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Beast26
Established Contributor

Utilization Zero Despite Balances Reported

This is the second month my utilization is showing as 0% despite me having cards reporting a balance.  My discover reported a $34 balance.  My chase and amazon store statements had a balance too but I read somewhere that both of these cards report 0 when the balance is paid off.  What wrong here my discover balance of $34 didn't make it 1% utilization which it should have.





Revolving history: 2 years 4months across the board
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Sandman771
Valued Contributor

Re: Utilization Zero Despite Balances Reported

$34 of a CL of $9500 is 0.3%. you should let about $200 report then PIF. 

Starting Score: EQ497/TU496/EX 499
Currently: EQ 620 TU 654 EX 627
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Remedios
Credit Mentor

Re: Utilization Zero Despite Balances Reported

Don't sweat user interface stuff. 

Scoring algorithm rounds it to 1% as long as there is balance reporting.

 

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Jordan23ww
Senior Contributor

Re: Utilization Zero Despite Balances Reported

I'm trying to help and figure out what's going on here but I'm not sure.  I also follow AZEO and I use my Discover card as my one card I let report a balance. I usually only let $10 report and also my limit is $13,500.  I usually pay the $10 balance off 3 days after the statement becomes available. Each month my MyFico report shows I'm using 1% of my total limit and I owe $15 ($10 for Discover and $5 for my wife's card I'm an authorized user on. There have been times we forgot to put a charge on my wife's card and my wife's card reported $0 and the monthly MyFico report still reported as me using 1% of my limit.)  I know this info doesn't resolve your issue. I just wanted you to know what you're attempting to do with AZEO on your Discover is possible and should work. 

 

 

         


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Jordan23ww
Senior Contributor

Re: Utilization Zero Despite Balances Reported


@Sandman771 wrote:

$34 of a CL of $9500 is 0.3%. you should let about $200 report then PIF. 


I don't mean to cause any controversy but as a data point I only let $10 report each month on my Discover Card. It has a $13,500 limit and it counts it as 1% and satisfies my AZEO criteria.

         


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SouthJamaica
Mega Contributor

Re: Utilization Zero Despite Balances Reported


@Beast26 wrote:

This is the second month my utilization is showing as 0% despite me having cards reporting a balance.  My discover reported a $34 balance.  My chase and amazon store statements had a balance too but I read somewhere that both of these cards report 0 when the balance is paid off.  What wrong here my discover balance of $34 didn't make it 1% utilization which it should have.


In the program interface aggregate utilization under half of a percent gets rounded down to 0%. It doesn't affect your scoring.


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