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hoang817
Regular Contributor

should i only keep 1 card instead?

Hi all,

 

I had $300 limit on a card from premier bank car for over a year and now they just upgraded and sent me another card for $700 limit. Should i cancel the $300 card ? or keep both. and yes there a fee for each card each year.

 

will it hurt my credit if i cancel the card?

 

thank you for helping

Jan/25 - EX 600 TU 550 EQ 550
Mission Lane: 300 | Discover IT: 1.5k | CAP Savor: 6k | AMEX 4k
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KatSoDak
Frequent Contributor

Re: should i only keep 1 card instead?

Did you apply for or agree to the second card?  

 

 

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EX FICO 9 - 758

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hoang817
Regular Contributor

Re: should i only keep 1 card instead?

Hi,

 

I agreed to the 2nd card and have been using it for 2 months already. no record of credit inquiry for the 2nd card is required.

 

Thanks

Jan/25 - EX 600 TU 550 EQ 550
Mission Lane: 300 | Discover IT: 1.5k | CAP Savor: 6k | AMEX 4k
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SouthJamaica
Mega Contributor

Re: should i only keep 1 card instead?


@hoang817 wrote:

Hi all,

 

I had $300 limit on a card from premier bank car for over a year and now they just upgraded and sent me another card for $700 limit. Should i cancel the $300 card ? or keep both. and yes there a fee for each card each year.

 

will it hurt my credit if i cancel the card?

 

thank you for helping


Since there are 2 fees involved, IMHO you should ask them to consolidate into one $1k account. If they won't do that, I would close the $300 account.

 

 


Total revolving limits 569520 (505320 reporting) FICO 8: EQ 689 TU 684 EX 673




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Anonymous
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Re: should i only keep 1 card instead?


@hoang817 wrote:

Hi all,

 

I had $300 limit on a card from premier bank car for over a year and now they just upgraded and sent me another card for $700 limit. Should i cancel the $300 card ? or keep both. and yes there a fee for each card each year.

 

will it hurt my credit if i cancel the card?

 

thank you for helping


First off I would never pay two fees for cards with that low of a limit.  Even if it was higher I wouldn't.  I had them when I got out of my BK13 and they were charging me almost 10 bucks a month regardless if I used it or not.  Got tired of that so early this year I canceled them. Got tired of them charging me for a card I never used.  So use the one card to get your scores up then kick them to the curb

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hoang817
Regular Contributor

Re: should i only keep 1 card instead?

thanks all

 

called and cancelled it. 

 

 

Jan/25 - EX 600 TU 550 EQ 550
Mission Lane: 300 | Discover IT: 1.5k | CAP Savor: 6k | AMEX 4k
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