Does anyone have experience re-opening an old credit card account?
My very first credit card was a Bank of America Alaska Airlines card. It was opened in 8/2002 and , when it was closed in 2008, it had a $6,000 limit on it. They closed it because I had late payments on the account. I paid the balance off ($4,500-ish) by 8/2009 without any collections/chargeoff stuff.
I called Bank of America today just trying to get copies of statements. The CSR made a comment that the credit card acccount wasn't closed, but that it was "in the process of being closed". It shows as closed on my credit report, though.
So I went online and asked the online people at Bank of America what the status of the account was. The rep said it was 'blocked' but that I could request to re-open the account (with a credit check, obviously). I said sure. They gave me the 5-7 day response message.
Not sure if that's standard for requests to re-open, or if I should just consider that a 'no'. I'm considered a member of Bank of America's US Trust (wealth management division), so maybe that will help?
Feeling dumb for the HP (and the timing of it...a large statement balance just posted, so my FICO is not what it was even a week ago), but it sure would be nice to have my oldest account open again...but more importantly, I want my old credit limit 
Thoughts? Experiences?
I have tried twice to get BOA to open two accounts, no joy. I will have to reapply.
