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A&L - Balance Transfer fee?

Do they charge a fee for balance transfers on application?

The article by Martin syas they don't, but the A&L website says they might. Has anyone who has applied in the past few weeks been charged or not?

Also, are they generous with credit limits?

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  • grumbler
    grumbler Posts: 58,629 Forumite
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    http://www.stoozing.com/0fees.htm does not have this card in the table of cards not charging BT fee. It is one of MBNA cards and it looks like all MBNA cards started charging BT fee recently.
  • ctm_2
    ctm_2 Posts: 479 Forumite
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    Thanks for the info. Was the only reason for going with that card.

    Are the different MBNA brands any different with their generosity on credit limits?
  • YorkshireBoy
    YorkshireBoy Posts: 31,541 Forumite
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    Sorry, did some research for this earlier and forgot to post it!

    You'll no doubt have noticed that the A&L summary box says they *will* charge a fee. However, the T&C's say they *might* charge a fee.

    The T&C's always overide the summary box which, after all, is just a guide.

    However, what overides all the above are the T&C's on your signed credit agreement so, for the definitive answer, I'm afraid you're going to have to apply to find out. You have, though, made one good decision in that the A&L BT fee is the lowest of the MBNA fleet at £35 - most (all?) of the others are capped at £50.

    With regard to the credit limits, I believe it is MBNA that set them - not A&L.
  • ctm_2
    ctm_2 Posts: 479 Forumite
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    Thanks for the info yorkshireboy. It sure is unclear.

    My decision at the moment is beween the possible 2% max £35 with A&L, or the 2% un-capped with capital one on their new long 0% offer.
  • YorkshireBoy
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    ctm wrote:
    My decision at the moment is beween the possible 2% max £35 with A&L, or the 2% un-capped with capital one on their new long 0% offer.
    If Cap One give you a £1,800 balance transfer, this will incur a £36 BT fee.

    Also, Cap One repayments are 3%, whereas A&L are £5

    Help you make your decision?
  • ctm_2
    ctm_2 Posts: 479 Forumite
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    Yeah, just been looking at the calculator thingy on stoozing.com, and the cap one card doesn't seem like that good a deal with the uncapped fee and min payments.
  • Just posted similar Q 2nite...Martin's best BT list has in a note A&L no fee if you do BT on application....can any one confirm this then? anyone spoken to A&L or applied recently??
    Bless Martin's Little Cotton Socks. I thank him for giving us MSE. Look what its grown into!

    MFW = ASAP #124
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