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Will paying CCs in full before statement date hurt credit score?

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Anonymous
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Re: Will paying CCs in full before statement date hurt credit score?

no. pay them all in full except one pay down to like $50
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Anonymous
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Re: Will paying CCs in full before statement date hurt credit score?

Good advice in here.  I PIF all the time.  In fact I pay off my credit cards almost every time I use them making multiple payments during each statement period.  I just like to wipe out the debt quickly.  For the most part none of this matters and the monthly fluctuations aren't going to make any type of difference for anything.  If you think your credit needs to be maxed out for an upcoming application then do what other people are talking about. 

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OmarGB9
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Re: Will paying CCs in full before statement date hurt credit score?

+1 on xterror's suggestion. You only want ONE card reporting a balance of 1-9%.

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Anonymous
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Re: Will paying CCs in full before statement date hurt credit score?

All right, that sounds good. I'll rotate which of the 5 cards I leave 50 bucks on every month. That'll do it

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