Originally Posted by
beltway
Is anyone else concerned that doing a product change from Freedom (Visa) to the new Freedom Flex (MC)—necessarily resulting in the generation of a new card number—will end up being counted against one’s 5/24 total?
Originally Posted by
ithinkurdumb
Perhaps relevant datapoint: When Citi changed their cards from Visa to MC, they did not show up as new account on my credit report.
Correct. Changing an account's number does not create a new card on credit reports. My account numbers have changed various times (because card numbers were compromised) without that happening. Going from Visa to MasterCard won't do it either.