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Credit Card Choice Clarity or Select

2010
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in Credit cards
It`s between the Halifax Clarity card or the
Nationwide Select card
Having looked at both I can`t see as there`s much difference.
Opinions please.
Nationwide Select card
Having looked at both I can`t see as there`s much difference.
Opinions please.
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It`s between the Halifax Clarity card or the
Nationwide Select card
Having looked at both I can`t see as there`s much difference.
Opinions please.
For abroad?
Halifax Clarity offers free cash withdrawals. And a free fiver if you have a properly funded Halifax Rewards account (£1,000 per month). Make that a tenner if you set up a couple Direct Debits on the Rewards account.
Nationwide Select doesn't offer free cash withdrawals, but does offer 0.5% cashback on "pounds sterling" purchases only.
Both offer commission-free purchases abroad.
You have to hold a Nationwide Current Account to get their Select Credit Card: "Exclusively for our main current account customers."
I have both. A backup is useful.0 -
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Fruit_and_Nut_Case wrote: »Clarity is a MasterCard, Select is a Visa. Does that influence you one way or the other?
Not really.0 -
Yes, but you're charged interest from the day the withdrawal hits your statement.
Do you mean that the interest is charged from when your statement is generated - NOT the day you withdraw the cash?
I'm going to the States in a few weeks and I was planning on using internet banking to pay the amount that I withdraw each day over to my Clarity credit card each day. I asked the guy in Halifax when I applied for the card, and he didn't have a clue.0 -
motownpunk wrote: »Do you mean that the interest is charged from when your statement is generated - NOT the day you withdraw the cash?0
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motownpunk wrote: »Do you mean that the interest is charged from when your statement is generated - NOT the day you withdraw the cash?
I'm going to the States in a few weeks and I was planning on using internet banking to pay the amount that I withdraw each day over to my Clarity credit card each day. I asked the guy in Halifax when I applied for the card, and he didn't have a clue.
prob wont appear on your account for 3 to 4 days after withdrawal, if you are only away for a couple of weeks even if you waited till you got home the interest would only be a couple of pounds assumming you arent withdrawing the maximum every day0 -
Most US ATMs surcharge, so expect to pay about $3 per go.motownpunk wrote: »Do you mean that the interest is charged from when your statement is generated - NOT the day you withdraw the cash?
I'm going to the States in a few weeks and I was planning on using internet banking to pay the amount that I withdraw each day over to my Clarity credit card each day. I asked the guy in Halifax when I applied for the card, and he didn't have a clue.This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com0
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