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Old Oct 17, 2012 | 9:55 am
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kkamakasi
 
Join Date: Oct 2011
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Upgrading from one card to another affects credit?

When you upgrade (or downgrade for that matter) a card, does that mean you are closing the account that you are upgrading/downgrading from?

The reason why I ask is because I have an AMEX Blue Cash but would like to get the SPG instead. I've had the AMEX Blue Cash for a while (4-5 years) and if I upgrade to SPG, I'm afraid it will hurt my credit if this is considered closing my AMEX Blue Cash card because I've had it for so long and by closing a long standing account, it will affect my credit utilization ratio.
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