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Card Recommendation - Moving to NYC and will be spending a good chunk of money
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CREDIT PROFILE

  • Current credit cards you are the primary account holder of:

    • Wells Fargo Signature Rewards $12,000 limit, 01/2008
    • Best Buy Credit Card $2,000 limit, 08/2018
  • FICO Scores with source (see note on FICO score sources below):

    • Experian FICO 696/725 (Equifax/Wells Fargo Credit Check)-
    • Transunion 742 (CreditKarma)
    • Equifax 742 (CreditKarma)
    • I couldn't figure out the Transunion or Equifax without paying on Experian. Forgive me in advance
  • Oldest credit card account age with you as primary name on the account: 14 Years

  • Number of personal credit cards approved for in the past 6 months: 0

  • Number of personal credit cards approved for in the past 12 months: 0

  • Number of personal credit cards approved for in the past 24 months: 0

  • Annual income $: $150k

CATEGORIES

  • OK with category-specific cards?: YES
  • OK with rotating category cards?: YES
  • Estimate average monthly spend in the categories below. Only include what you can pay by credit card.
    • Dining $: $1,200
    • Groceries $: $500
    • Gas $: Soon to be $0
    • Travel $:Flights: $2,000/yrAirbnb: $1,500/yrCar Rentals: $500/yrHotels: $3,000/yr
    • Do you plan on using this card abroad for a significant length of time: NO
    • Any other categories: Not currently paid with a CC but things I should going forward- Phone/Internet: $150/mo- Insurance: $15/mo- Amazon: $100/mo
    • Any other significant, regular credit card spend you didn't include above?: $500
    • Can you pay rent by credit card? Yes, I think the new fee is around 3-5%

MEMBERSHIPS

  • Current member of Amazon Prime, Costco, Sam's Club, or a Verizon postpaid customer?: Amazon, Costco, Verizon Customer
  • Current member of Chase, US Bank or any other big bank?: Wells Fargo
  • Active US military?: No
  • Are you open to Business Cards?: No

PURPOSE

  • What's the purpose of your next card (choose ONE)?: Rewards Mainly
    • I have the WF card but it doesn't really offer great rewards. I kind of screwed up my credit pretty bad a long time ago so I think from that incident I just didn't use credit all that much.
    • I figured this is another life event that will rack up a few thousand pretty quickly so I figured I could take advantage of the signup bonuses.
    • Don't really have a preferred Airline, I usually flew Southwest as I reside on the West Coast but they don't have service on the east coast, Usually,
    • I book Marriot Hotels if possible (I can get a discount via employee)
  • Do you have any cards you've been looking at? Mainly the more popular ones, I don't really know though I tried reading through the side posts I am a CC noob
    • Chase Saphire Preferred or Chase Freedom
    • The AMEX Platinum Card
    • Captial One Venture.

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