However, Chase looks at more than just your credit score — such as your debt to income ratio, credit utilization ratio,
total credit limits across all banks, the total number of credit cards that you currently have, payment history on other credit cards and other proprietary factors that Chase may have in their algorithm.
In this scenario,
my total credit limit across all of the open accounts would be $ 6,000 (2,000 x 3).
You can calculate your credit utilization ratio by adding up your total outstanding balances owed dividing it by
the total credit limit across all of your open accounts.
Not exact matches
For example, let's say you owe $ 500 and have a
total credit limit of $ 2,000
across all cards.
For example, if you have two
credit cards with a combined balance of $ 5,000, and the
total limit across those two cards is $ 10,000, then you are using half of your available
limit.
The average
credit - card - debt - free person has a
total credit limit of $ 12,473, spread
across two cards.
Plus, FICO considers the
total amount of revolving debt
across all your
credit card
limits together as well as individually.
Someone with a $ 10,000
limit total across 4 cards, who then uses $ 2,000 of her
credit has a
credit utilization ratio of 20 %.
American Express, for example, may
limit you to a
total of $ 50,000 in
credit across all Amex cards.
You want to stay under 10 % of your
total combined
credit limits across all cards.