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K-in-Boston
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Re: Credit Limit Help


@Anonymous wrote:
What's Aaoa? I only have the one active credit card from Wells.. And a previous secured card non active from Wells.. Is my haitus bad? Can you explain the chase 5/24 thing? I've never heard of it

AAoA is Average Age of Accounts.  The longer, the better.  That's calculated in months from all open and closed accounts that appear on your reports.  Just add up the total number of months they have all been open and divide by the number of accounts.  Say you have an open card that is 12 months, a closed card that is 36 months, an auto loan that is 18 months, and a student loan that is 60 months.  Total months is 126, divided by four accounts is 31.5 months, close to three years.  Now add a brand new credit card account and the months open remains 126, but you'll divide it by five accounts.  That's 25.2 months, just barely over two years where many credit profiles will see a noticable score drop if they drop below 24 months AAoA.

 

Many Chase cards have a 5/24 rule, where you will be automatically denied if you have opened 5 or more credit cards (including those you only an authorized user on and store cards) in the past 24 months.

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HeavenOhio
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Re: Credit Limit Help

AAoA = average age of accounts

 

These go along with AAoA:

 

AoOA = age of oldest account

AoYA = age of youngest account

 

People talk about AAoA a lot, but I think AoOA and AoYA are probably more relevant to a credit application.

 

5/24 means that Chase will likely deny applications if one has opened five or more cards in the past 24 months.

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Anonymous
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Re: Credit Limit Help

my average age of accounts is 10-11 years I believe

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NRB525
Super Contributor

Re: Credit Limit Help


@Anonymous wrote:

my average age of accounts is 10-11 years I believe


That age of accounts implies you have had several different types of accounts. 

Mortgage?

Auto loan or lease?

Lines of credit? For your business?

Which banks do you have accounts with, for checking, credit? Those banks may have CC that are relevant. 

 

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Anonymous
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Re: Credit Limit Help

student loans and a single credit card..im looking cash back or business rewards..I have personal and doing business as business checking/savings and my only credit card with wells, checking/savings with santander and a savings with local credit union..I really want a $5000 or better cc for my LLC

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