baddog

First off, up until a year ago I had owned a credit card in 15 years or so. I decided to get one thru Southwest since they were going to help build up my frequent flier miles. So I use it solely for when I am on business trips.

So, today the limo comes to take me to the airport and the driver tells me I need to call in because my card was declined. No big deal, I pay with one of my ATM cards, but I decide to call the cc company to see what the story is.

Well, NYC is an expensive city and between the hotel, dinners, cigars I was going to go over my limit. Fine, let's go ahead and pay off the card now (I never carry a balance on it, auto paid every month), and how about raising the credit limit so this doesn't happen again.

Well, they let me pay off the card (mighty kind of them), but as far as raising the credit limit, she can't do it, or tell me why, however, I am eligible for a new card with a limit three times as high as the current one.

So, they won't raise the limit on this one, but they will give me another with a much higher limit. WTF is up with that?

I get the feeling they don't like the fact that I don't carry a balance. Anyone with a similar experience?