Hi,
My question is aaoa / score related
Briefly, our subject is a 54-year-old female. She never really used credit, was married at one point and had cards via him. about 18 months ago she had a 17% car loan and a $ 500 credit one. I gave her a few AUs, had her join penfed and did a refi to the car and she now has the below. scores are ~750 across the board. Makes $160K and spends every dime of it. very few soft pulls from anyone, no pre-approvals from chase and not sure chase is the best for her anyway. Utilization is 1-2% but it get’s pretty high during the month at times
There is no travel in her future, so I am thinking cash back. the BGR was for the sub so that will be closed in a few months. she has a laptop on the BBP so that is fine. on the consumer side the everyday was a burner card, it was $25K and got her in the door. The BCE was $1K and it grew from the ED and CLIs. The C+ just went $ 500 -> $10K
I was going to just app for a BCP as she will use it on grocery and fuel, and I was thinking of a new app vs an upgrade just to see if she could get more credit out of amex. My plan was to take much of cl from the ed and put it into the bce and bcp to help her utilization. she has a pre-approval for the BCP and with no hp it would seem to be as sure fire as can be – the only downside is the aaoa hit so I am on the fence between the app and upgrade but again I am trying to beef up her available credit and have more cards firing.
The other card I was thinking of is the uber. It just seems like a dandy card and if I was not into points, I would grab it. I don’t see another no fee card with no ftf + cell protection that has all that packed in and it hits her spend buttons + her tu is 752.
Just a guess, how much of a aaoa hit will she take with 2 new cards based on her profile? I am expecting a 3-5pt hit for the uber hp.
Ax clearly loves her but she her profile short circuits most lenders I think, a 54 year old with very little history. I want to get her diversified and get more action happening in her profile, but I don’t want to destroy her scores in the process.
Thoughts? Thanks!
$25K everyday
$12K blue cash
$10K cash +
$9K bus blue plus & a bgr
OP, the new cards and car refi are good news.
Why the rush to now close cards with no AF? This persons profile needs some time to age. The cards are earning well-combined rewards, and it seems strange to say that no travel is planned, at this persons age.
I would also be concerned about wholesale closing of AMEX cards so soon after they got SUB. AMEX is providing a lot of new credit. That deserves some appreciation, not to just close the cards because you think they might not fit an ideal wallet.
So I would make no changes for the next year.
Why the rush to now close cards with no AF? This persons profile needs some time to age. The cards are earning well-combined rewards, and it seems strange to say that no travel is planned, at this persons age.
I would also be concerned about wholesale closing of AMEX cards so soon after they got SUB. AMEX is providing a lot of new credit. That deserves some appreciation, not to just close the cards because you think they might not fit an ideal wallet.
So I would make no changes for the next year.
@HeavenOhio wrote:How many closed accounts are on your friend's report? We'd need that to compute the anticipated AAoA drop. Also, does she still have the AUs, and do they count toward her AAoA?
Anyway, the last time I crossed an apparent AAoA threshold, I gained/lost three points. (I crossed the same threshold three times in about five months). Of course, this could be entirely different with your friend's profile.
lol omg I am brain dead. sorry / thank you lol. the amex is mine, its closed as is her credit one
@HeavenOhio wrote:I took her 20 months AAoA times seven accounts, which is 140. Then I divided 140 by nine to include two new accounts. By the time the new accounts report, there'll be a bit of aging that I didn't bother with.
thank you, its insane I dont know how to figure this out I need to work on my math skills lol. funny story, just applied for the BCP for her and got $4K. not surprised one bit, just happy they did not deplete any of her other accounts. the process asks me if I want to know the card # ...sure, why not...then it tosses out a card # for verification and I am like huh, what # is this haha. I have the page send her a txt and I am all set. go to the portal and have the csr add the card, no problem - moved $10K from the everyday over just to make it more useful. I log out and back in and display all the cards and where the heck did a business plat come from!!! turns out her new job gave her the card but my god, nothing like sharing the details lol. really had me going...waiting for her new credit line with the cash+ to update and then I am going to uber her. mucho thx, take care
You said she spends every dime of her $160k income. Maybe she should be looking at a savings account or an IRA instead of a new credit card. Food for thought.
