Wells fargo declined 2% my credit card application

[audreyh1]

We were declined by Barclays for a JetBlue card. Why? Because we were honest in stating our income and employment status (retired).

They claimed that they found our income "unrealistically high for a retired couple" and requested a copy of our tax return. That was the end of it for us.

Wow, never had that happen and we’ve been approved for several CCs since retiring.

We pretty much use the income from our most recent tax return and put investments as the source of our income.

 

[Sunset]

We were declined by Barclays for a JetBlue card. Why? Because we were honest in stating our income and employment status (retired).

They claimed that they found our income "unrealistically high for a retired couple" and requested a copy of our tax return. That was the end of it for us.

Sounds more like they were jealous

I just use the number $110K as it's more than the median family income, so seems high enough.