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percy81
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Authorized user question, csr confused me

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hello fico friends, I called discover to add an authorized user and also asked if this trade line will report to their bureaus and the, although very nice csr told me that au will not be reported to bureaus only if I add the person as a joint card owner, so I asked for the form for that so as of right now until the form comes in the mail the person is under AU status. So before agreement was final she read of the user agreement message and in themessage it says " before agreeing to adding an additional user just know that this will effect their credit report and score" waaait a minute, hold the phone, I thought I was just told AU don't get reported to the credit bureaus???? Chase said the same, capital one asked for a SSN so I assuming that will definitely be reported.  Any suggestions or experience here?? Thank you so much......oops one more question, if I do add him as a joint holder will they have to pull his credit report? And also add the extra inquiries? Thanks sooooo very much in advance.

Current: TU 772 EQ 765 EX 760 (GE credit pull)
Goal 800+
WHAT'S IN MY WALLET: American Express Blue Cash Preferred 34,000/ Citi Simplicity 16,600 / Discover IT 16,500/ Chase freedom 4,800/ Care credit 20,000/ R us MasterCard 7,500/ kohls 2,500/ LensCrafters 2,400 / Citi Double Cash 13,200/ Amazon Visa 7,000
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percy81
Frequent Contributor

Re: Authorized user question, csr confused me

anyone ?Smiley Sad

Current: TU 772 EQ 765 EX 760 (GE credit pull)
Goal 800+
WHAT'S IN MY WALLET: American Express Blue Cash Preferred 34,000/ Citi Simplicity 16,600 / Discover IT 16,500/ Chase freedom 4,800/ Care credit 20,000/ R us MasterCard 7,500/ kohls 2,500/ LensCrafters 2,400 / Citi Double Cash 13,200/ Amazon Visa 7,000
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jsickz32
Valued Contributor

Re: Authorized user question, csr confused me

I dont know about chase or discover but i added my bro to amex, bofa and NFCU and they all are reporting to his CRs
Amex BCE (2500) / Amex SPG (4000) / Amex GoldPR / Merrill+ Visa siggy (5000) / BofA Amex (6000) / Bofa cash rewards (5000) / BofA Privileges Cash Rewards (5000) / Citi Forward (4400) / Citi DP (2000) / Chase Freedom (4000) / Chase CSP (5000) / Chase Hyatt (5000) / Discover IT (1700) / FNBO AMEX (3600) / NFCU cashRewards Visa signature (15000) / NFCU Flagship Visa signature (12500) / NFCU Navcheck (5000) / Nordstrom (500) / MetroCU Visa Elite (5000) / Walmart (4500) / Kays Jewerels (6600) / Kohls (300) / Macys Platinum (2500) / DCU platinum Visa (17500) / Citizens bank cash back (1100) / Bill Me Later (1631) / PayPal Smart connect (2200) / BestBuy store card (2000)
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percy81
Frequent Contributor

Re: Authorized user question, csr confused me

Thankyou, I was just getting mixed answers on the search engine on this forum, some stated that a law passed where AU can't benefit from the primary card holders clean history.  I was also concerned because my brother lives out of state. I just don't want to add him as a joint holder because that will give him extra inquiries that he doesn't want and he may have a chance of getting denied the card if they pull his report, you know?

Current: TU 772 EQ 765 EX 760 (GE credit pull)
Goal 800+
WHAT'S IN MY WALLET: American Express Blue Cash Preferred 34,000/ Citi Simplicity 16,600 / Discover IT 16,500/ Chase freedom 4,800/ Care credit 20,000/ R us MasterCard 7,500/ kohls 2,500/ LensCrafters 2,400 / Citi Double Cash 13,200/ Amazon Visa 7,000
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jsickz32
Valued Contributor

Re: Authorized user question, csr confused me

Well my brother has had those cards reporting for 2 months and he already got 2 cards of his own.
Amex BCE (2500) / Amex SPG (4000) / Amex GoldPR / Merrill+ Visa siggy (5000) / BofA Amex (6000) / Bofa cash rewards (5000) / BofA Privileges Cash Rewards (5000) / Citi Forward (4400) / Citi DP (2000) / Chase Freedom (4000) / Chase CSP (5000) / Chase Hyatt (5000) / Discover IT (1700) / FNBO AMEX (3600) / NFCU cashRewards Visa signature (15000) / NFCU Flagship Visa signature (12500) / NFCU Navcheck (5000) / Nordstrom (500) / MetroCU Visa Elite (5000) / Walmart (4500) / Kays Jewerels (6600) / Kohls (300) / Macys Platinum (2500) / DCU platinum Visa (17500) / Citizens bank cash back (1100) / Bill Me Later (1631) / PayPal Smart connect (2200) / BestBuy store card (2000)
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percy81
Frequent Contributor

Re: Authorized user question, csr confused me

Thank you, I do feel a little bit better, he's got score watch....so if he doesn't get notified of the new trade line being added by the time the joint account forms come in, I'll just keep him as AU, I know different banks do different things. Keeps us on our toes.Smiley Tongue

Current: TU 772 EQ 765 EX 760 (GE credit pull)
Goal 800+
WHAT'S IN MY WALLET: American Express Blue Cash Preferred 34,000/ Citi Simplicity 16,600 / Discover IT 16,500/ Chase freedom 4,800/ Care credit 20,000/ R us MasterCard 7,500/ kohls 2,500/ LensCrafters 2,400 / Citi Double Cash 13,200/ Amazon Visa 7,000
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fishbjc
Senior Contributor

Re: Authorized user question, csr confused me

CSR's don't always know what the heck they're talking about.  Most of them do not know what an AU is. 

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percy81
Frequent Contributor

Re: Authorized user question, csr confused me

: I hope you're rightSmiley Very Happy

Current: TU 772 EQ 765 EX 760 (GE credit pull)
Goal 800+
WHAT'S IN MY WALLET: American Express Blue Cash Preferred 34,000/ Citi Simplicity 16,600 / Discover IT 16,500/ Chase freedom 4,800/ Care credit 20,000/ R us MasterCard 7,500/ kohls 2,500/ LensCrafters 2,400 / Citi Double Cash 13,200/ Amazon Visa 7,000
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aplast
Regular Contributor

Re: Authorized user question, csr confused me


@lisamar81 wrote:

: I hope you're rightSmiley Very Happy


I had a Wells Fargo CSR on the line and He didnt know what the difference between a Soft pull and hard pull was. His title was credit specialist. I would call again just to see if you can get two of the same answers. Best of luck on getting a straight answer!

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bs1234
Valued Member

Re: Authorized user question, csr confused me


@lisamar81 wrote:

Thank you, I do feel a little bit better, he's got score watch....so if he doesn't get notified of the new trade line being added by the time the joint account forms come in, I'll just keep him as AU, I know different banks do different things. Keeps us on our toes.Smiley Tongue


Yes, a lot of places do report AU, and while that can be good, it doesn't make much logical sense to me!   The primary user is legally responsible for the debt, and so in theory only he/she she is responsible for late or on-time payment, so I don't see why person X paying on time or being late should have any impact on person Y's credit score.

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