Closing CC

[Anonymous]

Hi All,
I'm fairly new to the board and just became familiar with the term AAoA. I've done a search and have gotten a ton of hits in trying to find the answer to my question.
1).Recently successfully dackdated my Amex membership since to 1996. Will my credit score get better and AAoA look older?
2).I'm not using US bank cash rewrards (11/1/2012), Paypal smartconnect (12/1/2011),Alliant CU reward (2/1/2013).
Should i close this accounts? How is it gonna effect my credit score and AAoA age ?

Thanks

[shols44]

If they don't have annual fees, I would keep them open. You need more than one card to keep your credit profile robust. Backdating to 96 will definitely boost your AAoA and you might see a bump score wise. 

[SpiceIslander]

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@shols44 wrote:

If they don't have annual fees, I would keep them open. You need more than one card to keep your credit profile robust. Backdating to 96 will definitely boost your AAoA and you might see a bump score wise. 

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Fully agree! Welcome to the forums, OP!

[Anonymous]

These accounts new tradelines average 1year old . With 17 years old Amex .These new tradelines degreases my AAoA .
What do you think ?
I have total 12 active tradeline
Thanks for a respond

[09Lexie]

Welcome to the forum. Closed TLs can report up to 10 years. So closing them will only affect your util.