Secret Credit Card Backdoor Numbers To Get Your Credit Increased, APR Changed, Etc!

submitted on January 28, 2010 by orangearrows in "Member's Lounge"

Secret Credit Card Backdoor Numbers To Get Your Credit Increased, APR Changed, Etc!

This list comes courtesy of a post over in the MyFico forums. The author updates it regularly so check there for the latest numbers.

http://consumerist.com/2010/01.....d-etc.html

tags : American Express / AMEX / Bank of America / BOA BofA / BP Best Buy / Capital one / Chase / Citibank / Citi / Discover / Exxon / FIA / Home Depot / Hooters / HSBC / JC penney / Juniper / key bank / lowes / macy's / orchard / philips / sams club / sears / shell / sunoco / target / target / walmart / wamu / valero / tiffany's

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professor

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Posted by orangearrows on January 28, 2010

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Wonder what the HOOTERS number is for ? Ordering wings?

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Posted by HouTex on January 28, 2010

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The author of the list hangs out there?

No, seriously, there is a Hooters Mastercard http://www.hooterscard.com/menu/home.aspx .

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Posted by HouTex on January 28, 2010
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professor

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Posted by orangearrows on January 28, 2010
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That's something new. Cool card to have in your wallet

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Posted by HouTex on January 28, 2010

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Thanks for posting this! It's a discussion I'll add to my favorites, because it's definitely a list worth keeping!

professor

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Posted by orangearrows on January 28, 2010

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NP ....... found it while searching for info on Best Buy. Been dealing with them about some refunds. Some of the numbers came handy and saved me a lot of time.

I listed the tags so that if anyone searches for any of it, this discussion would also show up.

Wish BUXR would let us add out own tags.

professor

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Posted by orangearrows on January 28, 2010

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Posting the whole list here ( in case they take off the link)
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Please use this information responsibly so that others can keep benefiting from this data as well.

AmEx Oasis Program: 888-232-3261
American Express Credit Bureau Unit: 800-874-2717. Must have a current credit report before calling. They will ask for the account number from the credit report, which is different than your card number.

Barclays/Juniper: 866-750-6031 (Corp. Offices)

Best Buy: 888-237-8289 (customer care)
Best Buy: 800-365-0292 (CSR)
Best Buy App Status: 800-811-7276
Best Buy Store Card: 800-305-0533

BofA Acquisition Dept.: 888-645-6733 (new app recon)
BofA: 800-732-9194
BofA: 800-421-2110 (product change, poss. for cli)
BofA: 888-260-4696 (secured accts.)
BofA: 800.824.5895 (secured & partially secured accts.)
BofA: 800-718-6072 (Credit analyst)
BofA: 800-881-4730 (Loan Dept.?)
BofA Credit Dept. Fax: 888-500-6270
BofA/FIA: 888-831-4181; 866-421-8071 (Credit analyst)
FIA: 866-421-8153 (credit analyst)

BP/Amoco App Status: 800-365-6204

Cap1: 800-625-7866 (Account Specialist)
Cap1: 800-951-6951 (cust. relations)
Cap1: 800-548-4593 (application department; status)
Cap1: 800-889-9939 or 800-625-7866.(Account Specialist)
Cap1: 877-513-9959 (Account Retention?)
Cap1: 800-427-9458 (Fraud department. They take ALL calls seriously!)
Cap1: 800-258-9319 (Debt Recovery)

Chase: 800-432-3117 (App status)
Chase: 888-270-2127 (App recon)
Chase: 877-781-3109 (combining & product change)
Chase: 888-245-0625 (Credit Analyst - Recons)
Chase: 800-945-2004 (WaMu CC Prod. Change) <--- (as of 09/02/09, some have posted that PCing former WaMu cards is no longer possible, so YMMV)

Chevron/Texaco Biz Card App Status: 888-243-8358

Citi: 888-201-4523 (New App Approval Status)
Citi AA: 888-662-7759
Citi App Status: 800-645-7240, 800-288-4653, 800-750-7453
Citi: 800-444-2568 (Retention Dept.)
Citi: 866-927-7841
Citi: 800-763-9795 (Credit Dept.)
Citi Credit Bureau Dispute Fax: 866-548-5614

Discover: 888-676-3695 (Recon)
Discover: 800-347-2911 (Retention Dept.)

ExxonMobil Biz Card: 800-903-9966

FIA: 866-421-8153 (credit analyst)

GEMB: 877-294-7541 (escalated help desk)

Home Depot MC (Commercial): 800-720-0649

Hooters: 801-545-6705, 800-850-4668

HSBC: 866-574-4421 (App Status)
HSBC: 866-719-3897 (Credit Analyst?)

JC Penney: 800-542-0800

Juniper: 866-408-4064 (Credit Analyst)
Juniper/Barclays: 866-750-6031 (Corp. Offices)

Key Bank: 888-201-4523 (App status)
Key Bank: 800-254-2737
Key Bank MC: 800-288-4653
Keybank Credit Research Fax: 216-357-6404

Lowes: 800-445-6937 (App Status)
Lowes: 866-232-7443 (Biz Acct. Underwriting)
Lowes Fraud/UW: 800-444-1408

Macy's: 800-627-2909 (Credit Dept. - new credit, inquiries on upgrade to Visa, credit reporting issues)
Macy's: 800-543-9617 (Recovery Services)

Meijers MC: 801-517-5560

National City: 800-762-0974 (Credit Dept.)

Orchard: 800-395-6090 (May get answered in Spanish by bilingual CSR's. If this happens and you don't speak Spanish, either try again later or try saying "Habla ingles?" or "Ingles, por favor" to let them know you're an English-speaker).

Philips 66: 866-289-5630, 800-610-1961

Sam's Club: 800-301-5546, 866-246-4282 (Underwriting)

Sears: 800-599-9710 (App status)

Shell Fleet Card: 800-223-3296 (App status)
Shell: 800-223-3296, 866-438-7435
Shell: 800-377-5150

Staples: 800-767-1291, 800-282-5316

Sunoco Corp. Card: 800-935-3387, 800-278-6626
Sunoco: 800-310-4773

Target Biz Card: 800-440-5317

Tiffany: 800-770-0800

US Bank: 800-947-1444, 800-685-7680 (Underwriting)

Valero: 877-882-5376

Wal-Mart: 800-301-5546
Wal-Mart Underwriting: 877-294-7548
Wal-Mart Underwriting (GE Moneybank): 1-866-419-4096

WaMu CSR: 800-356-0011, or 800-280-9441
WaMu: 888-687-2273 (Apps/New Accts)

WFNNB: 614-729-5000

Wright Express: 888-743-3893
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