Reply #15: hmm, I didn't save any links. I am pretty sure it came from my [View All]

[DebJ]

credit card company's website. I think the WAMU one, which gives me
free credit reports and tells you ways to improve your rating. Yes,I
am pretty sure that is where I read it.

I am willing to bet restaurant tabs would not do that as this is what
many businesses use credit cards for, and hey, it is just the little
guys they want to screw over. I don't think paying off the card makes
a difference. Of course, the 'ding' you would get for using the card
for groceries is likely not weighted as heavily as payoff, pay on time,
total debt, etc. You get a plus for paying it off in full to counterbalance
the negative of using it for groceries.