@Anonymous wrote:
@tamaralig wrote:Sorry to hear that, it's been one of my biggest fears, I hate breaking down my wallet and carrying only what I need for that day, for some reason I end up with them in jacket or pants pockets, the cup holder in my truck, or worse the kids are running around the house with them. Hopefully it doesn't report new.
Paging UncleB
we had discussed this previously I believe, I can't remember what the general concensus was, but just that it was an annoyance more than anything, I dunno I have had so many new cards knowing if it hurt my aaoa or not I wouldnt be able to tell. They all show up with the same open date.
Here I am! 
I agree there was a thread earlier on this, but I don't recall if there was ever a consensus, either. I think there were a lot of people (like us) who were wondering about it, and felt rather strongly that a lost card shouldn't result in a new account, but there was never any definitive info on the thread (that I can remember).
I think it's fairly expected with Synchrony for an upgraded card to almost always show up as a new account - we can put that much to rest - but I don't recall anybody at the time having experience with how lost cards are handled by Synchrony.
Hopefully the OP in this case will help us out by letting us know how it turns out for him/her... hopefully Synchrony will do the 'right thing' and the replacement account will reflect the history of the previous one, like almost every other lender does. <fingers crossed>
When I got my Walmart card 3 years ago they had a typo and sent it to the wrong address. They closed that card, and sent me a new one with a new number. That first card since then has always reported as a different closed account with no history.
