Credit card accounts and credit score I m relatively a new resident in the US. I opened an account with BofA (oct/2016) and after struggles they approved me for their student secured credit card account (700$). After 4 months I applied for their cash back and I got approved with a credit line of (5000$). After 2 months I got an invitation from discover and I opened another account with a credit line of (5000$) and now they increased it by 1600 more. My credit score FICO keeps showing that it is impacted by the length of oldest account. My question, I really don't use the very first account and I m thinking of closing it, is it going to affect my credit score? If yes, what is the alternative?
Is it ever a good idea to close credit cards? I have a bunch of credit cards with no balance, while others have fairly high balances. I'd like to close the 0 balance cards, but I know that will reduce my overall balance and hurt my credit rating, since my ratios of used to unused credit will rise.  Is it ever a good idea to close credit cards?
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