We’d like to remind Forumites to please avoid political debate on the Forum.

This is to keep it a safe and useful space for MoneySaving discussions. Threads that are – or become – political in nature may be removed in line with the Forum’s rules. Thank you for your understanding.

📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!
The Forum now has a brand new text editor, adding a bunch of handy features to use when creating posts. Read more in our how-to guide

Please Advise Me On The Best Option!!

Hello,

I'm moving to Sydney at the end of November for a minimum of a year and really need some advice of paying off my UK credit card whilst over there. As I see it I have three options and I'm not sure which is best

1) take out a UK loan for the full amount outstanding (£2200) then every month make an internet banking transfer to pay off the monthly loan amount

or

2) Move the full amount (£2200) to a 12 mth 0% credit card and pay off a monthly amount. This worries me as although I save on interest I'll still be left with a sizable debt at the end of the 12 mths period, and will need to move to another 0% card. I don't know how easy this will be as I'll be based in Oz

or

3) Move the full amount (£2200) to a 3.4% credit card for the life of the balance and pay off a monthly amount. Less interest than a loan and I could increase or decrease the payments as I go.

Any advice would be great - it's causing me a great deal of stress of the thought of clearing sterling debt with australian dollars.

Thanks
This discussion has been closed.
Meet your Ambassadors

🚀 Getting Started

Hi new member!

Our Getting Started Guide will help you get the most out of the Forum

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 354.2K Banking & Borrowing
  • 254.3K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 455.3K Spending & Discounts
  • 247.1K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 603.8K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 178.4K Life & Family
  • 261.3K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 16.1K Discuss & Feedback
  • 37.7K Read-Only Boards

Is this how you want to be seen?

We see you are using a default avatar. It takes only a few seconds to pick a picture.