As elim said, your MSD (Member Since Date, the date shown on your online portal and printed on the cards) will still show the original date from when you first got an Amex; however, any new cards will show the right open date on your reports. They won't adjust the open date on new cards to the first one you ever opened anymore (backdate). Old cards that did happen to backdate will remain backdated as he said.
Thanks! Wow, that's a bummer. I'm glad I have the cards I do, but one of them is Costco, which will be closed soon. 
@bichonmom wrote:Thanks! Wow, that's a bummer. I'm glad I have the cards I do, but one of them is Costco, which will be closed soon.
It will still be factored in to your AAoA for up to 10 years.
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@bichonmom wrote:Thanks! Wow, that's a bummer. I'm glad I have the cards I do, but one of them is Costco, which will be closed soon.
It will still be factored in to your AAoA for up to 10 years.
And last I heard the jury is still out on what will happen. It's possible that it will turn into a Citi Visa and keep the date. I've read that they won't be backdating but I'd guess no one knows for sure if they'll dive back into every account and see when it was opened vs. when it was dated. I'm hoping not as that's my only backdated card and I REALLY liket that 1987 date.
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@Anonymous wrote:It will still be factored in to your AAoA for up to 10 years.
And last I heard the jury is still out on what will happen. It's possible that it will turn into a Citi Visa and keep the date. I've read that they won't be backdating but I'd guess no one knows for sure if they'll dive back into every account and see when it was opened vs. when it was dated. I'm hoping not as that's my only backdated card and I REALLY liket that 1987 date.
That would be great, but even if it becomes a Visa, wouldn't the Amex still report on our CRs as closed as of March 31st? (I think that's when it's happening.) And then the new Visa would report, either as a new acct or possibly backdated (though somehow I sincerely doubt that.)
I think it would be similar to when my store card was upgraded to a visa. The store card was reported as closed and the new cc was added to my CR. I imagine the opening date would be 4/1/16.
When I asked Costco a couple of weeks ago, they said they're still working on figuring out what they're going to do. 
@bichonmom wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:It will still be factored in to your AAoA for up to 10 years.
And last I heard the jury is still out on what will happen. It's possible that it will turn into a Citi Visa and keep the date. I've read that they won't be backdating but I'd guess no one knows for sure if they'll dive back into every account and see when it was opened vs. when it was dated. I'm hoping not as that's my only backdated card and I REALLY liket that 1987 date.
That would be great, but even if it becomes a Visa, wouldn't the Amex still report on our CRs as closed as of March 31st? (I think that's when it's happening.) And then the new Visa would report, either as a new acct or possibly backdated (though somehow I sincerely doubt that.)
I think it would be similar to when my store card was upgraded to a visa. The store card was reported as closed and the new cc was added to my CR. I imagine the opening date would be 4/1/16.
When I asked Costco a couple of weeks ago, they said they're still working on figuring out what they're going to do.
my guess is, they will totally elimated Amex account like it never happened, and citi account will show either actual costco TE open date or hopefully MSD of Amex.
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my guess is, they will totally elimated Amex account like it never happened, and citi account will show either actual costco TE open date or hopefully MSD of Amex.
I sure hope not. How could they wipe out my Amex history like that, even if they sell the accounts to Citi? I'd lose 25 years of backdating in a single keystroke.