you've answered your own question.
pay these off immediately and stop using them for anything larger than 10% of the limit.
UTL is 30% of your credit score calculations!
- low credit limits
- high utilization, individual account
- high overall utilization
these factors are KILLING your score, guaranteed.
edit:
another consideration is that having high UTL month after month may trigger your other creditors to lower your limits and raise your rates! right now is a bad time to have high UTL, i have my little weinie cards in the sockdrawer until this mess blows over.
Yep.. My UTIL% is above 30 right now. probably 40 and is hurting my score.. Paying those down to 7% ASAP.