717 with a card reporting 118%

Anonymous — Sat, 03 Apr 2021 21:16:47 GMT

I have a 717 Fico 8 score right now with one of my cards reporting way over limit..

long story, it's a fraudulent charge I have in dispute but BOA likes to report it anyway..

I had pretty high util for quite a while but I'm paying it down pretty fast now.. Last summer wasn't financially good for me..

Never missed any payments, Amex CLDd me though from $7500 to $1000 when I tried swiping the empty card (zero balance) for a laptop..

Im just thinking it's pretty good to be getting a 717 fico 8 WITH a far over maxed out card reporting..

Think I might be close to the 800s territory with most everything paid off?

aaoa 2y 4m

aooa 3y 5m (4 old accounts)

Newest accounts are over a year old..

9 cards and the old Alliant ssl still reporting away..

no derogs, no missed payments, just utilization problems..

I paid some down on that BOA account with the fraud charge just so it will quit reporting overlimit, and hope I win the fraud case..

The next time my cards all report, around a month or whatever, all balances will be down, some down quite a lot..

I'm thinking a bit about apping a 0% interest card just to help me pay some things a bit faster..

Im probably currently paying down about $2-$3k a month..

Good to be back into the 700s..

Re: 717 with a card reporting 118%

OmarGB9 — Sat, 03 Apr 2021 23:19:24 GMT

It is pretty impressive to still be in the 700s with a card way over limit. But if it's the only one and all the others are at a good utilization, then that's not so bad. Sorry about the Amex CLD. The good thing is, Amex is pretty good about restoring limits fairly quickly.

Re: 717 with a card reporting 118%

Anonymous — Sun, 04 Apr 2021 23:06:25 GMT

Good plan to dig out. I would wait til that BoA is paid well down though before apping. Odds of approval with a card at very high usage are pretty low. Once that's under control I think you'd have your pick of cards.

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