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Discuss the art of making money by earning interest on cash that credit cards lend you at 0%.
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NatWest £30 cashback
I've a NatWest 0% interest purchases card. The 0% expires next month, and I'm going to pay it off before then. I've just had an offer of £30 Cashback if I spend £600 - £300 per month, in the next two months. It looks like a targeted offer, but worth watching out for in the app.
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Promotional offers on Llloyds Bank credit cards
Not sure if it is only me by Lloyds have the habit of adding promotional 0 percent purchase offers on my credit cards but only by chance do i notice they are there. One in particular has had one since January 2025 for 20 months but never received any communication from them it was available. Also the same with Halifax…
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Using Clarity credit card abroad since change to Lloyds
I have a Halifax clarity card ( not changed to a Lloyds one yet), but the app on my phone has changed to Lloyds. Just back from France and paid for the hotel with the card, and a few contactless purchases with no problems. However when I tried to pay for some train tickets online, the website referred me back to the app…
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Credit Card in Credit
Are all Credit Card companies happy if you have your Credit Card in credit? I spend a couple of months overseas in the winter, and for a long time I have added around £1000 onto my Halifax Clarity Card, and use that when purchasing goods, supermarket shopping etc. without any problems. I have became very dissatisfied with…
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Notice of correction
I am registered with Experian Can I make a notice of correction so that any credit card application I make will be declined ? I am impulsive and would like something in place to stop me getting credit or overdrafts. I don't want it to interfere with my council housing application or applying for an energy company
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0% credit cards
Hi I am buying a couple of high value items in the order of few thousand pounds and came across zero percent credit cards; applied for the Natwest card and within mins email from bank saying new shiny card on the way, btw I am premium Natwest customer so would have been v disappointed if was declined, I have no issue with…
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Regular Mastercard payment started failing suthorisation
I have a service (self-storage) which has been taking the payment from my Mastercard regularly every month without problems. They recently changed their name, and last month and this month the payments have been refused authorisation. The card has Secure3D enabled, the supplier says they're using Secure3D, my card provider…
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Getting a credit card in retirement
Hi, We have a number of credit cards, but all are in my name with my wife as an additional cardholder. If I predecease her, she will be left with no access to a credit card. Any advice on how to get a card in her name? She has decades of history as an additional card holder. Her current pension income is only £5k as we are…
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Section 75 claim
Good morning, I’m asking on behalf of my son. At the end of January 2022 he purchased an electronic chip or something from a company. He didn’t receive, contacted them & they said they were waiting for parts. Never heard anything but in August 2022 the company went for voluntary strike off & dissolved in December 2022. I…
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The co-operative bank Membership Cashback Credit Card
I never see it mentioned but if someone has a co-op membership they are eligible to join the cashback credit card with no fees. I thought that this may come in handy alongside the existing Santander Edge Credit Card and Barclaycard Reward Card in getting cashback for those that will lose the Chase 1% cashback on purchases…
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Why would I have 0% chance of being accepted for this card?
I was interested in the Barclaycard Platinum with a year's free Apple TV as mentioned in the weekly email recently. As suggested, I used the eligibility calculator. I've lived at my current address for 4 years, I'm on the elctoral roll, I earn £48k salary with an additional £20k from rental income and my mortage is £970 a…
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First Direct credit card *targetted* 5% cashback offer
Received an email from FD a day or so ago with the subject line "[Groat Counter], fancy 5% cashback?". I almost dismissed this as I initially (and wrongly) assumed this would be retailer specific cashback offer - but it's not that. It is however a targetted offer, plus it also requires a proactive opt-in by…
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Balance transfer to Nationwide
I pay off my balance in full each month to my Nationwide credit card. If I do a balance transfer and then continue to use the card, will my payments pay off the fee, and then new expenditure, first? In other words - if a pay off new expenditure in full each month, I won't end up accumulating interest on the new expenditure…
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I thought that if I paid off my shopping, with in a week I would not pay interest
I have a credit card that I took out a £2000 transfer to my bank account at an interest rate of 4.9% and I pay the monthly minimum plus £100 on top. I go shopping and put it on my credit card and settle the shopping bill on my credit card with in 3-7 days at most. I understand the the 4.9% rate but for the shopping I do,…
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Expedia and Hotels.com currency issues
Just bought some accommodation in the USA through Expedia and Hotels.com (separately). They quote the price (and its breakdown) in GBP and it shows as GBP at the checkout. When I pay, the debit to my card shows in USD for which I get charged a forex fee. As I do have a fee-free card, I would have of course have used that…
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Time for Virgin to Complete a Section 75 Claim
Hello all This issue has been dragging on since early March and I feel that Virgin Money are purposefully dragging their heels on a Section 75 Claim. What are other people's experience with them? I submitted all the documentation, around 100 pages against a company that were to produce some windows for me. The was around…
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Credit card with low limit to use a secondary card
I'm looking for a credit card to use as a secondary card when I'm buying things online from a company/organisation I have not heard of I'm reluctant to give details of my normally used credit card and I want to set a low limit such as £200 so if anything goes wrong the damage is limited. One example is a roku streaming…
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Fees when paying by cc
Is it legal, when paying by cc, for the agent to charge a fee where they state it's for Merchant acquiring fees, payment gateway fee, Specific service charges and VAT and will be between £33.54 and £69.09.
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Uni student having difficulty opening a starter credit card
Second year Uni student has been refused a starter credit card from their bank, Nationwide because they currently only have sporadic part time work. They have tried for another card but have also been refused. They are on the electoral role. Will they need to have a more permanent part time job before they can begin to…
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Flight refund on credit card after job loss
Hi, My wife and I were due to fly to Corsica on 28th June with easy jet and Air Corsica. I have just lost my job and was wondering if i can claim the flight costs back on our credit card?
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