Originally Posted by
cdancer20
If you do within I think 30 days of getting a new card, no there is no extra pull. They use the info from when you applied. I'm not sure of the exact time window, so I normally do it as soon as I am approved or as soon as I receive the card.
I just got off the phone with Barclay. I was approved 1/17/14 and was told a hard pull WOULD be required to increase my credit limit. My current CL is $12,500 (TU FICO of 806), which I understand is toward the high end for Barclay (though Chase gave me $22k) so maybe if they had originally granted me a lower CL they might have done the increase without the hard pull.