Can I get security, convenience AND affordability by freezing my Experian and TransUnion credit files, and using only Equifax Lock & Alert when I want to apply for credit?
In other words, will creditors accept seeing a credit report from only one credit reporting agency?
On the other hand, since a credit check isn’t run every time you buy something with a credit card (as opposed to APPLY for a credit card), maybe credit checks are infrequent enough that you should just freeze all 3 credit files, and temporarily unfreeze them only when a credit check is required?
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