When
calculating average age of accounts VantageScore does not include closed accounts, whereas FICO does.
Not exact matches
Instead
of calculating the
age of each individual
account, FICO
averages the
age of all your
accounts together.
On this blog we often talk about something called your
average age of accounts (AAoA), we've had a few e-mail queries recently about how this is
calculate and how it affects your credit score.
Any other questions about
average age of accounts or how credit scores are
calculated?
-LSB-...] How
average age of accounts is
calculated and affects your credit score.
The Social Security Administration
calculates your monthly benefits by using a complicated formula that takes into
account your
age when you became disabled, how long you worked and your
average amount
of earnings during your working years.
Drawbacks
of More Credit Cards: While it's true that in the long term opening up a new credit card can help you to build credit, in the short term it will decrease your
average account age, a factor used when
calculating your credit score — with older being better in the eyes
of card issuers.