I know you are all hard at work with your credit goals. Have you progressed as far as you hoped? Were there any unforseen expenses that cropped up and may have thrown you off schedule?
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It's mostly been a CLI kinda month. Paypal doubled my CL, which i think encouraged Chase to give me $400. Which encouraged Disco to give me $400. Funny how that works.
Tried to recon with citi burned a HP doing so. I wish I knew how their recon worked, I wouldn't have wasted my time. (Possibly dodged a bullet there?)
On the bright side, I got an email from Redstone to apply for their Visa Signature. After looking at the DPs and seeing that they are very lenient, I decided to try to scratch a card off my wishlist.
Instant approval $5k.
So some Ls with some Ws this month.
Hopefully $5k showing up on my credit report will get my lenders to start giving me better CLIs 👀. Comenity being the odd hold out rn.
Happy June everyone! I paid my BoA car loan down to $101. My next payment due is February 2026. I'll keep it out there for a few more months, at least to help my credit mix. I disputed the balance on my Genesis Finance loan so it should report $0 in short order. Then, BoA will be the only installment loan on my reports.
My 0% on HH Surpass ends this month, so I'm paying that down to $0. I should get a few points from moving to 0% util from 36% on that card.
Currently, EX is at its highest score ever (832) and the others are near their highest. I'm very curious about the effect of the Genesis loan reporting $0 on my reports.
I'll report back when it updates.
Not apping for anything, though the AmEx BCP is still tempting me--easy $250 SUB and 6% on groceries is tempting. I want my INQs to disappear. Also, for the first to my knowledge, Chase has given me "green star" pre-approvals. All for their Ink Cards (Ink, Business Premier and Business Preferred). The $100K bonus on the preferred would be nice, but nah! I don't need any more business cards at the moment.
Starting Score: 469
Still gardening. Despite temptations - and there are many - I've held firm! In a few days I'll graduate to a gold spade…
I've been wanting a CLI on my Apple/Goldman card, so I've been shifting spend to the Apple Card for the last couple of months. I also bought a Mac Mini, to replace my 7+ year old iMac and put it on a 0% APR installment plan on the card. Whilst I hope that will help show the usage that Goldman seems to want, it does bring my utilization on that card up a bit… and my FICO 8 dropped around 15 points (depending on CRA) when it reported.
I lost 4 point because my utilization increased again about 5 % but i also paid off a non-auto installment loan and paid down other accounts. Still hoping for a CLI with Amex and want the Gold card and the BILT card next.
@Mdowning30 wrote:I lost 4 point because my utilization increased again about 5 % but i also paid off a non-auto installment loan and paid down other accounts. Still hoping for a CLI with Amex and want the Gold card and the BILT card next.
Good luck @Mdowning30 . Congrats on lowering your debt!
Another month already..
In May I was approved for the CSP with an 80k sub, which is now my highest limit card. No other changes in credit much. Curious to see many many points drop after that reports. Also, my student loans are getting moved to another account so they closed my current loans and it doesn't show any on my credit right now. For some reason this dropped my score a few points, not sure why. I have open installment loan with the car.
I'm back in the garden after that approval. First month living in our new home as well which has made our finances tighter. The end of this year a lot of INQs will fall off, so that'll be nice. Just gonna set the speed for cruise control for now.
The only thing I'd really like still is a 2% card, but that'll come eventually. For now im stacking up Chase UR and using the FU for all misc purchases.
Welcome @Utilization_2
If AMEX wasnt included in your BK. Its 5yrs and a month to get in. And the point loss will regain itself once it post the 2% on the next update. Util has no memory.