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My question is Who sang the cover version of "My Favorite Things" in the new Discover Card commercial? Thanks in advance for any answer or 2. Another question on my mind: Right before Christmas, Citi reduced my credit line by a couple thousand dollars. My Utilization was already very high, but I was sure that it would drop my score some. Fortunately, my score stayed the same..

Total Revolving Bal.

Before 29,316.

Now 28,132.

Total Available.

Before 5,437.

Now 4,381.

Total Util.

Before 84%.

Now 87%.

Score.

Before 689.

Now 689.

This data is sometimes helpful for those working on scores.... just sharing for that purpose...

asked Mar 05 at 04:04

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Ryder
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I'm stumped. I'm not so sure what is the right answer. I'll do some research in Google and get back to you if I find an anything. You should email the people at Discover Card as they probably could give you help..

answered Mar 05 at 04:14

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Emmett
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My guess is that once utilization exceeds 75%, the hits for an extra percentage point or three is almost nil.....

answered Mar 05 at 04:34

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Santiago
2486

Their is no change now but when you start to pay the balance off then they will.

Balance-chase.

You down then your scores will take a hit.......happens every time. I hope your situation will be different but I doubt it. I feel for those that go through this balance chasing nonsense. I wish you all the best...

answered Mar 05 at 05:26

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Zane
1952

I'm going to pay 10K on one of the cards in March..

Someone said that if you pay things off fast, you're almost certain to get the CL cut or all together canceled..

Has this happened to anyone out there?.

Anyone think I should pay it off over a few months?..

answered Mar 05 at 06:11

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Chance
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YMMV. I charge 3-8k a month and PIF regularly. I even took out 30k+ BT twice and all paid off in less than 3 months. No AAs yet..

I think it all depends on your overall credit report and your payment history pattern...

answered Mar 05 at 07:02

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Sienna
3166

What is the APR?.

Personally, unless it's a promo APR, I would try to pay down the balance as soon as possible even if paying (with Discover card) it off is likely to result in a CLD. Revolving it costs you interest every month..

In terms of AA from other issues in response to a CLD? If you pay it down to $0 it doesn't matter one bit..

$0 on a $500 card is 0% as is $0 on a $20000 card..

FICO doesn't care about absolute CLs, just util ratios...

answered Mar 05 at 08:04

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Iris
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I think there are various utilization index points (such as 10%, 30%, 50%, 80%) tied to score changes. If the utilization doesn't cross an index point, there's no score effect. Using the above example, someone could pay down from 49% to 31% and see no score change, while someone else could have a small CLD bump their utilization from 49% to 51% and see their score take a hit. A number of people have reported 10% to 15% drops in utilization with no increase in Fico score .....

answered Mar 05 at 08:38

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Jeremy
1235

I've gone from about 70% to 45% with no change...

answered Mar 05 at 09:16

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Madilyn
3584

The one that am applying the 10k to is the highest APR..

My question is:.

If I paid 10k all at once.

If I paid 5k on month and then 5 k the next month.

If I paid 3.3k ect, ect.

Is there any reduction of the possibility of AA at all by changing how it's paid back?.

I'm not concerned about the dollar value of interest... just a hypothetical on the AA...

answered Mar 05 at 10:20

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Simon
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