The day BW dies is the day I'll be happy, and if the goal of expanded is to
keep old cards around longer, then they should at least allow RS - Era cards and onward as well.
I'm not saying you should
keep old cards open indefinitely, especially if they have an annual fee and you don't use any of their perks.
Keeping your oldest card is probably a good idea.
And make sure to
keep my oldest cards open to boost the average age of all my accounts.
Rather than closing all your old cards, I recommend
keeping the oldest card open and maintaining some regular activity on it.
Can
I keep my old card instead?
In order to maintain a favorable credit utilization, I like to
keep my older cards, many of which have higher limits as they've been gradually raised through the years.
(This only works if
you keep the old card or cards open, though.
«Length of credit history is also a factor in your credit score, so it's usually a good idea to
keep your oldest card open to demonstrate a history of responsible spending.»
Keep your oldest cards; that good history will help you, and don't regularly take out new credit accounts.
Just make sure to
keep your oldest cards open.
(This only works if
you keep the old card or cards open, though.
«Length of credit history is also a factor in your credit score, so it's usually a good idea to
keep your oldest card open to demonstrate a history of responsible spending.»
«People promise themselves they will
keep the old card in the junk drawer and not use it, but you often don't see that play out successfully,» he says.
When you make your transfer, it's likely best to
keep your old card open; closing it would reduce your available credit and your credit score could take a hit.
Not exact matches
If you wanted to
keep an efficient mining setup, you'd have to sell your
old cards and buy the newer models, which is, understandably, not something everyone is willing to get into.
'' [I
keep] to - dos, ideas, and trains of thought on
old - school index
cards.
Homo economicus would take the teaser rate but
keep making new purchases on his
old card.
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Boardgames,
cards, and puzzles may be
old - fashioned fun, but they still work at
keeping kids busy when they're stuck indoors.
If parents purchased everything recommended by experts to
keep baby comfortable and satisfied, they may find themselves paying off the baby - stuff credit
card until their child is 37 years
old.
Good
old - fashioned board games and
cards can
keep kids busy while you work.
Up until that time, 75 - year -
old President Buhari had
kept his
cards close to his chest.
The major planks of Klein's reforms are well known: breaking much of the
old local district bureaucracy, empowering principals and creating a new principal training center, issuing report
cards for schools, delivering autonomy and innovation zones for experimental schools, and
keeping more of the city's problematic teachers out of its schools.
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cards - word and picture
cards of lots of different toys Design a toy - a worksheet for your toy design Colouring pictures - a collection of colouring sheets Tracing pictures - pencil control sheets - great for younger children Book cover - a book cover to colour to use to
keep all the topic work together Bingo - print and make this colourful toy themed bingo game Matching pairs game - match the toys Number dominoes - a toy themed game Label the toys - label some different toys Counting
cards -
cards with numbers 1 - 10 and the corresponding number of toys Size ordering - order the Russian dolls in size order - in colour and black and white Literacy worksheets - match labels to toys, write initial sounds, write words to describe different toys Play dough mats - a collection of activity mats to use in the play dough area
Old toys posters - colourful posters showing some old toys Old and new posters - compare the old and new versions of some different toys Baby and child toys - an activity to sort the toy pictures into ones you had as a baby and ones you have now and a worksheet to accompany the activity Our favourite toys - find out about and draw your parents favourite toy and grandparents favourite toy when they were little Push and pull - look at some different toys and talk about what force is used to make them move Write a story - a decorated worksheet for writing a story about your toys Make some toys - photocopiable sheets for making 15 different simple toys such as split pin puppets, a jigsaw, a marble maze, a die to use with the snakes and ladders board Toy shop role play pack - a full pack of resources to set up your own toy shop in the classroom Includes display materials, games, Literacy and Maths activities, story telling resources plus much m
Old toys posters - colourful posters showing some
old toys Old and new posters - compare the old and new versions of some different toys Baby and child toys - an activity to sort the toy pictures into ones you had as a baby and ones you have now and a worksheet to accompany the activity Our favourite toys - find out about and draw your parents favourite toy and grandparents favourite toy when they were little Push and pull - look at some different toys and talk about what force is used to make them move Write a story - a decorated worksheet for writing a story about your toys Make some toys - photocopiable sheets for making 15 different simple toys such as split pin puppets, a jigsaw, a marble maze, a die to use with the snakes and ladders board Toy shop role play pack - a full pack of resources to set up your own toy shop in the classroom Includes display materials, games, Literacy and Maths activities, story telling resources plus much m
