I was looking over my TU report that I had pulled today and saw something interesting, which might help my AAoA a bit. I opened a Home Depot card in 2000 and at the end of the year I closed it and several other credit cards. This was before I started educating myself about FICO and what's good and bad to do. Anyway, I have since realized the errors of my ways and opened a new HD card a few weeks ago. What I find interesting on my TU report is the Date Opened: 6/11/2000 and closed 12/18/14. It also shows the credit limit I had of $5,500 over the years to 4/2015. That was when I applied for the new HD card. Now the reporting monthly boxes the balance o $0 ended at 12/2014 and now on 4/2015 it shows Balance $0 again. Is it possible that it's backdated back to 2000? That would be really nice. Here's a copy/paste of what it says and you'll see what I mean.
High Balance: High balance of $1,029 from 11/2012 to 09/2014; $1,077 from 10/2014 to 12/2014; $1,077 from 04/2015 to 04/2015
Credit Limit: Credit limit of $5,500 from 11/2012 to 12/2014; $5,500 from 04/2015 to 04/2015
