...and unless you intend to apply for something, who cares?
You can always re adjust your balance next month. 
@tcbofade wrote:...and unless you intend to apply for something, who cares?
You can always re adjust your balance next month.
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OP,
I think you're confusing yourself. The only balance that shows on your credit reports is the balance on the day your card issuer reports to the bureau....usually the statement closing date with some exceptions here and there.
You can run at 60% utilization for 28 out of 30 days. But if the those two other days show a zero balance and happen to be your statement closing dates and those are the dates reported, you will show a zero balance on your credit reports for two straight months. It's that simple.
Know the dates that your cards report to the bureaus and you control what utilization shows up for the next 30 days or so til the next reporting. Moreover, if you have pending transactions that haven't posted at the time of the reporting, they won't show up on the reported balance....in my experience.
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@ztnjpv wrote:OP,
I think you're confusing yourself. The only balance that shows on your credit reports is the balance on the day your card issuer reports to the bureau....usually the statement closing date with some exceptions here and there.
You can run at 60% utilization for 28 out of 30 days. But if the those two other days show a zero balance and happen to be your statement closing dates and those are the dates reported, you will show a zero balance on your credit reports for two straight months. It's that simple.
Know the dates that your cards report to the bureaus and you control what utilization shows up for the next 30 days or so til the next reporting. Moreover, if you have pending transactions that haven't posted at the time of the reporting, they won't show up on the reported balance....in my experience.
OT, but lucky you . For me, BOFA / Chase / Amex all have a nasty habit of letting trasactions pend for sometimes 5 days and then clear them right before statement cut heh. Fortunately I don't worry about this overly much and when it does matter (mortgage app), I'll just let the tradeline in the week leading up to statement cut while floating expenses on the charge card.
OT, but lucky you 
. For me, BOFA / Chase / Amex all have a nasty habit of letting trasactions pend for sometimes 5 days and then clear them right before statement cut heh. Fortunately I don't worry about this overly much and when it does matter (mortgage app), I'll just let the tradeline in the week leading up to statement cut while floating expenses on the charge card.
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That goes goes hand in hand with what I am talking about. Transcactions tend to stay pending for 3-5 days....so one needs to take that into account if they are trying to control the visible balance on credit reports. Personally, I try not to charge anything big during this "danger period". Once I get to 1-2 days before the statement closing, I'll use the card again with the confidence it won't show up on the current cycle....and thus will not effect my reported balance. I am especially careful with this if I plan to apply for something in the following weeks and want to be extra manipulative of my visible balances/utilization.
@ztnjpv wrote:OT, but lucky you
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That goes goes hand in hand with what I am talking about. Transcactions tend to stay pending for 3-5 days....so one needs to take that into account if they are trying to control the visible balance on credit reports. Personally, I try not to charge anything big during this "danger period". Once I get to 1-2 days before the statement closing, I'll use the card again with the confidence it won't show up on the current cycle....and thus will not effect my reported balance. I am especially careful with this if I plan to apply for something in the following weeks and want to be extra manipulative of my visible balances/utilization.
Yeah the flipside is I've done similar and some transactions are posted immediately. I should've put that in my prior message, my apologies on that. In between rounds of laundry... but I find it a little irritating so I simply wait for the statement to close before I use the card again. I lose out on marginal rewards, but for my own sanity, it works better for me.