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So, my wife has excellent credit and we were looking to expand her card portfolio now that her youngest card is 6m old
Chase has a $200/500 sub on the Freedom card, plus we have a referal link ($100) from my Dad
We decided to bite the double pull bullet (EX/TU) and apply. I thought having $16k+ in checking and savings might help too.
She is 4/24 and they are claiming 9/24, which would have to include every Experian Boost account and a terminated AU card.
I also decided, screw it, I'll try for Discover since she has a pre-qual from them... DENIED
Experian Boost can DEFINITELY hurt you
My wife tried calling... they sent her to an international call center that was useless beyond the 9/24 claim
Experian boost is useless... mortgage lenders in fact ask to remove those accounts
Dispute the terminated AU to remove completely. Remove Experian boost. Can re-apply later
We're trying recon first, but that is the plan long-term. I just wish I had known to remove them before I burned three hard pulls
Sorry OP, that is very unfortunate
I was worried that disputing it would make it impossible to add back later. I should have just waited to add her to my REDcard, but I had forgotten about the 5/24 rule
@Anonymous wrote:Dispute the terminated AU to remove completely. Remove Experian boost. Can re-apply later
Now they are claiming 5/24, but that includes the terminated AU card and multiple people are claiming this counts. For some reason, the last person made her verify her ID with checking balance, which kind of got my hopes up.
Apparently, now AU counts even if you are removed for 1 year following removal if it's on the report.
This call was with the reconsideration line
Any advice is much appreciated
I haven't removed the AU card because
1) I do plan on adding her back to that card eventually
2) if I remove it now, Chase doesn't learn about it without a new hard pull anyway
Sorry OP
Sorry about that OP