It was a store in Michigan

I sent Suze Orman (my hero) an email about the best way to build credit when you move to the US (especially from Canada), however she never responded

I think Suze Orman has a website with info on how to build/improve your credit. Might be worth a look.

I know this has nothing to do with building credit in the US, however, Alaska Airlines has a promo on right now that if you sign up for a MasterCard, they'll give you 20,000 Air miles = 1 free RT ticket. Taxes from Canada are usually $35. Probably not much good to Canadians out east, since Horizon/Alaska isn't out there - but they are in Kelowna/Edm/Calgary/Van.

Alaska airline fly into DCA!! Have to look into that!! I enjoy watching S. Orman! She stated in the Fall that people that piggyback on a spouses Credit card (being added as a authorized user) to better their credit rating is going the way of the dodo bird!! Not sure if it is in effect already.

I know that some of the 3 Credit Reporting Agencies (ie: Transunion, Experian and Equifax) are no longer using the authorized user anymore in their scoring, but darned if I can remember which ones!

Just an update on this posting about American Express. I called and did the global transfer today. They gave us credit that isn't as high as our Canadian card limit (no problem, didn't expect them to), however it's a decent amount (they will raise it automatically when/if we cancel our Canadian card).

Before calling you will want to look at their cards and decide which one you want. I thought they would switch my Canadian account over to a U.S. one, but they don't - they open a new U.S. account.

Things they need:

- SSN (if you don't have one they can use your passport number or foreign driver's license, however it will take longer)
- An American bank account that has your name on it and your American address (they will ask your for your U.S. bank account number - they will call the bank to verify your U.S. mailing address).
- Your total household income (you can include your spouses income).
- Your current employer

Anyway that's about it. Oh and they mail your card(s) to the U.S. address that you have on your U.S. bank account that they verify, they won't mail it to your Canadian address.

So anyway, if you have no employer in the U.S. yet or if you don't have a bank account with your name on it yet, you might want to wait and do this after you get those two things.

Hi, I thought of that also, but they give you a Canadian Alaska Airlines crdit card that has no connection to the US car

I didn't have any lluck in California, so I will try to get a Target card in Bellingham Washington, just over the border.

Thanks all,
Carslo