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There’s no limit to how long you can keep your credit card open. Closing a credit card can decrease the average age of your credit history and increase your credit utilization ratio — both of which ...

Keep your credit lines open. If you have a credit card that doesn't earn much in the way of rewards but you've had it open ...

A lot of people open their first credit card in their early 20s and then… never really think about it again. Years pass, new cards come and go, but that original account just keeps aging nicely in the ...