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Old Oct 19, 2011 | 8:17 am
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Originally Posted by kyunbit
Not sure if this helps.

You can have your SO/friend/parent do a churn add you as an authorized user on the cards.
Just make sure they don't have the same address as the account gets added to your credit reports.

On the other hand, if their account is very old plus they have positive pay history and low utilization, that may be a good thing to have their account report on your credit reports. Read the credit thread on www.creditboards.com for an interesting read.
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