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@Bobby1146 wrote:So they say its never good to close old accounts! I have a old account I really want to close, the APR is 24+%, its a Gap Visa & its a set APR (they say) it'll never go down, but that's the only cards problem. I have a $4,000.00 credit limit on it, but afraid to use it. I have other cards with a waaaaaay lower APR, most recently "Chase Sapphire" at 15% APR & a $5,000.00 credit line, a "Discover more" with a $2,500.00 credit line & a 16+% on it, a Chase Freedom with a $1,100.00 & APR of 23+% (which is how they get all their great "Rewards" back). Anyways, I've had the Gap Visa for about 6 years & I think its opened many credit doors for me, but they have way too much competition now & I'm afraid to close it with out this decision hurting y credit score. Should I wait for them to close it for inactivity? I really don't know my options. But I think its stopping other companies from giving me a higher credit line. My goal is to have ONE credit card with a LOW APR & high credit limit, not $10,000.00 scattered around in several cards. Also I'm not interested in NO TYPE OF REWARDS (FYI, we do pay for them) just a nice low APR.
Please Advise...
Why would you want to close it?!?!? No AF, 4K extra on overall util. 6 year history.
Buy a pack of gum on it every other month and PIF. Would make no sense to close it!!
@LS2982 wrote:
@Bobby1146 wrote:So they say its never good to close old accounts! I have a old account I really want to close, the APR is 24+%, its a Gap Visa & its a set APR (they say) it'll never go down, but that's the only cards problem. I have a $4,000.00 credit limit on it, but afraid to use it. I have other cards with a waaaaaay lower APR, most recently "Chase Sapphire" at 15% APR & a $5,000.00 credit line, a "Discover more" with a $2,500.00 credit line & a 16+% on it, a Chase Freedom with a $1,100.00 & APR of 23+% (which is how they get all their great "Rewards" back). Anyways, I've had the Gap Visa for about 6 years & I think its opened many credit doors for me, but they have way too much competition now & I'm afraid to close it with out this decision hurting y credit score. Should I wait for them to close it for inactivity? I really don't know my options. But I think its stopping other companies from giving me a higher credit line. My goal is to have ONE credit card with a LOW APR & high credit limit, not $10,000.00 scattered around in several cards. Also I'm not interested in NO TYPE OF REWARDS (FYI, we do pay for them) just a nice low APR.
Please Advise...
Why would you want to close it?!?!? No AF, 4K extra on overall util. 6 year history.
Buy a pack of gum on it every other month and PIF. Would make no sense to close it!!
+1,000 I don't see anything with that card that would be reason to close it. Just buy something small like LS said.
But in the event you eventually start getting denials due to too much available credit, then you could consider it in the lineup of "cards to close".
@Bobby1146 wrote:So they say its never good to close old accounts! I have a old account I really want to close, the APR is 24+%, its a Gap Visa & its a set APR (they say) it'll never go down, but that's the only cards problem. I have a $4,000.00 credit limit on it, but afraid to use it. I have other cards with a waaaaaay lower APR, most recently "Chase Sapphire" at 15% APR & a $5,000.00 credit line, a "Discover more" with a $2,500.00 credit line & a 16+% on it, a Chase Freedom with a $1,100.00 & APR of 23+% (which is how they get all their great "Rewards" back). Anyways, I've had the Gap Visa for about 6 years & I think its opened many credit doors for me, but they have way too much competition now & I'm afraid to close it with out this decision hurting y credit score. Should I wait for them to close it for inactivity? I really don't know my options. But I think its stopping other companies from giving me a higher credit line. My goal is to have ONE credit card with a LOW APR & high credit limit, not $10,000.00 scattered around in several cards. Also I'm not interested in NO TYPE OF REWARDS (FYI, we do pay for them) just a nice low APR.
Please Advise...
Maybe I'm missing the point, but why are you afraid to use the card? it has no AF, it's a Visa that can be used anywhere and while the APR is high, if you PIF it really doesn't matter what the APR is.
OP:
remember this is all part of a big matemathical equation. Closing this account will hurt your score a bit depending your util %. As some member stated you no need to carry a balance on this card. Buy a $5 shirt once here and there. and back to get dust.
It would hurt more closing it than having it in a a sock ....
I'll echo what others have already mentioned. If you regulate your spending properly and only charge on your card what you can afford to pay off in the same month, you don't need to worry about paying any interest. If you want to harvest rewards, this is the way to go.
If you want to carry balances from month to month, a rewards card is not what you need. You'd be better off looking for something like the Slate for BT, or a credit union card with a low APR.
What I'm trying to point out is, if you have a C/C with $5,000.00 & a 15% APR (New Acct), why keep a C/C with a $4,000.00 & a 25+% APR? It makes NO SENSE. Department store C/C's have high APR with NO perks & HIGH APR's. I will not make any large purchases with this card. Why keep it? Another concern of mine is, this card maybe holding other banks back from giving me a higher credit line, I have 3 Visa cards already.