If you plan to get 2 or more
authorized user cards, then the consumer Platinum cards are less expensive.
Free Gold
authorized user cards are a way for American Express to get more charges.
I spent $ 500 on the other
authorized user cards and I never got my bonus.
Many people have reported being approved for a new Chase card despite being over 5/24 inclusive of
authorized user cards.
If you find that you're in this situation, you can call Chase's reconsideration line and tell them that one (or more) of the cards on your credit report are
authorized user cards.
Employee cards — Platinum, Gold and Green
authorized user cards can earn 5x points on airfare and prepaid hotels booked through Amextravel.com as of March 30, 2017.
Its working for all personal Visa cards, even
authorized user cards as long as those have a different card number.
The first three
authorized user cards cost $ 175 each.
Or exclude Amex products that offer free
authorized user cards.
If you provide
authorized user cards to employees for business purchases, their spending will also count toward the $ 25,000 threshold.
Tip # 2: Get your employees
authorized user cards.
Annual Fee for
any Authorized User Cards added to the Account continues to apply.
Since your questions are directed toward using your brother's high limit card to help raise your credit score, I'll limit our discussion to
authorized user cards, though you may want to look into how obtaining and properly managing a secured card can also help improve your score.
Authorized user cards cost absolutely nothing!
Which way it turns out to be will depend on whether
those authorized user cards are currently helping or hurting your score.
The takeaway here is that, for your score's sake, only remove your name from
authorized user cards once you've gone through the above exercises and found them most likely to be keepers.
What follows will be some tips on how to know if
those authorized user cards are a plus or a minus for your score currently — and what to do once you know.
Once you have some answers to the above questions, you should have a good feel for whether to keep or get rid of
those authorized user cards.
With
authorized user cards, when you're added to an account in this way, you are typically not held responsible for the debt and there are no credit requirements.
Understanding how the payment history of
an authorized user card might affect your score isn't always easy, since impacts can vary across the big three credit bureaus — Equifax, Experian and TransUnion — and from one credit scoring model to the next.
We'll now look at how just a handful of factors within the top three credit scoring categories — 80 percent of your score — can help determine whether you're better off keeping or dumping
an authorized user card for the sake of your score:
Keeping things simple, however, you'll err on the side of caution by expecting the payment history of
an authorized user card to affect your score just as if the account were in your name.
The open date on
the authorized user card, as with all other accounts on your credit report, will be used in scoring calculations that measure how long you've been using credit (15 percent of your score), such as the average age of your accounts and the ages of your newest and oldest accounts — with older always being better.
If
the authorized user card's utilization percentage is lower than your combined average, that's good news.
Once added to your credit file, the latest account balance and credit limit on
the authorized user card will be included in your own credit utilization calculations that look at both individual and combined card usage.
Annual Fee rebate applies only for the Primary Cardholder of one of the following new (to you) TD Credit Cards - TD ® Aeroplan ® Visa Infinite * Card, TD ® Aeroplan ® Visa Platinum * Card, TD First Class Travel Visa Infinite Card, TD Platinum Travel Visa Card or TD Cash Back Visa Infinite * Card, and for one
Authorized User Card for the same TD Credit Card Account for as long as the All - Inclusive account remains open and in good standing.
If
the authorized user card falls off of her credit report before any newly added account reaches six months old, no score will be calculated.
How to handle friend who cries fraud over
authorized user card — When someone makes you an authorized user on a card account, they can't accuse you of fraud later.
These lounges are one of the reasons I always keep an American Express Platinum Card handy, whether it's a personal card, business card, or even
an authorized user card.
If you're paying $ 175 for
an authorized user card on your Amex Delta Reserve card, then fine, you can have your $ 10.
Getting
an authorized user card for someone else does not preclude them from also getting the bonus.
If you want to bring more people,
an authorized user card for lounge access costs only $ 50 a year.
The Preferred's $ 95 annual fee is waived the first year with a 50,000 point bonus in this offer and you can add
an authorized user card (free) for an additional 5,000 points.
Some cards won't count toward your 5/24 status either because Chase doesn't know about them or they're not really * your * card (i.e.
an authorized user card).
Most issuers send
an authorized user a card with the same card number as the primary cardholder, which can make it challenging to track a secondary user's purchases.
Each authorized user card comes with its own lounge access which makes this benefit even more valuable.
Not exact matches
Say your spouse has a credit
card with little or no balance and a great payment history; if he or she agrees to add you as an
authorized user, from a credit score point of view you automatically benefit from her
card's available credit as well as her payment history.
When you become an
authorized user on someone else's
card, you increase the odds of getting your own
card in the future.
You can, however, become an
authorized user on a parent's account in order to build out your credit reports before you qualify for a student credit
card.
How you can earn points: You'll earn points when you, or an
authorized user, use an Ink Business Cash
card to make purchases of products and services, minus returns or refunds.
Having a parent or friend add you on to their
card as an
authorized user can help you work towards a higher credit score, but there are some potential downsides.
Purchases submitted by you, an
authorized user, or the merchant through third - party payment accounts, mobile or wireless
card readers, online or mobile digital wallets, or similar technology will not qualify in a rewards category if the technology is not set up to process the purchase in that rewards category.
The Chase Freedom isn't like other low - interest credit
cards — it also offers cardholders a sign up bonus of $ 150 after you spend $ 500 on purchases in your first 3 months from account opening, and an additional $ 25 bonus after you add your first
authorized user and make your first purchase within the same 3 - month period.
Become an
authorized user on a credit
card.
The easiest way to do that is to get added as an
authorized credit
card user on someone else's account.
I've had my own credit
card or other credit for less than three years (including students, people new to the U.S., or
authorized users on someone else's credit
card).»
You can ask someone to add you as an
authorized user on a credit
card.
A few
cards allow primary cardholders to set spending limits for
authorized users, which could make someone feel more comfortable about adding you.
For me, I decided that the $ 95 fee didn't make sense as the Sapphire Reserve provided equal or better benefits across the board and I was happy to pay the premium to have the
card for both myself and my wife ($ 75
authorized user fee as well).
Here's a brief refresher of the Chase 5/24 rule: If you have been approved for or been listed as an
authorized user on five credit
cards (personal or business) in the 24 months, you will need to wait for your oldest
card application inquiry to drop off your credit report.