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My Credit Report show's 8 accounts in total although two accounts has been closed due to one card being lost and one being a card I never authorized to be open.
My longest credit account is 2 years and my average age is 11 months.
Would I improve my situation by closing one of my accounts?
First, read this post on closing accounts: Closing Credit Cards - by Fused
Next, use the FICO simulator / estimator to determine possible score outcomes:
http://ficoforums.myfico.com/fico/board/message?board.id=creditcard&thread.id=157618
@Akr_Chels wrote:My Credit Report show's 8 accounts in total although two accounts has been closed due to one card being lost and one being a card I never authorized to be open.
My longest credit account is 2 years and my average age is 11 months.
Would I improve my situation by closing one of my accounts?
You might want to take a look at the sticky on Closing Accounts. There is no reason FICO-wise to close an open account. Closing an open account may actually have negative effects by changing your utilization (immediately) or your account aging (eventually) and such a change can never be in your favor. The only real reason to close an open account is if they are charging you fees that you just don't want or need to pay.
I'll take a look at the links. I was thinking about closing an account that I have zero history on. I have never even activated this particular card and I don't even remember opening the card (but I told I would keep it when I originally called the issuer, I think there was some misunderstanding because I was asked over the phone if I wanted this card and I told them no and then I looked up and it was on my credit report) and I never even seen the card. But, I'll call the credit card issuer and check with them again about sending the card out to me.
I was thinking about closing it so my average credit history would go up since all of these credit cards are bringing my credit age down.
Thanks, John that helps make my decision since it doesn't remove it from my AAoA.