FICO 800 with credit cards only
11-09-2012 09:52 AM
Is it possible? How high can one's FICO get using credit cards only? (no mortgage, auto, student or other types of debt)
If you have achieved FICO 800 with credit cards only, please provide details.
CRA and score (ie EQ 810):
Total number of accounts:
AAoA:
Age of Oldest Account:
Other useful info (ie closed accounts still reporting):


11/02/2012 Peak - EQ 790 (ScoreWatch FICO)
06/08/2013 Current - EQ 761 (ScoreWatch FICO)
GOAL - 800! - App free since 3/8/2013
Re: FICO 800 with credit cards only
11-10-2012 04:56 AM
My son had an 819 with two paid car loans at age 27, no credit cards or mortage.
Updated scores 06/15/2013 EQ 761 TU 780 EXP 741 (Fico)
Remember the Three P's: Pay early in Full, Pay on Time, Patience
Re: FICO 800 with credit cards only
11-10-2012 02:00 PM
They were true Fico Scores all three from a lender when he began to think about pre qualification for his first mortage.I actually was with him and the bank officer when the scores were pulled.
Updated scores 06/15/2013 EQ 761 TU 780 EXP 741 (Fico)
Remember the Three P's: Pay early in Full, Pay on Time, Patience
Re: FICO 800 with credit cards only
[ Edited ]11-10-2012 02:41 PM - edited 11-10-2012 07:53 PM
Thank you. From personal experience, I'll assume the 819 is an Experian FICO II. But could it also be at the time he was an authorized user on a healthy card of yours? Having a thin file, having a zero utilization and being young all ding your scores, often considerably, we have been told time and time again.
PS: It occured to me that that the set of three mortgage scores might be based on the so-called industry version. The score sheet will list the range that was used.

Re: FICO 800 with credit cards only
11-11-2012 08:58 AM
brother7 wrote:Is it possible? How high can one's FICO get using credit cards only? (no mortgage, auto, student or other types of debt)
If you have achieved FICO 800 with credit cards only, please provide details.
CRA and score (ie EQ 810):
Total number of accounts:
AAoA:
Age of Oldest Account:
Other useful info (ie closed accounts still reporting):
Is it possible? Yes.
Is it probable. Not so much.
From what I've read here, FICO scoring looks at a good mix of account types. If you mean from your question, absolutely nothing reported on your entire history but credit cards, then it could be possible to achieve (anything is possible), but would be more of a challenge.
If you mean having had, somewhere in your credit history, some installment/auto loans, mortgages, etc, but NOTHING reporting currently, or within recent timeframe, with the exception of credit cards, then I think that's probably a more realistic scenario. The history will show the mix, even though the current history may show only credit cards.
As with anything credit related, YMMV !
In The Garden 02/01/13
TU(TU04)=813 (TU98)=765 EQ(BEACON 9.0)=803 (Beacon 5.0)=740 EX (EX08)=747(6/2013) CL=$123,650 TOTAL/UTIL= ~5%
