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Authorized User Tradeline Strategy
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Last discussed Sep 28, 2026
A credit-building technique where individuals purchase or lease authorized user status on aged, well-maintained credit card accounts to boost their credit score's average age, total accounts, and utilization metrics.
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I Thought I Understood Credit Cards Until I Talked to This Guy
Brandon Elliott · Sep 28, 2026
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Used for: Boosting credit score to 800+ in 30 days by improving average credit age, total accounts, and utilization simultaneously
Praised: Addresses three FICO scoring boxes at once (total accounts, average age, util...
vs: Presented as the final step after credit repair/fixing derogatory marks; desc...
"All it comes down to is adding authorized users. You could go to your parents, friends, family — there's an industry online that you can actually purchase them from, trade lines. You can get an aged account. You just need to do the math. It does t..."
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