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by toast0 3074 days ago
The credit scoring alhorithms don't look at historic balances for credit cards, just current balance and available credit, status and age of the account. Having an account open for a long time that isn't currently late is a proxy for 'has paid bills consistently' even if it may not be accurate. If you regularly were really late, the algorithm assumes your account would have been closed.