pillow
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Mar 21, 2007
I do not actually give the authorized user cards to other people, I just open them in family members names (with their permission first, of course) and use the cards myself. As far as having so many open accounts, an authorized user doesn't even affect your credit score.
Nice side effect for kids (think they must be 15 to be an auth user) is that your good credit "extends" to them. Having them as an authorized user is an easy way for them to build credit.