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Balance and money transfer on one card question

I have an MBNA card with a 0% Balance transfer and 0% Money transfer with the money transfer due to end 3 months before the balance transfer.

Now due to the allocation of payments any payment I currently make goes towards the BT first.

My question is if I want to pay off the MT when the rate expires, when would be the best time to do this, on the day of expiry or afterwards?

I wouldn't want to pay £2k thinking i was paying off the MT and then find out one month later it went towards the BT and interest had been incurring in the meantime.

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  • [Deleted User]
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    The time to pay it is as soon as the MT debt goes to your standard rate.

    But a day or two of interest shouldn't be the end of the world.
  • PJHilder
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    The time to pay it is as soon as the MT debt goes to your standard rate.

    But a day or two of interest shouldn't be the end of the world.

    I'll give MBNA a call to see when I should pay it. I'm less fussed about paying a day's interest than finding out the 2k went off the BT that wasn't due for another 3 months.
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