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@Anonymous wrote:So I got impatient and pulled my current EQ this morning. It jumped all the way up to a 676! That is with one CC at $5/$500 and the other at $291/$500 for a total utilization of 30%. Is this score high enough to get approved do you think or should I still wait a week or two until my other CC payment reports the second card down to $0? Thanks!
If you are going to see an improvement in utilization in just a couple weeks, I'd wait.
@Anonymous wrote:So I got impatient and pulled my current EQ this morning. It jumped all the way up to a 676! That is with one CC at $5/$500 and the other at $291/$500 for a total utilization of 30%. Is this score high enough to get approved do you think or should I still wait a week or two until my other CC payment reports the second card down to $0? Thanks!
Next time, get that $5/$500 to 0/500 and the other one at 90/500 and you might see even better results.
If that's possible within the next month.
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@FrugalRican wrote:Next time, get that $5/$500 to 0/500 and the other one at 90/500 and you might see even better results.
If that's possible within the next month.
90/500? I thought you wanted between 5-9%, not 18%.
I was actually trying to get my cards to 0 and $30. The one I paid to 0, I failed to realize that interest was going to post to my account the day the statement generated. I paid it immediately, but the credit bureau got the report of $5 for interest. Because of that, I figured it would be best to go with $5 and $0 instead of $5 and $30 as I have read having more than one card with a balance will not optimize. In the future though, I was shooting for $0 and $30 and I won't be charged any more interest since I will be PIF for now on!
As for applying, I'm sure the reporting next week will improve my score a decent chunk, so I will impatiently wait to apply until then. So hard, but it is worth it to improve my chances of success and possibly my CL if approved. Thanks everyone.
@Anonymous wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:So I got impatient and pulled my current EQ this morning. It jumped all the way up to a 676! That is with one CC at $5/$500 and the other at $291/$500 for a total utilization of 30%. Is this score high enough to get approved do you think or should I still wait a week or two until my other CC payment reports the second card down to $0? Thanks!
If you are going to see an improvement in utilization in just a couple weeks, I'd wait.
+1
@Anonymous wrote:
@FrugalRican wrote:Next time, get that $5/$500 to 0/500 and the other one at 90/500 and you might see even better results.
If that's possible within the next month.
90/500? I thought you wanted between 5-9%, not 18%.
I was actually trying to get my cards to 0 and $30. The one I paid to 0, I failed to realize that interest was going to post to my account the day the statement generated. I paid it immediately, but the credit bureau got the report of $5 for interest. Because of that, I figured it would be best to go with $5 and $0 instead of $5 and $30 as I have read having more than one card with a balance will not optimize. In the future though, I was shooting for $0 and $30 and I won't be charged any more interest since I will be PIF for now on!
As for applying, I'm sure the reporting next week will improve my score a decent chunk, so I will impatiently wait to apply until then. So hard, but it is worth it to improve my chances of success and possibly my CL if approved. Thanks everyone.
Now I'm confused. Is it 5-9% of the TOTAL utilization or 5-9% on just one card out of the entire mix of your cards?
I've been thinking this whole time that it was based on the total.
Follow my financial journey: http://www.frugalrican.com
@FrugalRican wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:
@FrugalRican wrote:Next time, get that $5/$500 to 0/500 and the other one at 90/500 and you might see even better results.
If that's possible within the next month.
90/500? I thought you wanted between 5-9%, not 18%.
I was actually trying to get my cards to 0 and $30. The one I paid to 0, I failed to realize that interest was going to post to my account the day the statement generated. I paid it immediately, but the credit bureau got the report of $5 for interest. Because of that, I figured it would be best to go with $5 and $0 instead of $5 and $30 as I have read having more than one card with a balance will not optimize. In the future though, I was shooting for $0 and $30 and I won't be charged any more interest since I will be PIF for now on!
As for applying, I'm sure the reporting next week will improve my score a decent chunk, so I will impatiently wait to apply until then. So hard, but it is worth it to improve my chances of success and possibly my CL if approved. Thanks everyone.
Now I'm confused. Is it 5-9% of the TOTAL utilization or 5-9% on just one card out of the entire mix of your cards?
I've been thinking this whole time that it was based on the total.
5-9% of your TOTAL overall utilization. It's best to have all of your accounts at $0 and 1 reporting a small 5-9% balance. This may not equate to your total overall until. being 5-9% but as long as its below 9% your fine.
Okay, so I was right originally.
I calculated 90/500 and 0/500 as a total of 90/1000 for 9%.
He just needs to make sure he brings that one card to about 50 to 90 dollars on statement date and he should hit that sweet spot.
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@FrugalRican wrote:Okay, so I was right originally.
I calculated 90/500 and 0/500 as a total of 90/1000 for 9%.
He just needs to make sure he brings that one card to about 50 to 90 dollars on statement date and he should hit that sweet spot.
Correct!
@FrugalRican wrote:Okay, so I was right originally.
I calculated 90/500 and 0/500 as a total of 90/1000 for 9%.
He just needs to make sure he brings that one card to about 50 to 90 dollars on statement date and he should hit that sweet spot.
Thanks for this then. I guess I totally misunderstood this process when I read it on other threads. I always assumed it was 0% and then 5-9% of that individual card, not 5-9% of your total available credit. This month I guess it will be reporting as .5%. Maybe not the ideal score, but should be good enough for a Best Buy card, and definitely will be better than 30%. Appreciate everyone's input.