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score_building
Senior Contributor

Re: Balance chasing question


@minimock wrote:

@score_building wrote:

Amex will be watching like a hawk.


Yea, i was thinking about that, but maybe because I put all the cards on out of country vacation status, they will over look it....

 

Hopefully LOL Smiley Happy


LOL, but yes not escalating debt further may give them some reassurance. In a sense, you will be conditioning them from the outset, showing you can handle high UTI and dispense with it summarily (i.e. over three months) with no cause for alarm. This could prove a valuable lesson and ultimately bolster payment score. If DTI, etc. isn't a cause for alarm to current creditors under this scenario of a big jump in UTI, would imagine could readily pull this off and remain unscathed (no AA) in current climate, ultimately earning nice CLIs upon returning to a more PIF based payment pattern. 

DCU EQ 5.0, Citi EQ 08 Bankcard, PenFed EX NG2
EX 08: AFCU, Amex, Chase, PSECU EX 98(?)
TU 08: Barclays, Discover
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minimock
Frequent Contributor

Re: Balance chasing question


@score_building wrote:

@minimock wrote:

@score_building wrote:

Amex will be watching like a hawk.


Yea, i was thinking about that, but maybe because I put all the cards on out of country vacation status, they will over look it....

 

Hopefully LOL Smiley Happy


LOL, but yes not escalating debt further may give them some reassurance. In a sense, you will be conditioning them from the outset, showing you can handle high UTI and dispense with it summarily (i.e. over three months) with no cause for alarm. This could prove a valuable lesson and ultimately bolster payment score. If DTI, etc. isn't a cause for alarm to current creditors under this scenario of a big jump in UTI, would imagine could readily pull this off and remain unscathed (no AA) in current climate, ultimately earning nice CLIs upon returning to a more PIF based payment pattern. 


DTI? Whats that LOL, I have no house, no car no debt at all except for the CC's.

 

My home is a  $39.95/Month Uhaul storage locker back in the states. I live in the sand box, all expenses paid of course Smiley Happy 

 

This is a little off topic, but I tried to buy a house, and got to closing, and they whipped out this paper I had to sign that said, I must occupy the house 6 months out of the year...... Some kind of FHA rule.....

 

In hind sight, it was a good thing. 6 months before I get home, they will let me close on a house.

 

 

So back to the DTI, Im worth about 250 K in 401 k and stocks and bonds on paper anyways.

 

I always like a good credit experiment...... see how it goes.

 

Thats why I love this place, reading everyone's success and failures, its like the old ABC wide world of sports...... The thrill of victory, the agony of defeat LOL

 

Thanks for all the imput.

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Chris123nTx
Established Contributor

Re: Balance chasing question

If the charges are going to be made out of country you might want to let them know in advance of it. You may get shut down with fraud alerts if not. Out of country charges and nearly maxing out all cards could lead to bad things if done at the same time.........I was looking at buying a lake cabin last year. Credit no problem, down payment and clsoing costs no problem, finding a place no problem. Then when i was about ready to go, they came back and told me i needed to have, in addition to all of that, cash reserves.set aside for six.months of payments for both my new property as well as my current mortgage. Problem.
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minimock
Frequent Contributor

Re: Balance chasing question

As I said, they are already on notice that I am out of the country. 99.9% of the time, Im out of the country LOL

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