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pingua
pingua Posts: 1,671 Forumite
in Stoozing: free cash from credit cards
Can anyone help? Hubbie has had to buy a new van :mad:

I have a 0% tesco card in the post but the auction place won't take visa cards.

Can anyone explain - or advise about the Marks and Spencers travellers cheques in sterling thing - (if it is still going.)

We would need to buy £3,000 of them. And am I right in saving I put them into our Lloyds account and then thats that ??

How much will this cost us?

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  • YorkshireBoy
    YorkshireBoy Posts: 31,541 Forumite
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    pingua wrote: »
    Can anyone explain - or advise about the Marks and Spencers travellers cheques in sterling thing - (if it is still going.)
    Order online or by phone, or purchase at an in-store bureau de change.

    Take to bank and pay in.

    Wait for them to clear*

    Buy van :D
    We would need to buy £3,000 of them.
    I bought >£8,000 of them (from 2 bureaux de change an hour apart 18 months ago).
    And am I right in saving I put them into our Lloyds account and then thats that ??
    Yep.
    How much will this cost us?
    1%, so £30 on £3K.

    See the M&S 'travel money' section & summary box on their website for the finite detail.



    * LTSB cleared mine instantly as cash last time (18 months or so ago).
  • pingua
    pingua Posts: 1,671 Forumite
    :j:j Oh thank you very much.

    Funny how things like this happen at the very wrong time:rolleyes:

    Now if anyone is thinking of bursting my joy and telling me it can't be done anymore, please do it soon......
  • pingua
    pingua Posts: 1,671 Forumite
    Oh and then all I have to do is to set up a direct debit for min payment each month?
  • CannyJock
    CannyJock Posts: 3,838 Forumite
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    YB, did this only work when the M&S travellers cheques were paid for with the M&S 0% card offer to avoid it being treated as a cash advance?
    "A child of five could understand this. Fetch me a child of five." - Groucho Marx
  • YorkshireBoy
    YorkshireBoy Posts: 31,541 Forumite
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    CannyJock wrote: »
    YB, did this only work when the M&S travellers cheques were paid for with the M&S 0% card offer to avoid it being treated as a cash advance?
    Exactly right. They qualify for 0% for 10 months.
  • pingua
    pingua Posts: 1,671 Forumite
    Are we saying only the M&S card can be used to do this with? Was going tomorrow with my tesco one?
  • CannyJock
    CannyJock Posts: 3,838 Forumite
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    pingua wrote: »
    Are we saying only the M&S card can be used to do this with? Was going tomorrow with my tesco one?

    Yes that's right.
    "A child of five could understand this. Fetch me a child of five." - Groucho Marx
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