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Nevermind . . . I called Kroger customer service and got the transition website. It is: http://www.123rewardscard.com/transition
btw - I've noticed that Exp and as of today, Eq, have this account listed as closed and sold on DH's reports
And, of course, the available credit indicates the loss of this credit line.
Luckily, DH is at 99.something% available - but this credit line of $15,000 is about 1/3 of his total available revolving credit. It could have had a huge impact if he were carrying a significant balance on any of his other cards.
I checked my Kroger account on my Equifax credit report and it is listed in the closed accounts section. It showed sold and closed. I disputed it. The account is still open and active. I didn't see a new tradeline for US Bank.
I must be doing something wrong. I can't find a direct link to sign up for the US bank site.
DI wrote:I checked my Kroger account on my Equifax credit report and it is listed in the closed accounts section. It showed sold and closed. I disputed it. The account is still open and active. I didn't see a new tradeline for US Bank.
I just did the same thing. I know the card's not closed as I just used it last night!
When I logged in this morning, I read the FAQ which indicated a new card will NOT be issued...just keep using the same card..and that reporting will not be affected.
Maybe this is just a snag they have to get worked out as far as the reporting. When did the 'early enrollment' on Friday, none of my recent charges were reflected (showed 0 balance), but this morning they are there, so they obviously were still updating to be ready for the 11-8 'opening day'.
Hopefully this reporting issue will be corrected promptly. I'm sure many of us will be contacting them about it!!!
Logged in to my USBank checking early this morning and lo! and behold! - the Visa is right there. Since we already have a USBank login and accounts, I was wondering if they would find me!
I'll be watching Equifax and Experian for the next few days to see how the account is reporting. Today shows no change - still closed and sold.
TU is still reporting it as open and doing business as usual.
I just hung up with US Bank CSR and here's what I was advised....
Because of the bank change, the card will indeed report under closed accounts as 'sold/transferred', but will also be reported as a new account with US Bank.
She advised there is an "underlying link that is not seen that connects the two accounts so it will not affect scoring because the CRAs will know that the bank change was not optional and that the account is not really new" (?!?).
US Bank reports the first 2 weeks of the month, so she said should be showing on reports very soon.
I'll be very anxious to see how this reports, but from what she said it will report as new since it's new to US Bank...but she continued to stress that it would not affect scoring since it's tied to the closed/transferred account with that invisible link.
I didn't want to argue the point with her, because in reality, those with older AAoA probably won't be affected. But as I mentioned, I'm trying to get back to 5 yrs...and got pushed back some already with the Old Navy reporting, so another new account will not be helpful in that regard.
Although I'm not very confident in the reporting issue, I was impressed with the friendly and professional manner in which the CSR tried to address the problem.
I also asked about CLIs. She advised that although some increases are done automatically, as far as customer initiated requests, it can vary as to whether a pull will be hard or soft...and there's no set rule about which will be used. She said probably safer to assume it would be a hard pull. She added that although they may check all 3 CRAs, TU is the one they always pull for review and the one cited if a CLD is issued.
Guess now it's a wait and see for reporting!!
Wow rom, that's nice info - thanks for sharing it with all of us.
I'm glad the CSR was so helpful! Our experience with USBank - at least with the current branch - has been pretty good. The manager is exceptional.
I'm more confused than ever, however, because USBank often softs DH and I - always on Equifax - including a few weeks ago. And the USBank manager told us they always pull Experian for their credit cards. Go figure! And of course you've got the info pointing to TU.
I've still got my fingers crossed. We got the Kroger on an Equifax pull for DH - I'm not sure they'd be quite as delighted with TU or EXP pulls.
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