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Which credit card companies base the application on household income?

As a housewife looking after our children I find it very difficult to apply for a credit card when I earn no income.

Does anyone know of any UK credit card companies which base the application on "household" income?

Thank you.

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  • How would you pay back a credit card when you have no income? Would it not be better to have your partner apply for a card and you be a joint cardholder?
  • dieselv2
    dieselv2 Posts: 164 Forumite
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    Are you talking a box so you can add benefits in as income?
    Debt As Of 19/3/2021: £16,973 | Current Debt: £9,322 | 54.9% Repaid
  • agrinnall
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    dieselv2 wrote: »
    Are you talking a box so you can add benefits in as income?

    Clearly not as the main issue (in fact I suspect that benefits paid to you can simply be included as income anyway, although it's a very long time since I last applied for a card so this could be wrong or have changed since then). She is asking about card issuers who will take both her husband's and her own income into account.
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