old toys
Old and new posters - compare the old and new versions of some different toys Baby and child toys - an activity to sort the toy pictures into ones you had as a baby and ones you have now and a worksheet to accompany the activity Our favourite toys - find out about and draw your parents favourite toy and grandparents favourite toy when they were little Push and pull - look at some different toys and talk about what force is used to make them move Write a story - a decorated worksheet for writing a story about your toys Make some toys - photocopiable sheets for making 15 different simple toys such as split pin puppets, a jigsaw, a marble maze, a die to use with the snakes and ladders board Toy shop role play pack - a full pack of resources to set up your own toy shop in the classroom Includes display materials, games, Literacy and Maths activities, story telling resources plus much m
Old and new posters - compare the
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old and new versions of some different toys Baby and child toys - an activity to sort the toy pictures into ones you had as a baby and ones you have now and a worksheet to accompany the activity Our favourite toys - find out about and draw your parents favourite toy and grandparents favourite toy when they were little Push and pull - look at some different toys and talk about what force is used to make them move Write a story - a decorated worksheet for writing a story about your toys Make some toys - photocopiable sheets for making 15 different simple toys such as split pin puppets, a jigsaw, a marble maze, a die to use with the snakes and ladders board Toy shop role play pack - a full pack of resources to set up your own toy shop in the classroom Includes display materials, games, Literacy and Maths activities, story telling resources plus much more
The Talon's 83 fps on Crysis and 109 fps in World in Conflict, at 1,280 by 1,024 resolution, are nothing to scoff at, but the Talon with Core i7 - 950 and single GeForce GTX 285
card did a little better at 1,280 by 1,024 resolution (Crysis 98 fps, WiC 123 fps), though the
older Talon couldn't
keep up at the higher 1,920 by 1,200 resolution thanks to having only one graphics
card.
Also,
keep your
oldest credit
card open since the length of your opened accounts is an important part of building a foundation for your credit score.
To minimize the impact, consider
keeping those
old, unused credit
card and store
card accounts open a bit longer.
Your
old credit
card company may be less apt to negotiate, since you're moving your debt elsewhere, but if you intend to
keep your account open and have a good history with the company, you may be successful in obtaining a lower fee.
Regardless of whether you use it infrequently, it's a good idea to always
keep your
oldest credit
card and make sure that account is in good standing, as it can have a big impact on the average age of your accounts, which can also influence your credit score.
If a 16 - year -
old suffers a little as he figures out how to
keep a positive balance on his debit
card, with the help of mom and dad, that's a whole lot better than going crazy with his first credit
card at age 21, when he's on his own.
Keeping those
old credit
cards open will not lower your credit utilization which accounts for 30 % of your credit score.
The length of time you've had credit: Longer is better, so
keep old accounts open unless there is a compelling reason to close them, such as an annual fee on a
card you no longer use.
Hence, it is advised to
keep old credit
cards.
I think the one most people don't realize is to
keep old credit
cards open because it helps with credit history.
If you have an
older credit
card that doesn't charge an annual fee, go ahead and
keep it open to boost the average age of your accounts.
Still, it's not a bad idea to
keep your
oldest credit
cards open to help maintain your credit history.
Now when I made a payment I was paying it all to principal (I
kept paying the amount I was paying on the
old card wich was more than the minimum).
While it might be tempting to close down your
old cards, it's a smarter idea to
keep them open (with a zero balance) provided they don't charge an annual fee.
Even better, if you have an
older credit
card and it does not have an annual fee, you should consider
keeping it open to demonstrate a longer credit history.
If you have
old credit
card accounts that you want to stop using, just cut up the
cards or
keep them in a drawer, but
keep the accounts open.
36 - 37 %
keep a balance on their
card, as opposed to 29 % of the Baby Boomers and only 16 % for the Silent Generation (the
oldest generation).
Use the money that you would have used to pay that
old card off, and put it toward the next one, and
keep rolling that debt snowball!
to those worried about getting accounts closed: move your credit lines around so that your
oldest card (or the ones you want to
keep) is (are) your highest credit line (s).
The strategy: Avoid opening new accounts unless necessary, and
keep your
oldest credit
cards active (assuming you pay any new charges in full).
@Kathy, To answer your question, the answer is YES,
keep your
old credit
card account open — it will be best to preserve your credit score.
Yes, you will definitely want to
keep your
old credit
card account open so your credit score won't take a hit — especially if you are planning on applying for any new lines of credit in the near future.
It is also one you can forget about entirely if you have more than a couple of other
cards —
older the better — that you intend to
keep open and active indefinitely.
Keeping your
oldest credit
card account open establishes a long credit history, and it will
keep your credit score elevated.