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My 0% on my barclaycard platinum ends in April and I'm thinking ahead as to what next. I have the following cards

Barclaycard Platinum - £7.5K limit will be around £5K by April
Virgin - £10.5K limit, no balance
M+S - £6K limit - use this for spending and pay off in full each month
Evans - £500 limit, use occasionally, pay off in full when used

Given I'm only on £26Kpa salary I'm guessing I'm near my borrowing limit so getting another 0% cardto BT to might not be an option. Should I be cancelling my Virgin card?

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  • Tixy
    Tixy Posts: 31,455 Forumite
    I'd wait - and then in March / April ask virgin if they will do you a 0% balance transfer deal - or keep an eye out for them offering you one between now and then.

    Virgin historically have been one of the better cards for offering existing customers deals.
    A smile enriches those who receive without making poorer those who give
    or "It costs nowt to be nice"
  • MBNA issued cards usually offer new deals every year as Tixy states if you wait it out they might offer you 0% for one year on BT.
  • Curr946
    Curr946 Posts: 525 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Rather than cancelling virgin, how about doing away with the evans card, reducing the limit on the M&S card to around 10% more that you spend on it and reduce the limit on the barclaycard to 6k? This will free up about 6K (assumed you set M&S to 2k) oh and you could also reduce the virgin limit to say 7k allowing room for BC balance and some spending. thus reducing your available credit by 9.5K

    EDIT.. assuming you balance on BC is about 5k.
    If you keep on doing what's you've always done, you'll keep on being what you've always been...:think:
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