Happy Holidays to Everyone. So I've decided to complete an AOR. Here's all of the info of my credit profile/cards applied for/current acceptance rate. I plan to update this as I find more information and I hope it helps others like previous AOR posts helped me.
Personal Profile:
Age: 22
Employment: Engineering Grad Student
Income: ~$25,000
Household Income: ~$85,000
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Current Cards:
CitiBank
Citi mtvU ------------------------2,800-----------Opened 8/05
Citi Diamond Preferred Rewads-----4,000-----------Opened 1/05
Citi Dividend Select--------------6,000-----------Opened 6/05
BOA/MBNA
Boston Red Sox Card---------------8,500-----------Opened 8/03
World Points----------------------2,000-----------Opened 1/04
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Credit Scores (via Truecredit):
-----------Nov 11-----Dec 19--------Jan 31
TransUnion 719--------730-----------731
Experian --759--------759-----------745
Equifax ---723--------723-----------708
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Personal Cards:
American Express
Blue by American Express ($40 CardOffers, 0% 15 months, no fee) Deferred Approved $4800
Hilton HHonors Platinum Card ($40 CardOffers, 3 free night stays) Instant $5600
Chase
Sony Card ($150 Credit Statement, 0% for 12 Months) Deferred Denied
Chare Priority Club ($20 Credit Statement, 3 free night stays) Deferred Approved $8400
CitiBank
AT&T Universal (6,000 TY Points, 0% for 12 Months) Deferred Accepted $4,500
Citi PremierPass Elite($33 Card Offers & 15,000 TY Points, 0% for 12 months) Deferred Accepted $8,400
Citi Professional (15,000 TY Points, 0% for 12 months) Instant $6,000
Discover
Discover Platinum Card ($40 CardOffers, 0% for 12 months) Deferred
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Business Cards:
Advanta
Life of Balance Platinum ($50 CardOffers, 2.99% for life) Denied Insufficient History
American Express
Tiger Direct Application ($150 Gift Card) (First Year Fee Waived) Instant Approval - No Set Limit
Business Platinum ($250 Credit Statement) (First Year Fee Waived) Deferred
CitiBank
CitiBusiness PremierPass Card (15,000 TY Points, 0% for 12 Months) ($75 Annual Fee Waived First Year) Deferred
CitiBusiness w/TY Network (15,000 TY Points, 0% for 12 Months) Deferred Approved $4,000
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Bank Accounts:
Chase Checking w/Direct Deposit $100 Deposit $100 Reward
CitiBank Checking and Esavings $5,000 Deposit $100 Reward
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Possible Rewards Total:
CardOffers------------------$203
Citi TY Points--------------$660(66,000TY)
Credit Statement------------$420
Tiger Direct----------------$150 GC
Hilton Nights---------------$225 (3 Nights (est $75/night))
Bank Rewards----------------$200
Chase Priority Club---------$225 (3 Nights (est $75/night))
Total Possible Rewards:-----$1,858 + BT Profits
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Approved Rewards Total:
CardOffers------------------$80
Citi TY Points--------------$510 (51,000TY)
Credit Statement------------$20
Tiger Direct----------------$150 GC
Hilton Nights---------------$225 (3 Nights (est $75/night))
Bank Rewards----------------$200
Chase Priority Club---------$225 (3 Nights (est $75/night))
Total Rewards Approved:----$1,410 + BT Profits
Credit:
Previous Credit---------$23,300
New Credit--------------$65,700
Total Credit------------$89,000
12-19
Pretty low instant acceptance rate, but that seems like the norm on these. I'm just hoping I can pick up a few more cards, especially from issuers which I don't have cards with so that they can mature. It looks like I will able to perform a small (<$10,000) BT with Citi once I shift lines around, which isn't much for most of you, but it's still free money.
I plan on applying for the bank rewards on Dec 30 (right before chase expires) in hopes that most applications will be done with my CR by then.
Also, I didn't apply for any BOA cards because I didn't want to try to jeopordize my billpay since that is VERY handy. An extra month of that saves me from entering all of my account information in another bill pay system for another month 
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I was wondering if it is common for Citibank to let you "customize" your card before you even are given approval. Is this a good sign, or do they just hope you sign up for something that costs you money?
Also, the AMEX Tiger Direct Application gave me a java script error when I submitted, but checking the status on AMEX website says it's an instant approval, just waiting on the credit limit.
12-20 I went through BOA and Citi to do Credit Line Increase Requests Today. I had previously checked on Citi and BOA before for a non hard pull increase, but there wasn't any and didn't realize that filling out the form on BOA doesn't result in a IQ. Anyways, I requested 6,000 extra for each previous card from Citi and Balances of total credit of 15,000 and 20,000 for BOA. Got instantly accepted for the MTVu and 15,000 on BOA. Now I'm waiting on the others.
01-31 Well I think pretty much everything has passed through by now. I'm still waiting on the Premier Pass, ATT, and Discover cards because I had to send in information to verify my address. Even if I don't get those, I think I've done pretty well. I tripled my available credit and have the opportunity to do a $23k no fee BT with Citi for about 22 months (12 months Professional/12 months AT&T). With the current HSBC rate, that should net me over $1k in the first year. Also, my scores have not moved much due to inquiries and new cards, but I'm sure they will drop when the BT posts.
02-02 Happy Groundhog Day! I just received the PremierPass and At&T cards in the mail and updated the credit lines. Looks like I will be able to do a sizeable (>$20K) BT with Citi.
