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Citi credit cards

19 cards issued by Citi, including American Airlines, Costco, Best Buy cards. Open any card for every credit, when it resets and whether it needs activation.

Application rules

What applicants have reported about approvals. Banks don’t publish most of these. All banks’ rules

1/8 Firm rule

Only one Citi application every 8 days, counting personal and business cards together. Applying again within 8 days gets declined. Citi counts declined applications too, and this app can’t see those.

2/65 Firm rule

At most two Citi applications in any 65-day stretch. A third application within 65 days gets declined, and declined applications count.

business 1/95 Soft rule

Roughly one Citi business card application every 90 to 95 days. Another business application inside that window gets declined.

Personal cards 14

Business cards 2

Closed to new applicants 3