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Just my two cents, but I would close the secured cards, keep the ones with AF open until the AF is due, and SD the ones w/o AF.
But I think we are talking about philosophy more than real strategy. As long as you PIF before closing them, they will remain in your report for 10 years as accounts in good standing.
The day after getting approved for my Chase Sapphire Preferred, Chase Freedom and Discover It, I closed my CreditOne and Kohls cards. CreditOne I had for 2.5 years but they charge AF and they would only waive it for 6 months and make me call back again AND they wouldn't give me a CLI on my joke $600 limit. Kohls I had only since January but they also wouldn't give me a CLI so I canceled them too. I probably won't close my Victoria's Secret card because it is actually useful to me a handful of times a year and they've been increasing my CL pretty steadily without my asking for it.
Good luck and congrats on your approvals!
Closed all my rebuilder cards and some comenity store cards that serve no real purpose anymore. I have to call tomorrow to close 2 more and 1 more after my payment posts to $0 it out. I have some pretty good cards and only have my eye on 2-3 more prime cards next year this time when my profile looks a lot more appealing and low risk. The sadness in some of the customer service agents was pretty hilarious and most said they would waive the AF but no reason to keep them around cause they offer no real benefit to me. I have cards that not only cover the "lost" available credit but will help my utilization 3x over. All will be reported as closed at consumers request and paid as agreed while open.
I recently had to make this decision, and opted to keep mine open for one more year. the only card I am closing is the First National, which has a 75 AF and wont waive it.
Back in my dark credit days, I had two CapOne cards and two Orchard Bank cards. I needed them for renting cars and booking flights, etc. for my business. I opened all of them in 2002 or thereabouts. All these years, I have NEVER made a late payment. Ever. And except for one brief time several years ago, I paid the balance off every month.
In all that time, I only got a CLI on two of those cards, and the increases were laughable. Over ALL FOUR CARDS, my entire credit lines equalled less than $4K. And all four cards charge an annual fee.
Last October, I got my first "Big Girl Card": A Visa Signature card from NFCU with a CL of $25K. I recently got a DiscoverIT card with a $7K limit.
Since October 2013, I have been closing my old, low-limit, annual fee cards as soon as the annual fee rolls around. I just closed the last one this month. AND IT FEELS AWESOME!
So yeah, I'm in the "close those suckers" camp, provided you have credit lines in place to make up for them. It sounds like you do, so go for it!
And they are all gone...All balances at $0 and accounts closed. Won't say that I'm going to miss them one bit.
I would certainly close any rebulider cards that have annual fees. And should you decide to close any accounts, always make the request it in writing, and be sure to request that the creditor report the account as "Account Closed at Consumer's Request." I hope this helps.