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Hi Guys,
I have 3 Authorized user accounts on my report with an average age of 6 months. My own accounts has an average age of 2.5 years. My question is if removing myself as a user from the 3 AU accounts will help increase my average age to 2.5 years or if the AU user accounts will stay on my report as "closed accounts" thereby continuing to drag down my average age?
I found this online:
"These authorized user accounts then become part of the authorized users’ credit reports and credit scores for as long as they remain guests on the account. Once removed from a card, the account is then removed from the authorized user’s credit reports and scores, leaving no remaining trace that it was ever there." Source: https://www.creditcards.com/credit-card-news/remove-authorized-user-affect-credit-score.php
Can someone confirm what is correct?
Thanks!
I was an AU on two cards with an ex and I haven't been an AU since... 2014 or 2015, but they still show up on TU and EQ, but not EX. It's strange but since my ex's history was before I was even 18, having them removed would shorten my AAoA by over 2 years on TU and EQ compared to where EX sits. That's why I've just let them be, lol, but I'm sure if I disputed them they would get removed since I'm no longer an AU.
Most times you have to physically dispute the accounts off as "not yours" to get them to fall off immediately. Takes a month.
Otherwise what happens often (not always) they show as closed accounts on reports and still impact your AAoAs.
A simple dispute will get them off, works every time. As they _aren't_ yours. There's nothing to argue with.