called today to cancel my Citi AA card of 11 years
Sep 30, 2011, 12:39 pm
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called today to cancel my Citi AA card of 11 years
surprised that I was offered absolutely nothing to keep the card.
Last edited by jmw2323; Sep 30, 2011 at 12:52 pm
Sep 30, 2011, 12:42 pm
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Were you offered something the first 10 years?
Sep 30, 2011, 12:48 pm
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never tried to cancel before. was worth it as miles went toward million miler. Now that is of course gone. This was also our first mile earnings card and did not start the miles game til a year and a half ago so this was our primary cc until recently. Was just hit this month with the fee for the year
Sep 30, 2011, 1:09 pm
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That's pretty odd, since I've been reading / hearing about quite a few people being offered some kind of incentive to stay.
I'm going to be canceling a few of mine soon. I have no expectation of them trying to incentivize me to keep them open, but I was assuming they would after reading others' experiences lately.
I guess you offered yourself $80 to close it, ha!
I'm going to be canceling a few of mine soon. I have no expectation of them trying to incentivize me to keep them open, but I was assuming they would after reading others' experiences lately.
I guess you offered yourself $80 to close it, ha!
Sep 30, 2011, 1:31 pm
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Sep 30, 2011, 2:15 pm
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Consider yourself blessed. Now you can apply for 2 more AA cards at 75k miles each.
Sep 30, 2011, 2:19 pm
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Sep 30, 2011, 2:36 pm
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Cancelling what must be one of your older cards should make a good ding on your credit score.
Sep 30, 2011, 2:55 pm
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Sep 30, 2011, 3:22 pm
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Not accurate. When you close a very old card it immediately sortens your average-age of credit lines, which while not the highest impact factor, definitely can lower your credit for 100% sure.
Sep 30, 2011, 4:20 pm
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Sep 30, 2011, 4:23 pm
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Cheers.