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Maxxing out one card?

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Maxxing out one card?

I know that Vantagescore will ding you for having 90 to 100% utilization on an individual card. Does anyone know if FICO 08 or FICO 09 do the same? My overall util between 3 cards is around 25% but I accidentally have one card ($1000 CL with $920 reporting balance) nearly maxxed. My other card is reporting zero $ and third card 20%.
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Re: Maxxing out one card?

Yes FICO will ding you heavily, but you will get it all back next cycle if you pay it down, I would pay it down immediately to prevent spooking lenders.
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Re: Maxxing out one card?

FICO penalizes you for your revolving account with the highest individual utilization.  For a maxed out account, you'll see a penalty for sure.  What I'd be more concerned about is what this maxed out balance does to your aggregate utilization.  I know you stated you were at around 25%, but I'm not sure if that's before or after this new reporting.  If the reporting of the maxed out account brings your aggregate utilization above 28.9% (which you may be close to) you'll probably see a penalty from the aggregate utilization threshold crossing that's equal to or even greater than the penalty associated with a single account that's maxed out.

 

This is all moment-in-time stuff, though, meaning those points come back as soon as your [reported] utilization returns to what it was prior.

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