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How many credit cards should I have?

The number of credit cards should be relatively small, but it is generally better to have more than one. Having too much credit available makes you seem risky to creditors, as you could quickly and easily burden yourself with more debt than you can handle. On the other hand, if you have only one credit card available to you, you are more or less at the mercy of the issuing bank's terms and conditions. By having more than one card, you are letting the bank know they are not your only credit options.

Having multiple credit cards can also give you some negotiating power when it comes to annual fees. When these fees are charged, you can often have them waived by telling the credit card company that you would rather close the account than pay the fee. After all, if you have other credit cards available, then you don't really need theirs. Usually, they will waive the fee in order to keep the account active.

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