About a year and a half ago I missed 5 payments on my Bank of America card and they settled for about 40% of the balance, which I paid. They called me to offer this. I wanted to do the same with my Capital One card, which I was 6 payments behind on at the time. I stayed behind by 6 payments for several months due to financial problems.. However, they never settled and continued to threaten a charge-off. I eventually worked very hard and brought the account current. When I did, my Experian score jumped 61 points, to 643.
All the websites say that the bad past due history will affect your score less over time. However, it has been 8 months now of never missing a payment, and my score hasn’t gone up a single point. What exactly does this comment mean, less over time, and what do you think I can expect? I thought that my score would have gone up a little now, based on a 61 point increase all at once when I became current. Perhaps I am already getting the maximum number of points allocated for current vs. past due status? Can you please help me to understand this? I desperately want to get my score into the 700’s!! Thank you!
