https://www.creditkarma.com/article/hard_inquiries_and_soft_...
Hard inquiries when you open the new credit cards. A number of companies have a threshold where it triggers a denial.
Its a bit more complex than the credit score itself, for instance:
http://milestomemories.boardingarea.com/chase-credit-card-ch...
> The 5 cards across all banks rule generally applies to authorized user accounts as well.
So yeah, there are things in place to knock you down a peg if you do stuff like this. But so far, at 4 cards per year, I don't really run into issues.
https://www.creditkarma.com/article/hard_inquiries_and_soft_...
Hard inquiries when you open the new credit cards. A number of companies have a threshold where it triggers a denial.
Its a bit more complex than the credit score itself, for instance:
http://milestomemories.boardingarea.com/chase-credit-card-ch...
> The 5 cards across all banks rule generally applies to authorized user accounts as well.
So yeah, there are things in place to knock you down a peg if you do stuff like this. But so far, at 4 cards per year, I don't really run into issues.