📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!

Santander credit cards

I already have a card with Santander, they are offering 0% card. What are the chances of me getting this. I owe £300 on their card but want to transfer £1000 from Tesco onto a zero card. I have tried Virgin who have refused me and I have never been refused before.

Comments

  • Finishrich
    Finishrich Posts: 1,038 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Combo Breaker PPI Party Pooper
    With Santander I guess the chance would be somewhere between slim and no chance if you already have a card with them. I wouldn't worry too much about Virgin they refused me last year too and I'd never been turned down before either, I just took up an offer with Tesco Bank.
  • Candyapple
    Candyapple Posts: 3,384 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Before applying for another card, have you at least checked your credit reports to make sure all your details are correct?

    ClearScore (Equifax): https://www.clearscore.com
    Noddle (Call Credit): https://www.noddle.co.uk
    I'm a Board Guide on the Credit Cards, Loans, Credit Files & Ratings boards. I'm a volunteer to help the boards run smoothly, and I can move and merge threads there. Any views are mine and not the official line of moneysavingexpert.com
  • sivs
    sivs Posts: 247 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts
    Hi, I have two credit cards with Santander one is a 123 and the other 15 month 0% on balance transfers and purchases.
  • Doctor_Duke
    Doctor_Duke Posts: 303 Forumite
    edited 1 March 2016 at 7:16PM
    I don't believe that you can have two offers with Santander but check their website. When you close an account with them you don't have to wait a period of time before you open another card unlike some lenders. I closed one card and opened another on the same day! I got the 15 months 0% card with no fee this way after closing my 123 card. Hope this helps.

    Post note : I no longer can see the restriction about having two offers so perhaps this no longer applies. Still my experience about closing and opening accounts was definitely the case for me.
  • planteria
    planteria Posts: 5,322 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    i would check your file with noddle to ensure that there are no problems you are unaware of, and then i would look to Barclaycard or MBNA for a balance transfer card.
    i would guess more chance of success and more chance of a useful limit.
    noone can really know in advance though. good luck.
This discussion has been closed.
Meet your Ambassadors

🚀 Getting Started

Hi new member!

Our Getting Started Guide will help you get the most out of the Forum

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 350.4K Banking & Borrowing
  • 252.9K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 453.3K Spending & Discounts
  • 243.4K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 598K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 176.6K Life & Family
  • 256.5K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 16.1K Discuss & Feedback
  • 37.6K Read-Only Boards

Is this how you want to be seen?

We see you are using a default avatar. It takes only a few seconds to pick a picture.