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BOOM! AZEO vs. AZATT & HOW $9 CRUSHED MY SCORE.

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LP007
Frequent Contributor

BOOM! AZEO vs. AZATT & HOW $9 CRUSHED MY SCORE.

Wow! 9 measly dollars CRUSHED my score. Back story is I'm an AZEO maxi, but the card I carry my little balance on expired in Feb without me receiving the relpacement card due to an Apt # missing from the new card's mailing envelope (new card sent back to bank). There I was with a statement date on the end of the month coming with all of my cards showing AZATT (All Zeros All The Time) and no way to charge anything on my zero-balance card to post a small balance on the closest coming end of Feb statement date.

 

The next nearest card's statement date dropping was on the 3rd of March. There I was, Mar 1st, with AZATT for 3 whole days:

 

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Soooo, I rush to make sure the next closest statement date's card would show my famous $9 balance to bring me back to AZEO.

 

FICO AZEO.png

 

Don't judge me. Robot LOLWoman LOLCat LOLSmiley LOL

 

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*Side note*

The EX larger +44 jump may include the fact that 4 HP's fell off during this short period.

 

~Cheers











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Adkins
Legendary Contributor

Re: BOOM! AZEO vs. AZATT & HOW $9 CRUSHED MY SCORE.

No judgement! Congratulations on your score increase! 😁


Last HP 08-07-2023



Message 2 of 23
FireMedic1
Community Leader
Mega Contributor

Re: BOOM! AZEO vs. AZATT & HOW $9 CRUSHED MY SCORE.

Glad your back. Higher scores take higher hits. That was a ding and a half. Hope you got your new card.

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Message 3 of 23
NRB525
Super Contributor

Re: BOOM! AZEO vs. AZATT & HOW $9 CRUSHED MY SCORE.

Congrats on your score recovery. 
What happens to your score if you have two cards with a balance?

High Bal Jan 2009 $116k on $146k limits 80% Util.
Oct 2014 $46k on $127k 36% util EQ 722 TU 727 EX 727
April 2018 $18k on $344k 5% util EQ 806 TU 810 EX 812
Jan 2019 $7.6k on $360k EQ 832 TU 839 EX 831
March 2021 $33k on $312k EQ 796 TU 798 EX 801
May 2021 Paid all Installments and Mortgages, one new Mortgage EQ 761 TY 774 EX 777
April 2022 EQ=811 TU=807 EX=805 - TU VS 3.0 765
Message 4 of 23
krit
Regular Contributor

Re: BOOM! AZEO vs. AZATT & HOW $9 CRUSHED MY SCORE.

It only works if your cards are All Zero Except One, and it must be a tiny balance. Multiple balances will render the effect moot. 


@NRB525 wrote:

Congrats on your score recovery. 
What happens to your score if you have two cards with a balance?


 

Message 5 of 23
LP007
Frequent Contributor

Re: BOOM! AZEO vs. AZATT & HOW $9 CRUSHED MY SCORE.


@krit wrote:

It only works if your cards are All Zero Except One, and it must be a tiny balance. Multiple balances will render the effect moot. 


@NRB525 wrote:

Congrats on your score recovery. 
What happens to your score if you have two cards with a balance?


 


WORD! Smiley Embarassed BTDT.











Message 6 of 23
Anonymous
Not applicable

Re: BOOM! AZEO vs. AZATT & HOW $9 CRUSHED MY SCORE.

That is crazy how not having that $9 charge caused your score to drop that much! I hope to get to AZEO, someday. I'm down from 45% cc utilization to 20%, so it's getting there :-)

Message 7 of 23
NRB525
Super Contributor

Re: BOOM! AZEO vs. AZATT & HOW $9 CRUSHED MY SCORE.


@krit wrote:

It only works if your cards are All Zero Except One, and it must be a tiny balance. Multiple balances will render the effect moot. 


@NRB525 wrote:

Congrats on your score recovery. 
What happens to your score if you have two cards with a balance?


 


Actually, no. Nearly all the benefit from AZEO is from the low utilization. Adding another card, also with low utilization, may ding a few points, but blind devotion to AZEO as opposed to AZE2 is a lot of work, with the likelihood of an occasional stumble where the cardholder goes AZ. Ouch. 

In order to avoid that "mistake ding", a cardholder with two small balances reported stumbles into one card reporting from time to time, which isn't as nerve-wracking as the OP situation here. 

High Bal Jan 2009 $116k on $146k limits 80% Util.
Oct 2014 $46k on $127k 36% util EQ 722 TU 727 EX 727
April 2018 $18k on $344k 5% util EQ 806 TU 810 EX 812
Jan 2019 $7.6k on $360k EQ 832 TU 839 EX 831
March 2021 $33k on $312k EQ 796 TU 798 EX 801
May 2021 Paid all Installments and Mortgages, one new Mortgage EQ 761 TY 774 EX 777
April 2022 EQ=811 TU=807 EX=805 - TU VS 3.0 765
Message 8 of 23
NYC_Fella
Frequent Contributor

Re: BOOM! AZEO vs. AZATT & HOW $9 CRUSHED MY SCORE.

As others have said, it all depends on the file characteristics. I've gone from AZEO to AZE5 in 5 months as an experiment and have not had my score drop a single point. My overall utilization has stayed under 5%.


Message 9 of 23
Eyepinpools
Regular Contributor

Re: BOOM! AZEO vs. AZATT & HOW $9 CRUSHED MY SCORE.

Ouch they hit you big showing no balance. I slightly overpaid my AMEX this month (not all charges finished posting prior to closing day) and I was upset to see my AZEO drop on EX takes me from 770 down to 754.

 

Bad timing, I've been planning to request a CLI tomorrow for the last several months. Anyone know which CRA AMEX SPs from? 

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