Cards that give large credit limits

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I seem to recall reading that Barclays and MBNA tend to give large credit limits. Is my memory correct and are there any other issuers known for giving large limits?

Nebulous2

MBNA may change under new ownership. We'll have to wait and see. Virgin are making an aggressive push to up market share and gave me one of my largest limits at the end of last year.

MisterP123

Can't give you any real accurate answer but I can say I have three cards. Halifax, Barclaycard & MBNA.

MBNA is the newest and has the largest limit
Baclaycard is next with slightly lower limit
Halifax is oldest with about a quarter of the limit as the others.

MallyGirl

Barclaycard is my biggest limit by some margin, then MBNA/Virgin/Amex all pretty similar

rtho782

Nationwide have me at £5500, Sainsburys at £3000, MBNA only at £1000.

I think they all have different attitudes to different customers.

Filo25

MBNA is easily my largest, about double my next highest.

Although that is an old card and they increased the limit years ago, so it may not reflect their current approach.

stu2500

Barclaycard is my biggest limit by quite a margin on my others.

oldagetraveller

Tesco, 0% purchase card, gave me a £6500 limit in spite of already having a £2000 limit, with small balance, on another card. Retired and limited income!
I reduced the Tesco limit to £2500.

Alexd52

My highest are Capital one, Lloyds and Barclaycard with £12k to £15k limits

bearcat16

Amex (Amex issued) is my current highest at £15,300

Next is Nationwide Select £13,750

Then MBNA £7,000

Then virgin £6,600

Then Tesco £5,400

Then Halifax with a measley £2,500

Weird thing is, I have my mortgage with Halifax!

I wish I could stooz the nationwide card, but their 0% offers are never much good. (1year with 3% fee)

The_Urbanite

Barclaycard IHG and Lloyds both around £15k. Amex £11k, AA, Barclaycard (Platinum), Creation, MBNA and Tesco all £5-7k and Tesco (again)/TSB £500!