Despite any trust that you may have in your former spouse, you should definitely consider removing
them as an authorized user on any accounts that you own.
You can potentially give your credit a boost by having a friend or family member add
you as an authorized user on their account.
If you are close with someone with good or excellent credit, you can always ask them to add
you as an authorized user on their account.
You could get the cards, add one another as authorized users and
as an authorized user on his account, with an account of your own you'll be able to shift points between your accounts at no fee.
Piggybacking is a technique that allows consumers with good credit to help boost other's credit scores by adding
them as authorized users on accounts.
Short of that, you'll either have to co-sign for your child or list
her as an authorized user on your account, according to The Discover Card.
You can also ask a family member or close friend who has a credit card to add
you as an authorized user on his account.
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.
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.
You can either add
him as an authorized user on your account or co-sign for his own card.