I have had with them for 14 years yesterday due to lack of activity. I rotate out my cards every 6 months and this one hadn't been used in about 5 months.

I called them and begged them not to close the account but they wouldn't listen.

This is going to hurt my credit score... 14 year old card with a $27k credit line being closed. So much for customer loyalty.

That's pretty messed up...

 

[RaistlinZ]

Guess I'd better use my CC from time to time, even if it's only for buying lunch.

BTW... would the cancel the card only for complete inactivity, or are they looking that you purchase a certain amount with t he card every few months?

 

[LongCoolMother]

started at like $500 years ago in HS, iirc. Now I'm 20 and its at 10k. wtf?

 

[UNCjigga]

I sure would hate to be a treasury manager these days!

 

[amdhunter]

Oh my, Discover raised my limit to OVER 9000!!!

No seriously tho, if they raised your limits, and you don't use it, doesn't that raise your available credit and credit scores?

How could it hurt?

 

[jman19]

Guys, it is obvious that if your credit limit goes up, you should take advantage of it and spend up to the max. Don't worry about carrying a balance from month to month, it's ok.