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Balance Transfer

Hi
I need to balance transfer the follwing cards :

Virgin Balance £5000 16.6 APR
Tesco Balance £ 3500 16.9 APR
Santander Balance £1900 18.9 APR
Barclaycard Balnce £1600 APR about to 14.9 but currently at 9.9% APR

I have been accepted for a BOS card, credit limit £6500, 3 % transfer.
I can afford to also pay about £500 per month to the outatsnading cards

Which card / cards would you transfer

Comments

  • stephane_2
    stephane_2 Posts: 3,076 Forumite
    I would transfer both Virgin & Barclaycard as those 2 providers seems to have regular offers to current customers if you ever needed to transfer again balance of BOS onto them
  • joewa
    joewa Posts: 358 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    I also meant to ask, is it beter to balance transfer two cards with small balances rather that one card with a large balance.
    I also have £1000 to put towards the cards
  • MFWannabe
    MFWannabe Posts: 2,474 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    joewa wrote: »
    I also meant to ask, is it beter to balance transfer two cards with small balances rather that one card with a large balance.
    I also have £1000 to put towards the cards

    In that case i would transfer Barclaycard, Tesco and Santander and close those accounts once you've done this. Then you will only have 2 cards to keep on top of.
    MFW 2025 #50: £1989.73/£6000

    12/08/25: Mortgage: £62,500.00
    12/06/25: Mortgage: £65,000.00
    07/03/25: Mortgage: £67,000.00
    18/01/25: Mortgage: £68,500.14
    27/12/24: Mortgage: £69,278.38 

    27/12/24: Debt: £0 🥳😁
    27/12/24: Savings: £12,000

    12/08/25: Savings: £12,000



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