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Aqua repaying in full cash?

Jew
Jew Posts: 276 Forumite
edited 20 September 2012 at 8:09PM in Credit cards
How does it work, I don't really understand.

So, for example, if I for some reason use an Aqua credit card to withdraw cash abroad (€100), I don't get any load, but I get a charge for taking out cash (£3), and then interest even if repaid in full?

How does the interest work? How is it paid? Can I pay it all off at a once?

So if the APR is 40%, how will the €100 look if repaid in full? And what does it mean to repay in full — right away, or at the end of the billing month?

Sorry for my ignorance, I'm never in credit (and don't plan to be, but just so I know how bad the penalty is for using Aqua for cash).



Update: I may still get an Aqua card, but just got a Metro Bank debit card, so now I can take out cash in a foreign currency when abroad without any additional fees apart from the MasterCard exchange rate!

Comments

  • CLAPTON
    CLAPTON Posts: 41,865 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    depend supon which card you have but you may pay

    -3% or £3 min cash fee i.e. so £3
    -2.95% foreign currency fee i.e. so euro 2.95
    -interest will be somthing like
    100 euro (in sterling) x 40% /12 (asssuming you pay within a month
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