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Balance transfer from catalogue?

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  • Mum2Princess
    Mum2Princess Posts: 218 Forumite
    TFD wrote: »
    26.49% I believe is the Next rate

    Yep, just checked & you're right. Also checked my credit card & thats 6.8% not 6.9%
  • bargains83
    bargains83 Posts: 404 Forumite
    Mum2Princess wrote: »
    Just applied for the Virgin card 0% for 16 months & I got accepted & given a £2400 credit limit!

    Thats great news so the best option now is to pay your Next bill with your Barclaycard then do a Balance transfer of the entire Barclaycard balance to the Virgin card and hey presto, everything is now 0% for the next 16 months. :T
  • savemoney
    savemoney Posts: 18,125 Forumite
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  • NewbieMoneySaver**
    NewbieMoneySaver** Posts: 400 Forumite
    Hello Mum2princess,

    If you have got a virgin card you can BT to your current account @0% and then pay off your Next bill.
    :oCurrent Debt £38,000:o
  • Mum2Princess
    Mum2Princess Posts: 218 Forumite
    bargains83 wrote: »
    Thats great news so the best option now is to pay your Next bill with your Barclaycard then do a Balance transfer of the entire Barclaycard balance to the Virgin card and hey presto, everything is now 0% for the next 16 months. :T

    Yep! Thats the plan, don't know why I waited so long!
  • Mum2Princess
    Mum2Princess Posts: 218 Forumite
    NewbieMoneySaver** wrote: »
    Hello Mum2princess,

    If you have got a virgin card you can BT to your current account @0% and then pay off your Next bill.

    I'm not sure I understand this :confused:
  • YorkshireBoy
    YorkshireBoy Posts: 31,541 Forumite
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    Mum2Princess wrote: »
    I'm not sure I understand this :confused:
    I alluded to it in post #3 above.

    Termed a 'money transfer' (see your Virgin T&C's), it pays cash into your current account at 0%. You can request this when you call to activate the Virgin card.

    Further information here: http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/cards/stooze-cash-credit-cards#MBNA
  • PROLIANT
    PROLIANT Posts: 6,396 Forumite
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    Just pay your Next bill online with your credit card, I did, no point in doing a balance transfer.
    Since when has the world of computer software design been about what people want? This is a simple question of evolution. The day is quickly coming when every knee will bow down to a silicon fist, and you will all beg your binary gods for mercy.
  • YorkshireBoy
    YorkshireBoy Posts: 31,541 Forumite
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    PROLIANT wrote: »
    Just pay your Next bill online with your credit card, I did, no point in doing a balance transfer.
    OP has (an interest bearing?) debt on the Barclaycard.

    I think the idea is to shift both balances to a 0% card?
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