@Anonymous wrote:I usually pay weekly to achieve a low reported util; the one time I let one card report a >30% util my scores dropped by an average of 17 points. Regardless of when you pay (before or after the statement cut) CRs are going to show how much you're running through the cards. If you max out a card but pay in full before the cut it will show how much you paid on that card that month even if the reported util is 0%. This lets creditors determine if you're a revolver or a transactor and also gives them an insight to how much you spend on your cards.
Could you do me a big favor and post a picture from your credit report of how your credit card looks when you are paying in full before the statement cuts? This would be several months where they list out the Statement Amount, Amount Due, Amount Paid, etc. and you have been hitting those months with usage on the card, but have paid each month in full prior to statement print. And I don't mean from the credit card statement but actually from the credit bureau report.
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@Anonymous-own-fico wrote:Then again, a low balance may tempt you to go spending all over. That's why restaurants are so eager to take away dirty dishes on our table; your sense of accomplishment is gone, and you feel like filling up. Dessert please - and lots of it!
Interesting analogy, the alternative dining experience being a little messy... shrimp cocktail with lasagne sauce and ice cream... mmmmmm! 
@NRB525 wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:I usually pay weekly to achieve a low reported util; the one time I let one card report a >30% util my scores dropped by an average of 17 points. Regardless of when you pay (before or after the statement cut) CRs are going to show how much you're running through the cards. If you max out a card but pay in full before the cut it will show how much you paid on that card that month even if the reported util is 0%. This lets creditors determine if you're a revolver or a transactor and also gives them an insight to how much you spend on your cards.
Could you do me a big favor and post a picture from your credit report of how your credit card looks when you are paying in full before the statement cuts? This would be several months where they list out the Statement Amount, Amount Due, Amount Paid, etc. and you have been hitting those months with usage on the card, but have paid each month in full prior to statement print. And I don't mean from the credit card statement but actually from the credit bureau report.
Thanks
I will grant your favor. 
i try to pay in full whenever it is possible, but i do have a card or two reporting with a balance every month... those its usually my 0% promo apr cards that i let report... though i make multiple payments to the creditor during the month.
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@CribDuchess wrote:
@NRB525 wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:I usually pay weekly to achieve a low reported util; the one time I let one card report a >30% util my scores dropped by an average of 17 points. Regardless of when you pay (before or after the statement cut) CRs are going to show how much you're running through the cards. If you max out a card but pay in full before the cut it will show how much you paid on that card that month even if the reported util is 0%. This lets creditors determine if you're a revolver or a transactor and also gives them an insight to how much you spend on your cards.
Could you do me a big favor and post a picture from your credit report of how your credit card looks when you are paying in full before the statement cuts? This would be several months where they list out the Statement Amount, Amount Due, Amount Paid, etc. and you have been hitting those months with usage on the card, but have paid each month in full prior to statement print. And I don't mean from the credit card statement but actually from the credit bureau report.
Thanks
I will grant your favor.
Hey Duchess! Just quoting you for the hello hah!
More generally, while UW's can see this when they pull a credit report, not all creditors report this currently and FICO doesn't make use of it at least in FICO 8 at any rate... and probably not FICO 9 either since there are major lenders who aren't reporting this last time I looked at a base report a couple months ago.
Hopefully at some point this gets integrated into FICO as far as use goes and perhaps the $0 balances penalty can be whacked. I get that $0's across the board led to a different statistical analytics result but we should be able to do better for determining card non-use imo, even if that was just a more consistent implementation of date of last update / reported activity.
