Bank of America® Customized Cash Rewards Credit Card
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Bank of America is offering a $200 cash rewards bonus offer after you make at least $1000 in purchases within the first 90 days of account opening with their Bank of America Customized Cash Rewards credit card. There is no annual fee.
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Got rejected, have a 780ish credit score. Maybe too many credit card sign ups recently
From what I could find online regarding BofA these are their restrictions for credit cards:
- You can only get approved for 2 new cards in a 30-day period
- You can only get approved for 3 new cards in a 12-month period
- You can only get approved for 4 new cards in a 24-month period
Apparently it only looks at BofA cards. Where as the Chase 5/24 rule looks at any credit card issued to you, regardless of which company issued it to you.
Edit: Adding the 7/12 and 3/12 rules for BofA higher up to this comment.
"7/12 and 3/12 rule"
"According to this rule, customers with a BofA deposit account will not be approved for new cards if they've opened seven cards (across all issuers) in the last 12 months, while customers without a BoA deposit account will be rejected if they've opened three or more cards in the last 12 months."
For those who plan to keep and use these cards, be warned that there is a rumor that BofA is increasing the amount of money needed for preferred rewards tiers in a month, like platinum honors is changing from $100k to $1 million in assets required at BofA. I personally use BofA but plan to cancel my cards if this policy change goes into effect.
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The higher tier/buy in programs, as the link notes, don't actually offer much benefit over the other program with the 100k requirement right now... you get some really minor extra stuff like free cashiers checks, a couple free wire transfers a month, and a few additional waived fees. It's possible the 1 million tier will offer more additional stuff- but still shouldn't impact existing folks in the other, cheaper buy-in, program.
Just following this up to close it out since the info is now public.
As I said a while back- this does not impact existing program members at the 100k or lower tiers.
They just added the 2 new tiers at 1 million and 10 million... with no added credit card benefits of any kind
It's a few minor banking fee/loan discounts, and a bunch of "lifestyle" benefits even more obscure and less likely for a typical person to use than what Amex has been doing.
Oh, and the things like bigger discount on HELOC and mortgage rates? If you already have one with them- too bad. No added discount for you. Only on new origination.
Will definitely be moving the bulk of my funds out of ML at this point, nothing in the >100k tiers offers anything worth keeping $ in a brokerage so behind the times on offerings and features.
Probably not gonna even leave 100k in there since apparently my existing HELOC rate also won't go UP if I drop tiers either, and the extra couple % I get on CC spend in a year is easily replaced in a week with better trading abilities on a different platform.
I had 2 of these cards. Got a letter in the mail with a promotion that offered to change out this card for the new 1.5% on everything card. I was using 1 card for 3% dinning and the other for online purchases. Since most cards now offer 3% on dinning I decided to go for it. It was a swap with the same number but a new card. (3 weeks in the mail) No hard pull with a $200 bonus after $1000 spend. Maybe give them a call and ask about it if you didn't get the letter. Worth a shot if you're interested.
I got the same offer letter to convert my 3% online shopping category card into 1.5 Unlimited like you said. I really like mine 3% online shopping card the which also gives me 2% cash back at Costco Wholesale. Do you know if it would be better or if it would make a difference if I did a separate application for the 1.5 unlimited card or if I did the transfer and then created a new application for a new 3% category card?
I got the same offer letter to convert my 3% online shopping category card into 1.5 Unlimited like you said. I really like mine 3% online shopping card the which also gives me 2% cash back at Costco Wholesale. Do you know if it would be better or if it would make a difference if I did a separate application for the 1.5 unlimited card or if I did the transfer and then created a new application for a new 3% category card?
I would just apply for the new card because it's less of a hassle. When you product change it takes about 3 to 4 weeks. You won't be able to use that card during that time.
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- You can only get approved for 2 new cards in a 30-day period
- You can only get approved for 3 new cards in a 12-month period
- You can only get approved for 4 new cards in a 24-month period
Apparently it only looks at BofA cards. Where as the Chase 5/24 rule looks at any credit card issued to you, regardless of which company issued it to you.
Edit: Adding the 7/12 and 3/12 rules for BofA higher up to this comment.
"7/12 and 3/12 rule"
"According to this rule, customers with a BofA deposit account will not be approved for new cards if they've opened seven cards (across all issuers) in the last 12 months, while customers without a BoA deposit account will be rejected if they've opened three or more cards in the last 12 months."
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The higher tier/buy in programs, as the link notes, don't actually offer much benefit over the other program with the 100k requirement right now... you get some really minor extra stuff like free cashiers checks, a couple free wire transfers a month, and a few additional waived fees. It's possible the 1 million tier will offer more additional stuff- but still shouldn't impact existing folks in the other, cheaper buy-in, program.
Just following this up to close it out since the info is now public.
As I said a while back- this does not impact existing program members at the 100k or lower tiers.
They just added the 2 new tiers at 1 million and 10 million... with no added credit card benefits of any kind
It's a few minor banking fee/loan discounts, and a bunch of "lifestyle" benefits even more obscure and less likely for a typical person to use than what Amex has been doing.
New tiers here:
https://www.privatebank
The "lifestyle" junk here:
https://promotions.bank
Oh, and the things like bigger discount on HELOC and mortgage rates? If you already have one with them- too bad. No added discount for you. Only on new origination.
Will definitely be moving the bulk of my funds out of ML at this point, nothing in the >100k tiers offers anything worth keeping $ in a brokerage so behind the times on offerings and features.
Probably not gonna even leave 100k in there since apparently my existing HELOC rate also won't go UP if I drop tiers either, and the extra couple % I get on CC spend in a year is easily replaced in a week with better trading abilities on a different platform.
I would just apply for the new card because it's less of a hassle. When you product change it takes about 3 to 4 weeks. You won't be able to use that card during that time.