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aqua card

i have a poor credit rating and have applied for the Aqua card (have never applied for anything in the last nine months ) it did not approve straight away but said i would hear in ten days. Is this normal?
Make £11,000 in 2011 / ebay £600

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  • paulmcerlean
    paulmcerlean Posts: 831 Forumite
    Pretty much. Aqua like to approve as many people as possible and so will manually underwrite anything that does not automatically pass their credit scoring system.
  • DizzleUK
    DizzleUK Posts: 569 Forumite
    Pretty much. Aqua like to approve as many people as possible and so will manually underwrite anything that does not automatically pass their credit scoring system.

    Aqua have declined me twice straight out in the last year. I have a Vanquis card and I am waiting for my shiny new Capital One card to drop through the door any day now.
    Remember this: nothing worth doing is easy.

  • oops seems like a bit of unfriendly banter going on here. So i take it i may or may not get a card then!
    Make £11,000 in 2011 / ebay £600
  • mnomis
    mnomis Posts: 82 Forumite
    I've got Vanquis, Very, JD Williams etc.... but declined outright by Aqua
    Capital one £200 - bal nil. Aqua £350 - bal nil
    Vanquis limit [STRIKE]£250[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]£750[/STRIKE] £1250 - bal £450. Nat West overdraft limit - £300, unused. JD Willaims limit [STRIKE]£400 [/STRIKE] [STRIKE] £600 [/STRIKE] £900 - bal £90.
    Very limit £400 - balance £329 (buy now pay 2011!)
  • izools
    izools Posts: 7,513 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    i have a poor credit rating and have applied for the Aqua card (have never applied for anything in the last nine months ) it did not approve straight away but said i would hear in ten days. Is this normal?

    A friend of mine who has two previous defaults (one now settled) and smatterings of missed payments (all 1+ year old) was turned down for Aqua last year.

    He got a Cap1 Classic before Christmas and has now been approved for the Aqua card.

    Got the same response you did and the credit agreement arrived in the post two days later.
    Cashback Earned ¦ Nectar Points £68 ¦ Natoinwide Select £62 ¦ Aqua Reward £100 ¦ Amex Platinum £48
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