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Closing Credit Cards

Perhaps a bit of a school boy question here, but I was wondering if you want to close down a credit card account, what do you do? Unsurprisingly closing accounts is not mentioned in any of my credit card’s user guides!

Cheers in advance.

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  • Reaper
    Reaper Posts: 7,355 Forumite
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    I just call them. Asking for a letter to confirm is often a good idea. Barclaycard forgot to action my closure and I only discovered it much later when I got a credit reference report.
  • deemy2004
    deemy2004 Posts: 6,201 Forumite
    They always say we will send you a letter to confirm that it has been closed, they never do !
  • They always say we will send you a letter to confirm that it has been closed, they never do !
    Is that a fact?
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  • I've had letters from all but one credit card company when closing cards.
    Mortgage Feb 2001 - £129,000
    Mortgage July 2007 - £0
    Original Mortgage Termination Date - Nov 2018
    Mortgage Interest saved - £63790.60
    ISA Profit since Jan 1st 2015 - 98.2% (updated 1 Dec 2020)
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