Citi bestbuy store card converting to Citi VISA...weird reporting on credit report

[Anonymous]

So, I had already gotten notice from Citi that my bestbuy store card was being converted to a VISA, which is cool with me.  Allegedly new cards are being mailed in early October.  Now here's the weird part:  got a notice from Wallethub that there was a change in my credit report, and it looks like the existing bestbuy card has been removed altogether, replaced with a Citi VISA account that opened in 2008?!?

Is that Citi's normal way of reporting an upgrade from store card to general-use card?

And before anyone heckles me for watching Wallethub, I know it's a FAKO score and I studiously ignore it but I get timely alerts about changes so I can keep an eye out for anything weird.

[FinStar]

You can also confirm via digital or hard copies of your CRs, but any conversion or upgrade with Citi will retain the original opening date.

[Anonymous]

The date is correct, when it rolled from HSBC to Citi in 2008., but it seems odd to me that it isn't flagged to reflect that it USED to be a bestbuy store card and now it's a CBNA credit card.  Surely the account number will change, will it not?

[AverageJoesCredit]

You say Fako i say Fico, you say visa i say congrats

[Anonymous]

All it did was backdate when your account was opened and yes most likely you will be assigned a new Visa card number along with a card that has the Visa logo. Congrats on the upgrade!

[Cred4All]

I'd say having a Best Buy card worked out for you in the end, can't complain about a conversion to a Visa . Nice!

[GFer]

Congrats on the conversion!  I wish mine would!  Family members have had theirs converted.  I guess BB forgot about me!

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:

So, I had already gotten notice from Citi that my bestbuy store card was being converted to a VISA, which is cool with me.  Allegedly new cards are being mailed in early October.  Now here's the weird part:  got a notice from Wallethub that there was a change in my credit report, and it looks like the existing bestbuy card has been removed altogether, replaced with a Citi VISA account that opened in 2008?!?

Is that Citi's normal way of reporting an upgrade from store card to general-use card?

And before anyone heckles me for watching Wallethub, I know it's a FAKO score and I studiously ignore it but I get timely alerts about changes so I can keep an eye out for anything weird.

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What was the balance on your account at the time of conversion and your limit? Thanks!

[Anonymous]

The balance was zero when we got notified of the change/upgrade, but I bought a couple of TVs for the new house since, so it's around $1500 on a $4800 limit.

[SBR249]

A tradeline isn't really linked to a particular card number or account number. Or else there would have to be changes reported every time someone loses a card and needs to get a new one issued with different numbers.