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Yes, increased credit utilization can lower your score, even if you make on-time payments. Arguably, credit utilization is more important than payment cadence. While below 30% is obviously a good sign, it’s better to be significantly below (say, 10-15% max), and not just a few points below.
Yes, but I would also argue against putting expenses that you can’t pay off immediately on your credit card. It only counts towards your credit utilization if you don’t pay off your balance every month. If your expenses are going up permanently, you’d be better served to find a way to cover them immediately with your earnings, or finding a way to lower your costs.
My total expenses/credit util was below %28.
I paid off my August statement balance, with about $250 more in my credit account balance that went towards the September statement.
Any ideas why my credit score went down ?
Even if my expenses increased, I still paid off my statements. Does my score suffer due to increase in spending regardless the fact that I pay off my bills? The remaining credit balance that will show in my sept statement should not affect my score last time I checked. ANYONE HAVE ANY INSIGHTS?
I don’t know what I’m going to do if it keeps going down.
Paying it off every month doesn't help your score if its reported to the bureaus with the balance. So if your limit is $5k and you put $3k on it in one month and its reported before you pay it, then it's considered over utilized and you take a hit. Over time, I requested increases to my limit so that I'm always way under. I spend 3-5k a month on it and limit is around 20k.
Also, 1 day late is 31 days after billing. I'd get off your dad's card if he can't plan enough to not be so close to the due date. I pay my card 20-25 days early so it's never an issue.