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Recently received letters from Capital One about you deserve more from your card and now you'll get it Guaranteed.

From the letter:

" You're smart. You're financially savvy. That's why, now, you're guaranteed to get at least one of
the following upgrades. Free.

    Start earning No Hassle Rewards (or earn them faster)

    Improve other card features

    Lower your APR

Just call my team at 1-877-513-9959 before November 15, 2007.

This call is fast, easy and free. My specially trained team is here just to listen to you. And we ant
to talk about the free upgrades we can make to your cards.

You can reach us every day between 8:30a.m. and 11 p.m. (ET).

Thanks for being a great customer. We're looking forward to hearing from you."


I called the number and ask for reward upgrade, increase in credit lines, and lower my APR.

I got my reward structures changed to every dollar spend earn 3 pts and increase of $5k without pulling credit report.

And they did offer 6 months of 5.9% but I told them hell no since I have 8.49% on my AMEX for life. But they didn't budge.

Good luck.

Update: According to post below that this maybe account specific, therefore I have updated the post YMMV.

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Appears to be targetted since I called up and they said there was nothing they could do for me. I currently have a 7.49 apr for purchases/cash advances but they just can't increase my embarrassing $1000 credit limit. I mean I have a 770 fico, 35k with AMEX, 10k with mbna, 15k with BoA, and a whopping 1k with cap1. But can't really complain, I'm studying abroad and I'm actually making money when I use my card 1% fee - 1.25% Cash Back. Just wish there was some way to increase the damn limit.

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bbyf16 said:Appears to be targetted since I called up and they said there was nothing they could do for me. I currently have a 7.49 apr for purchases/cash advances but they just can't increase my embarrassing $1000 credit limit. I mean I have a 770 fico, 35k with AMEX, 10k with mbna, 15k with BoA, and a whopping 1k with cap1. But can't really complain, I'm studying abroad and I'm actually making money when I use my card 1% fee - 1.25% Cash Back. Just wish there was some way to increase the damn limit.

you're current condition is better than my where my APR is too embrass to said on this thread but I pay off my debt every month. I had this card since college and I remember I started w/ $200 credit line....now it with this increase it is up to par now with my other cards....

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I called and got 0% APR for 6 months.

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I got 2 of these letters on the same account....

I still have some 4.9% for life with them, but cut the balance in half about 2 months ago as it was as not as profitable as my promotional 0% BT and 2.9% for life on other cards.

I'll see what they offer.

Q: Is it better to call CapOne during the day, during the evening, or on a weekend?

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bbyf16 said:Appears to be targetted since I called up and they said there was nothing they could do for me. I currently have a 7.49 apr for purchases/cash advances but they just can't increase my embarrassing $1000 credit limit. I mean I have a 770 fico, 35k with AMEX, 10k with mbna, 15k with BoA, and a whopping 1k with cap1. But can't really complain, I'm studying abroad and I'm actually making money when I use my card 1% fee - 1.25% Cash Back. Just wish there was some way to increase the damn limit.

of course its targeted.

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I got the same offer... increased my CL by $5K. Asked about BT offers/decrease APR back to previous % (currently 19.94%, but used to 9.9% - not that I actually use this card), but everything else was a no-go. Better luck to everyone else.
I've had this card since '99 and it's been one of my lowest CL - with no CLI button or ability to request by CSR. It's one of my oldest, so it'll stay in the sock draw.

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Well, I called them and they doubled my limit from $500 to $1000. Good find, OP.

My CapOne is my oldest and has historically been the most useless, so its... well, slightly more useful than before but not enough to call "useful".

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Bump.

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Thanks for the post! Recently received the same offer! Was very interested, but a bit hesitant as I received three similar letters in one week regarding the same account number! Just seemed fishy, so I googled the phone number and found your post! I've been a long-time FW lurker, so I feel confident in calling now. Hopefully they'll bust out a lower APR for me! Thanks, again!!!

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Increase in CL from $20K to $25K

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If anyone is thinking about doing this, I highly suggest it! The call was quick and easy. I got them to temporarily lower my APR to 0% for six months. This is great as I'm currently paying off my recent wedding charges! It will help tremendously in paying off that debt!!!

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Upgraded wife's Cap1 platinum card to cash rewards (1.25%), and gave 0% for 6-months. But refused to increase ($10k) credit line.

Edit for clarification: wife did not call this phone number unsolicited; she received three capital one mailings asking her to call it to receive account upgrades.

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Just called.

The offered me the rewards program, $5000 increase in CL, $10,000 CL Increase, Or 0% for 6 months.

They could combine the 0% and Rewards, but the CL increase could not be combined.

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I'd been putting off calling for awhile and finally got around to it. They offered a $5k CLI. I was recently upgraded to the No Hassle Miles card out of the blue, but I never fly. I asked to switch to a different rewards card but got denied. As a consolation prize, I suppose, they upped my points per dollar from 1.25 to 3 for 6 months.

Not exactly what I wanted, but worth the 5 minute phone call.

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I had called capital one last week to see about BT specials (not referencing this offer) and they declined my request to increase credit limit stating that they are unable to accept requests for credit limit increases on that account.

I called for this offer today and they offered me a $10K increase. I asked about 0%, and they didn't give me that option.

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Nothing for me - would have liked a CLI.

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Never got anything like this before: I just called (11/07 2:15 CST), and was told that the system for that program was down; they have their best experts working on it; I should call back in one WEEK, when they expect to have it back up again. WTF?

I'll try again tonight, and see if it get the same response.

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Green for you.
They didn't do squat for me, but at least someone answered the phone immediately.

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