Originally Posted by
AlohaDaveKennedy
Right now see if the folks can get you on an AMEX (with your own account number and "customer since" date). Don't even touch your card - let your folks activate it, make a charge on it, then let it build some pseudo credit history while locked in a vault.
ADK: I have had a Citi AA card since 1989. Can I put my son on there and have him get the credit history, even though he was born in 1997?
Or is this an Amex thing only? If so, same question for them.