What's your oldest CC

[galahad15]

Oldest (Open):  Discover IT - 2006

2nd-Oldest (Open):  BoA Cash Rewards WMC - 2007, 9.99% F APR, started out as a BoA Platinum Plus MC

Oldest (Closed) - Discover card - 1998

2nd-Oldest (Closed):  Chase Platinum MC - 1998, Prime+1.65% APR

[Anonymous]

Open - Discover Secured May 2017

Closed - Capital One Platinum Feb 2017

[acciofirebolt]

Oldest card that I opened myself is my Wells Fargo card in 2011, the oldest card that I have is the Macy's Amex, my parents added me as a AU  to their card back in 2008 or 2009

[Anonymous]

Oldest Reporting -1FBUSA - 13yrs - Closed
What a horrid company. They charged $9 to pay your bill via telephone when their website never worked. And charged a $5.95 maintenance fee when it didn’t carry a balance. Alas, they extended $5500 to a poor college student and helped this guy build a credit history. For that, I’m grateful.

Oldest Current Card - 12 yrs - BoA Cash Rewards
This one was formerly a M&T WorldPoints Platinum card that BoA acquired. I love this card.

[Dave4fun]

Its been fun and nostalgic reading this thread. Mine is the good ol' JC Penney store card opened November 1977. My first actual credit card. I did have an ARCO gas card shortly before then, but alas ARCO stopped issueing credit cards eons ago. And yes, we mailed our applications with all of our personal stats, and waited weeks for a reply with either (joyfully) a card came in the mail!, or the dreaded decline. 

[SBR249]

My Citi Double Cash is now a bit more than 11 years old. Started life as a Platinum Select before Citi PCed it into a Diamond Preferred. I PCed it to a DC just a few months ago. It's in the rotation as one of my catch-all general spend cards. 

Second oldest is an AmEx EveryDay, around 10.5 years old. Started out as an Optima Platinum before AmEx PCed that to the ED. 

[Thomas_Thumb]

Oldest surviving children birthdates:

a) 1984 AMEX green card

b) 1989 Discover More card

c) 1990 AT&T Universal (Citi) Mastercard

Oldest deceased children birthdates:

a) 1976 Powers store card

b) 1984 Amoco Torch Diners Club card

c) 1986 Chase Platinum Visa card

Youngest child birthdate:

- 2011 BB store card

Fondest memories card:

[K-in-Boston]

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@galahad15 wrote:

Oldest (Open):  Discover IT - 2006

2nd-Oldest (Open):  BoA Cash Rewards WMC - 2007, 9.99% F APR, started out as a BoA Platinum Plus MC

Oldest (Closed) - Discover card - 1998

2nd-Oldest (Closed):  Chase Platinum MC - 1998, Prime+1.65% APR

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Ouch. I feel your pain for when those do (or did?) fall off. I regret closing all of my '90s cards; wish I had kept at least one of them open, but alas the resources we have now about credit scoring and the possibilities for product changes, account combinations, etc. weren't available when I did so. I'm fortunate that I'm able to piggyback as an AU on some of DW's cards to regain the points for oldest account. I certainly noticed a dip in scores when all of my old ones fell off since I lost about a decade when my circa 2002 Blue became my oldest card.

[Anonymous]

My oldest card is 10 months old. 

[Anonymous]

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@Thomas_Thumb wrote:

Oldest surviving children birthdates:

a) 1984 AMEX green card This is sexy

b) 1989 Discover More card Where were you in 1986 when Discover launched? Your Member Since year is still sexy but 1986 was hotter 

c) 1990 AT&T Universal (Citi) Mastercard I bet your card says Charter Member  

Oldest deceased children birthdates:

a) 1976 Powers store card

b) 1984 Amoco Torch Diners Club card

c) 1986 Chase Platinum Visa card 

Youngest child birthdate:

- 2011 BB store card

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I love old member since years. I really respect and admire people that managed to keep their cards this long. No offense to those who couldn't of course. In a society/culture/country obsessed with youth, I really think old accounts are hot. You couldn't pay me to be 20 again and new to credit. 

Also surprised at how many JC Penney cards have been reported here. It was not uncommon to have store cards way back when but these cards had to have been used continuously all these years to have kept them active and open!