barclay card 20 months. accepted. no limit

The_White_Horse

is this usual?

I applied online. was instantly told i had been accepted "welcome to barclay card" etc - but they never mentioned what limit I had been given.

i only care as i want to make some balance transfers and want to know if the limit is large enough.

seems odd that they don't say.

anyone else experienced this?

msredimp

Some tell you in the first letter you receive. This card was my first ever credit card and they gave me a limit of £2000 with it, this was told to me in the first letter.

book12

msredimp wrote: »

Some tell you in the first letter you receive. This card was my first ever credit card and they gave me a limit of £2000 with it, this was told to me in the first letter.

You must be lucky to have that kind of credit card for your very first one with a high credit limit when you have no (or limited) credit history... You must earn a lot.

Most people's first ever credit card is either a Barclaycard Iniial, Vanquis, Capital One Progres, etc...

willstewart

They'll probably just close it without letting you know as soon as it's received as per other successful customers recently

KingElvis

They will tell you via email what you limit will be

The_White_Horse

thanks all. no email yet. maybe it will come next week.

Tixy

Could just be being slow due to the holidays/short weeks.
But as mentioned above just be aware that barclays have been accepting and subsequently declining a lot of people recently (or closing the new account after the transfer has been done and then not honouring the 0% deal on the transferred balance).

BugsyBrowne

The_White_Horse wrote: »

thanks all. no email yet. maybe it will come next week.

Just don't make any plans as yet which involves that card, I would wait until you make your first purchase..

GillianY1

I have had my Barclaycard for about 9 months now. They initally gave me an £1800 credit limit then increased it after about 4 months to £4500.