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Old Mar 2, 2012 | 3:47 pm
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longhorn11
 
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Originally Posted by suspire
I am not sure if promptness of payments matters at all--it is just an issue of utilization. Everything I've read says for optimal scoring, you want to stay in the 10% range. I actually make multiple payments a month to ensure that my utilization rate stays under 10% on heavy use credit cards like the CSP.
The 10% number is what you want to show when your statement cuts. What I'm talking about is making a 10k charge on a 15k limit card during the billing cycle and paying it off promptly so you're not maxing your card out every month.
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