Sometimes it does, other times, not so much. Many lenders will exclude AU accounts from their decisions, others won't. If it's a good account, good history and low util, it certainly wouldn't hurt.
July 2013 score: EQ FICO 819, TU08 778, EX "806 lender pull 07/26/2013
Goal Score: All Scores 760+, Newest goal 800+
Take the myFICO Fitness Challenge
Current scores after adding $81K in CLs and 2 new cars since July 2013
EQ:809 TU 777 EX 790 Now it's just garden time!
June 2017 update: All scores over 820, just pure gardening now.
Still works (for the most part). Did this for my brat, and now she has better cards than me.
