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FGood Morning,
I am rebuilding my credit from CH.13 bk, discharged Apr. 2020, seeking the right path. I have a student loan, that reports to just EX. A mortgage, SELF and CreditStrong account. I also applied and gotten the following
+Cap1 platinum, which I product changed to QS($500),
+Comenity back ($4200),
+Discover it-Secured ($300),
+AMEX BCE ($1800),
+Dell ($3500)- was going to get a computer and changed my mind
+ Local Credit Union ($2500)
At first I was just making sure that no card report more than 10% and overall utilization was also under 10%. Because some of my credit limits differ my utilization went up on one card from 2% to 5%. I got a 5 point drop because of that. So now I am trying to keep all cards expect one at zero balance. I read this is bad because each individual issuer wants to see usage. This seems like a lose-lose situation. Should I even care about the 5 point dips and look at the big picture with individual usage? Any suggestions?
Utilization effects are negligible. Since utilization and the point change swings have no lasting effect on your scores, there is no need to worry unless you need to polish your scores up for a specific reason
Most issuers not named Capital One won't mind as long as you dust off your cards every few months.
@ISO_GUY68 wrote:FGood Morning,
I am rebuilding my credit from CH.13 bk, discharged Apr. 2020, seeking the right path. I have a student loan, that reports to just EX. A mortgage, SELF and CreditStrong account. I also applied and gotten the following
+Cap1 platinum, which I product changed to QS($500),
+Comenity back ($4200),
+Discover it-Secured ($300),
+AMEX BCE ($1800),
+Dell ($3500)- was going to get a computer and changed my mind
+ Local Credit Union ($2500)
At first I was just making sure that no card report more than 10% and overall utilization was also under 10%. Because some of my credit limits differ my utilization went up on one card from 2% to 5%. I got a 5 point drop because of that. So now I am trying to keep all cards expect one at zero balance. I read this is bad because each individual issuer wants to see usage. This seems like a lose-lose situation. Should I even care about the 5 point dips and look at the big picture with individual usage? Any suggestions?
Creditors have their own internal records of your use. Just like the monthly statements you get from them, but perhaps a little more in depth. They do not need to see your use on your CRs to know it is being used.
Thank you for the information.
I now have experienced the consequences of going all zero on my revolving credit. My six credit card statements had cycled through all reporting zero balance except my discover it card. it had a balance of $15 on a $300 CL. At that point I gained a couple of points. $15/ $11,600. As soon as the balance dropped to zero EX dropped 20 points and EQ dropped 10 points. Yeah AZEO is real.
@ISO_GUY68 wrote:FGood Morning,
I am rebuilding my credit from CH.13 bk, discharged Apr. 2020, seeking the right path. I have a student loan, that reports to just EX. A mortgage, SELF and CreditStrong account. I also applied and gotten the following
+Cap1 platinum, which I product changed to QS($500),
+Comenity back ($4200),
+Discover it-Secured ($300),
+AMEX BCE ($1800),
+Dell ($3500)- was going to get a computer and changed my mind
+ Local Credit Union ($2500)
At first I was just making sure that no card report more than 10% and overall utilization was also under 10%. Because some of my credit limits differ my utilization went up on one card from 2% to 5%. I got a 5 point drop because of that. So now I am trying to keep all cards expect one at zero balance. I read this is bad because each individual issuer wants to see usage. This seems like a lose-lose situation. Should I even care about the 5 point dips and look at the big picture with individual usage? Any suggestions?