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What's the theory behind SDing a card?
How long does one do it for?
What are the repercussions of SDing a card?
How does one determine which card to SD?
Your AAoA keeps growing, the repercussion is that after lengthy inactivity they may cancel your card out of nowhere.
Buy *why* SD a card when you can use it? Used or not, as long as the account is open, you're increasing you AAoA.
sock drawering also occurs when you place a less used credit card to the bottom of your used stack. Usually speaking, you do not want to loose the history or the aging of the account so you use it two or three times a year so it is not closed by the issuer. This often occurs when you get a cc that has a higher limit, more favorable terms, etc.
@MontegoMack wrote:Buy *why* SD a card when you can use it? Used or not, as long as the account is open, you're increasing you AAoA.
The AAoA keeps increasing (open or closed) as long as it is on your CR.
SD is for those cards for which you don't have a current use. For instance, you may want to SD a non rewards card and only use a card with good rewards. Or store cards may go a long time between purchases for things like computers, tires, appliances and other things you don't buy often.
Generally better to SD than to close the account.
this would be something you do when you have cap one
lol too true Root, can't wait to SD mine when I hit prime ville
You might have a card that has rotating rewards categories and when the categories don't line up with your spending you put something else in it's place in your wallet. So you sockdrawer the rewards card until the categories change. Or it could just be a card that you have absolutely no need for anymore.
FICO has other things to consider besides AAoA, namely there's the concept of scoring an individual tradeline, and age there is definitely a factor (tradeline seasoning).
Continuing to rack up payment history on a card you're not using is quite often a better FICO decision than simply closing the account. Not always, and it's not always fiscally smart if there's a non-trivial AF (however you define that), but in many cases it's in your best interests between FICO and building a relationship with a particular lender to keep that card active, even if you're not using it often.
@Wolf3 wrote:
@MontegoMack wrote:Buy *why* SD a card when you can use it? Used or not, as long as the account is open, you're increasing you AAoA.
The AAoA keeps increasing (open or closed) as long as it is on your CR.
SD is for those cards for which you don't have a current use. For instance, you may want to SD a non rewards card and only use a card with good rewards. Or store cards may go a long time between purchases for things like computers, tires, appliances and other things you don't buy often.
Generally better to SD than to close the account.
The AAoA increases for 10 years then falls off but you lose the CL.