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Barclaycard - Existing 0% running out, money transfer to bank?

katebl
katebl Posts: 637 Forumite
Hi all,

Would appreciate some advice re Barclaycard and allocation of payments. I have just under 50% of the limit accrued on 0% on purchases until August, and don't want to instantly pay it off. There is an offer on the website of a money transfer to a bank account which keeps the balance at 0% until October 2017 which would be really handy but my question is, if I go ahead and do this, can I literally just pay it straight back off the card, or do I need to wait for the point at which the purchases balance starts getting charged interest?

Don't want to mess it up and end up paying off money transfer while the purchases accrue interest!

Thanks

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  • molerat
    molerat Posts: 35,382 Forumite
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    edited 2 July 2016 at 12:39PM
    You need to carefully read the order of payments from your T&Cs. It should work in your favour but there are the odd one or two cards that would apply it differently. A quick look seems to show it would work as you hope.
    https://www.barclaycard.co.uk/personal/customer/terms
  • Anthorn
    Anthorn Posts: 4,362 Forumite
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    katebl wrote: »
    Hi all,

    Would appreciate some advice re Barclaycard and allocation of payments. I have just under 50% of the limit accrued on 0% on purchases until August, and don't want to instantly pay it off. There is an offer on the website of a money transfer to a bank account which keeps the balance at 0% until October 2017 which would be really handy but my question is, if I go ahead and do this, can I literally just pay it straight back off the card, or do I need to wait for the point at which the purchases balance starts getting charged interest?

    Don't want to mess it up and end up paying off money transfer while the purchases accrue interest!

    Thanks

    In addition to the above, although interest may be 0% have a look to see if there is a fee to pay. Personally I don't like debt on debt and I would go for paying it off rather than extending it with more debt.
  • MABLE
    MABLE Posts: 4,247 Forumite
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    junjun0512 wrote: »
    Bán đất nền gần chợ Bà Điểm – Hóc Môn, giá 7,5 triệu/m2

    Bán đất dự án KDC An Thịnh, đã hoàn thiện cơ sở hạ tầng,điện nước, cống hộp đầy đủ, cây xanh bóng mát, đường 14m, cho xây dựng ngay, ký hợp đồng góp vốn, xác nhận ranh đất ,100 ngày sau khi xây xong phần thô ra sổ hồng. Gần trường học, chợ. Khu vực an ninh, yên tĩnh. Tiện cho gia đình sinh sống. Giá 7,5 triệu/ m2
    Đất 5x20 = 100 m2 = 750 triệu. Chi phí xây dựng phần thô 1 trệt 2 lầu khoảng 837 triệu. Hoàn công khoảng 300 triệu. Tổng cộng lên nhà ở tầm 1,8 tỷ (Giá nhà khu vực xung quanh tầm 2,2 tỷ, ko có tiện ích vỉa hè, cây xanh, công viên, bảo vệ khu dân cư …)

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    Thats what I was thinking to!:rotfl:
  • SuperAllyB
    SuperAllyB Posts: 884 Forumite
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    MABLE wrote: »
    Thats what I was thinking to!:rotfl:

    Really? I thought the opposite was true. Won't be the first time id been wrong though, or the last.
  • bsms1147
    bsms1147 Posts: 2,281 Forumite
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    I tried translating that. Google thinks it's Vietnamese and about potatoes.
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