About to become a guarantor for my student son...

joedenise

pimento wrote: »

Thanks Voyager. I'm really hoping I will not need to use the second card at all. It really is just for contingency.

Any recommendations for a card that won't mind me closing it a few months after opening it?

I don't know where you live but if you are anywhere near London, or even able to come into London for a daytrip, you could open an account with Metrobank. They provide a credit card that has no charges for withdrawing money or using to buy goods. Unfortunately you can't apply on line you have to go into a branch to open an account.

I recently opened an account with them specifically for holidays. You can open a credit card at the same time. I told them why I wanted the account and they were quite happy to open an account for that reason. I transfer my holiday savings across by SO monthly so there's always some money in there when I go away.

Can't help with any of the other banks as the only other credit cards I know about are Nationwide (no charges in Europe but charge elsewhere) and Saga (which you need to be over 50 to have).

Denise