j8ear: Actually authorized user doesn't mean anything when it comes to credit scores. Authorized users have no financial responsibility for the account, just permission to use it, and therefore it will only show up on their credit report as an authorized user. It's not a positive or a negative mark on the credit report. I found out all about this when I purchased my home and discovered that my parent's had a couple store credit cards that I was an authorized user on and that was the first I knewa bout it.
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