For the record, I have no intention of doing this, just wondering why I don’t hear about it more often.

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    wtf 50k? I’ve never had a card go over 2k, and the highest I’ve ever been offered was 5k. I can’t imagine the level of wealth you’d need to spend that much in a month.

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      15 days ago

      I have a $50k card, and I’m broke as fuck.

      I’ve had the card for 10 years and always pay on time.

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        15 days ago

        Yup, they’ll just keep bumping it up every so often. It’s nice because it drops your total credit utilization and raises your score.

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      I have a credit card with $25k limit on it. I kept accepting increases because I thought it was funny how they kept giving it to me. Thrn I heard having a lot of credit lowered your credit score or some bullshit so stopped. I still get offers to raise it. I’m not rich, just paid off my house.

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        I’m not so sure that higher limits reduce your credit score, if you kept your spending the same then your credit utilization % would be lower, which is a factor that increases your credit score.

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          I don’t know how it works. I never use a $1000 of my limit, let alone $25k. Especially at 20% or what ever my card is.

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            15 days ago

            Yeah that dude is right. One of the things they look at is available credit. If you close an account with a $20k limit and zero balance, your score will drop.

            For any future/current parents with good credit: if you add one of your kids to your credit card, their credit rating gets a boost.