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Hey all ! I am looking for some help estimating my new FICO score after emeoval of two AU accounts today mazxed out at totaling $50k !!!!
Here are my stats today for context:
EQ FICO8: 705 (Today* more on this later)
Inqs: 4
NO DEROGS
AAofA 15 years
UTIL 3% Now ****
I am AU on two cards that my ex had and are maxed out each $30k!!! BUT!!! EQ removed them both today right after CCU pulled the report ! EQ Exec Office is amazing and the lady removed them both on the phone with me today, now showing my overall UTIL 3% !!!!! SO, I was told with my UTIL dropping from 60% to 3% my FICO may go up majorly !!!! We will see ! Any tips or advice is much appreciated !
The AU accounts are GONE as of noon today showing my new UTIL (total CLs about $10k now) of 3% WOOOOOO!!!
Thanks in advance all !
The maxed out $500 CL you mentioned in the other thread is holding you down as well. I don't know score values, but it should rise significantly without the the two AU accounts, provided you allow your cards to also report low utilizations. With a $500 limit, you're going to want to pay that thing off as you use it. It's the percentage they are seeing, not the dollar value.
Just realized that last week you were denied at Navy for high UTI on your uncle's card. Smells like something's rotten in the state of Denmark.
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EQ(F8) 784 | EX(F8) 801 | TU(F8) 800 | EQ(F9) 823 | EQ(BC8) 815
Next App: AAA Daily (Spring 2026)
Hi there !
Not sure what you mean by rotten in the state of Denmark ! I was an AU on my family members and ex's cards -- two separate banks. Nothing really to hide ! And now those have been removed from my EQ. My card reporting the $500 balance will update soon as they're doing a rapid rescore for me.
Thank you for the input and I'm hopeful for another jump after the last card reports PIF ! Maybe over 800!
@Joeysalaaa wrote:Income: $250k+
@Joeysalaaa also wrote a week ago:
Income $350k (avg)
Lost $100K income in one week. Must have been a bad week!
Don't worry, though, FICO scoring doesn't care about your income, whatever it may be.
@Joeysalaaa wrote:Hey all ! I am looking for some help estimating my new FICO score after emeoval of two AU accounts today mazxed out at totaling $50k !!!!
Here are my stats today for context:
EQ FICO8: 705 (Today* more on this later)Inqs: 4
NO DEROGS
AAofA 15 years
UTIL 3% Now ****
I am AU on two cards that my ex had and are maxed out each $30k!!! BUT!!! EQ removed them both today right after CCU pulled the report ! EQ Exec Office is amazing and the lady removed them both on the phone with me today, now showing my overall UTIL 3% !!!!! SO, I was told with my UTIL dropping from 60% to 3% my FICO may go up majorly !!!! We will see ! Any tips or advice is much appreciated !
The AU accounts are GONE as of noon today showing my new UTIL (total CLs about $10k now) of 3% WOOOOOO!!!
Thanks in advance all !
Perhaps no increase on Fico 8 and later models but a big increase on the older Fico mortgage and VantageScore 3.0 &4.0.
Fico states it does NOT consider AU cards in utilization metrics (Fico 8,9 and 10). That being said, dropping utilization on your personal cards will boost your score independent of AU cards. It looks like you paid down your maxed out $500 personal CC.
Thank you friend!
however I was told by Experian and also as I see on Google (per FICOs website) that FICO 8 and 9 actually do use AU lines in calculations but FICO 10 does not. ChatGPT concurs lol. From what I'm seeing they definitely do and manual reviews absolutely take it into account as a CU recently used it in calculations!
That is incorrect. I'd suggest you go with what Fico says on their web site about their own scoring models relative to AU accounts. You may also want to read through the Tom and Tommy Q&A thread pinned at the top of this forum.
Never rely on a Chat bot.
Thank you but I'm not seeing anything addressing utilization here:
Authorized user accounts can appear on your credit report and impact your FICO® Score. This means that both positive and negative information can impact the authorized user's score. This can be beneficial if the account is managed well, as it can help build a positive credit history. However, if the primary account holder misses payments or has high utilization, it could negatively impact the authorized user's FICO® Score.
It's important to note that as an authorized user, you are not legally responsible for the debt on the account. If the account becomes delinquent, you can request to be removed as an authorized user, and the account will be removed from your credit report.
In recent versions of the score, authorized user accounts have less impact to your FICO Score than primary accounts. So while being an authorized user can help build credit history, it's also important to have credit accounts where you are the primary account holder to show that you can manage credit responsibly on your own.
In older versions of the FICO® Score, authorized user accounts are treated the same as the primary account holder's.
How do I determine the score impact associated with each reason code I receive?
To protect the intellectual property of the FICO Score and prevent reverse engineering, FICO does not output more information beyond the score, reason codes, and exclusion codes.
Does the FICO Score consider disputed accounts?
Disputed accounts are considered by the FICO Score, although in older versions, some disputed accounts are bypassed from certain characteristic calculations. "
it does say if they go Delinquent it can hurt your score on AU so it's kind of ambiguous !
As mentioned, AU account UT impacts Fico mortgage scores (EQ score 5, TU score 4 and EX score 2). AU UT also affects EX score 3.
Did you see the comment on RECENT VERSIONS? They don't look at AU utilization. OLDER versions treat AU "same as primary". VS models also evaluate AU "same as primary". It is important to understand differences between models. Many "advisers" fail to differentiate or are ignorant of model differences.
In any event, eliminating the AU cards was a good decision as misuse by the account primary can be a boat anchor to AUs for many credit scoring models.
Is there any thread or any way to know which version of Fico each lender uses ie cap One, discover, Nfcu, Chase etc ? They all use different and CUs too ? So some may very well use old models ?
Thank you !