Originally Posted by mera

I want to go for this card but am contemplating my strategy. I'm wondering if anyone has any advice or a similar situation to this:

14 open accounts. The past year's credit app history:
4/13 upgrade to Hilton Surpass (does this count or will they not see it since it is an upgrade? They switched out my Delta Gold Card for this.)
2/13 Ink Bold (does this count since it's a business card?)
2/13 2nd US Airways card
2/13 Citi AA card
11/12 Hilton Honors card
8/12 SPG card

I have an excellent credit score but not so excellent income.

I'm thinking I should I cancel one of my US Air cards before applying for the Arrival. I just paid the annual fee on it for the 10,000 bonus miles. If I cancel it, will they claw back my miles or refund part of my fee? How long should I wait after I cancel the US Air card? Or should I just go for it and use the older US Air card as a bargaining chip in case they won't extend more credit?