Quick churning question. I applied for the AA Citi card awhile back when it was 75k for (I think) a $1500 spend. My normal strategy with this type of card would be to cancel it as close to the year date as possible to avoid the annual fee on year 2 (but still keep the card as long as possible before that for FICO measures like "age of accounts").

Does the 18 month re-application date apply to the date the card was opened or the date the card was canceled?

If it is the canceled date, I should really cancel it ASAP, yes?