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Question on BT's

Hi there

Yesterday I tried to cancel a Virgin credit card as they had begun charging me interest (I had already paid off the balance in full). Instead they offered me 0% on BT for 9 months and so I decided to transfer £1200 from my Barclaycard as they will start charging me this month.

The total balance on this card is about £3K - make up of £1000 purchases and the remainder a BT...some of which is originally from the Virgin card.

My question is, which of these balance will they subtract the transfer from...the purchases or the BT?

Thanks for any help

sk56
Savings: £2 Jar: £804/£1000
Debts: Santander 1211.12/1780.47 (32% Paid) Total Debt Paid Off £12871.66

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  • YorkshireBoy
    YorkshireBoy Posts: 31,541 Forumite
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    skea56 wrote: »
    My question is, which of these balance will they subtract the transfer from...the purchases or the BT?
    The balance with the highest interest rate.

    Take a look at your T&Cs, and any notice of variation received in the last 5 months or so (the 'rules' changed at the start of the year).
  • skea56
    skea56 Posts: 405 Forumite
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    Sorry just to clarify then..this would be the purchases balance, as it is now growing interest of 15.9%? (the BT balance will remain at 0% until April next year)

    Thanks

    sk56
    Savings: £2 Jar: £804/£1000
    Debts: Santander 1211.12/1780.47 (32% Paid) Total Debt Paid Off £12871.66
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