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I don't believe that's how most banks handle lost cards, and I don't see how that would avoid the auto-renewals as the original author was trying to do. I assu

I don't believe that's how most banks handle lost cards, and I don't see how that would avoid the auto-renewals as the original author was trying to do. I assumed the the author was talking about closing the account and re-opening with a new number. EDIT: I'm sorry, I mis-read your comment originally and thought you said the same number, not a new number. That said, I've been through this a couple times, and each number shows up individually on my credit reports.

_delirium 16y ago
That's how my banks have handled it, at least. When my Citibank card was stolen, they sent me a card with a new number, but it was still the same online login, same "years open" on my credit statement, etc. It stops auto-renewals because merchants only have the old number, which they can no longer charge. In my case that was mostly unwanted, because I had to go update the auto-renewals I did want with the new number (as well as updating it in places like Amazon), but it'd stop auto-renewals that you didn't want as well.