Access to these will be granted only to the primary account holder - employees who have been
added as authorized users do not qualify.
Not exact matches
The easiest way to
do that is to get
added as an
authorized credit card
user on someone else's account.
An
authorized user does not need to qualify for a loan or credit card prior to being
added as an
authorized user.
I
did some research and had my parents
add me
as an
authorized user on their 15 year old Discover account 14k limit like two weeks ago.
So, it may be a good idea to
add a child or spouse
as an
authorized user, particularly if they don't have any credit history of their own.
In my last article about
adding an
authorized user, I actually
did a test case where I
added my girlfriend (now fiancee)
as an AU on my Amex Gold card -LSB-...]
If you
do add your son or daughter (or other family member)
as an
authorized user on your credit card, you need to make sure you keep the card in good standing.
During this time, don't apply for new credit cards elsewhere unless you absolutely have to, and don't allow anyone to
add you to their accounts
as an
authorized user.
In the article, I actually
did a case study where I
added my fiancee
as an
authorized user to my AMEX Gold card and compared her scores and -LSB-...]
Does adding each other to the other's card
as an
authorized user improve our scores?
One way many Americans
do it is to be
added onto a family members credit card
as an «
authorized user» — which can help give you some of their good credit history.
Dear Speaking of Credit, If a family member is
added to a credit card,
as an
authorized user will it help to build his / her credit, even if he / she
does not use the card?
In this case, it won't count
as an open and active line of credit for you and might not appear on your credit report, since
as an
authorized user, you are only being
added as a signer and
do not have financial responsibility for the account.
When asking someone to
add you
as a
user you can tell them that
authorized -
user cards
do not require a credit inquiry, which means their credit score will not offer.
A mistake most parents make to help their kids build credit is they co-sign for them on new loans and new credit cards when in reality they would
do you a bigger favor if they actually understood how
authorized users being
added worked,
as highlighted below.
How to help kids build credit before age 18 —
Adding a child
as an
authorized user to a parent's card is easy to
do... (See Build)
The pros and cons of being an
authorized user While being an
authorized user on a credit card
does not prevent you from getting that same credit card and sign - up bonus down the road in your own name, it can complicate matters a bit, so we generally don't
add each other
as authorized users on most new card accounts.
Let me
add my wife
as an
authorized user so the net will go down to $ 486 ($ 75 annual fee for an
authorized user) which is nothing less than awesome and even in the worst of the worst case scenario where you
do not even qualify for $ 1 of Travel Credit in one of those years (extremely unlikely) you will not spend anything out of pocket.
Megan still needs to call Chase to have them
add me
as an
authorized user on her account, which will put that shiny metal card back in my wallet, but I don't expect any problems.
Yes, it doesn't come with a lot of the
added perks that the Prestige card comes with but there's no fee for
adding an
authorized user and,
as a way of earning ThankYou points, it's just
as good
as its more expensive counterpart.
I had kept
adding him
as an
authorized user on my cards since they didn't ask for a SSN so I assumed it wasn't going on his credit report.
If your teen doesn't qualify for a credit card of their own yet, you can
add them
as an
authorized user on your account.
Why don't you
add your wife
as an
authorized user on the rest of your Amex cards?
(
Adding an
authorized user does not prevent that person from getting the card at the same time or in the future
as a primary account holder and getting the full sign up bonus.)»
, and then
add each other
as authorized users on each account to earn any additional bonus points that might be offered for
doing so.