My Credit ::crunch::

I recently decided to get a new credit card.

I go home to Eugene a few times a year and if I can get a $50 companion ticket that the girlfriend can use as well as miles for ever dollar I spend I figured it would be worth it (and by “figured” I mean I made an excel sheet and used my spending trends from the last year to show that it’s worth it by a couple hundred bucks)

So I pop over to Alaska Airline’s site which promptly ships me to Bank of America to get my card.

As I have a trip coming up I hoped to get this process started as fast as possible and I thought that if I did it through the bank’s phone service then perhaps the process would be faster. Spying a “Can I apply online?” link I clicked it… and got SLAMMED with the screen shown below.

I know it’s just a random letter generator… and that I’ve got the credit record etc that will allow me to have this card… but DAMN if that’s not a bit… unsettling…

Credit Card Application

For the record: the one of the only things that makes this card “worth it” is if you’re willing to pay off the balance due every week or so. This card uses ADB to calculate what you owe them which is MUCH worse than AB for the card holder. Just a heads up. Make your own excel sheet or use mine to see if it’s worth it!

Have a good Memorial Day weekend!

Update:
Even with my priority code of “Faail” they deemed me worthy of this credit card.
In related news: I now have nobody to share the ticket with. Sigh… well guess that’s life.

Filed under: Amazing, Money on May 20th, 2008

5 Responses to “My Credit ::crunch::”

  1. Kelly, on May 20th, 2008 at 3:32 pm Said:

    *snerk* That’s amazing! And definitely unsettling…but mostly amazing! Teehee. : )

  2. Kimi, on May 21st, 2008 at 11:29 pm Said:

    Dude, that’s hilarious!! (Though, possibly an ominous sign…)

  3. Megs, on May 26th, 2008 at 3:39 pm Said:

    Code FAAIL??? That’s horrible.

  4. Kelly, on July 26th, 2008 at 10:04 pm Said:

    I just stuck my head in…well…your blog… alright, that didn’t come out right *at all* (I was going for a “stuck my head in the door” thing). But I just got done with production day at the paper so I can’t be held responsible for what I do to the English language…

    ANYWAY, I dropped by to see if you’d posted your own tales of adventure from SDCC. (I told my boss that I was envious of your trip – she laughed at me. : P)

    Oh, right, but I got here, reread your blog post (for lack of any new material!) and felt compelled to tell you what an incredible dork you are for all your excel calculations! (Also, I’m totally yoinking your system…I need to find a credit card too. : P)

  5. Kelly, on July 26th, 2008 at 10:06 pm Said:

    And of course you wrote your own macros… I should have guessed.

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